Updated SunPlans™ website coming early spring!

Sun-Inspired Design
....the gold lining of green building™

SunPlans™ are warmed and brightened by the sun - naturally!

• Sunny, open, and creative
• Warm in winter, cool in summer
• Low energy bills for hot & cold climates
• Integrating green & sustainable design principles
• High-performance homes based on low-tech concepts
  
• A variety of exterior styles and construction methods
• Incorporating "Not So Big House" concepts
• Complementary to active solar & zero-energy homes

A SunPlan™ is a home design resulting from the Sun-Inspired Design process.

We specialize in Internet-based Sun-Inspired Home Design for clients throughout North America. You may be fortunate enough to find a pre-designed SunPlan™ that is right for you as most of them can be adapted to a variety of climates. However, in Custom Sun-Inspired Design you obtain a comfortable and sunny home created just for you. For Custom Design, you will work directly with the architect, Debra Rucker Coleman, AIA.

We hope you enjoy the process of designing or selecting a SunPlan™ for your next home.

Every single day we say to ourselves, "Gosh, we love this house!" - Pam and Paul

What our clients are saying about their Sun-Inspired Home:

"....We have now been in our Northern Sun home for more than two years...(after we are away) when we go in the house, we are always overwhelmed with joy by its spacious, welcoming light and warmth. It has always been good to return home, but this is the only house that we have had that gives us such pleasure of "welcome home." We are so pleased that we found you as an architect and a local builder who built with pride for a lifetime. And when we have visitors it is fun to watch them look around to take in the space and then listen as we explain passive solar. So again, thanks for your creative work. It has brought much enjoyment to our lives." Shalom, Dave and Sweet

The Sun-Inspired House - Browse a printed collection of our house plans in our book The Sun-Inspired House while also learning about passive solar, energy-efficiency, etc.! Buy it now from us online.

"The Sun-Inspired House, a 247-page book by architect Debra Rucker Coleman, may be the best available introduction to passive solar design.. Coleman’s book is much more useful than three better- known books on the topic..." Quote from review of July 2008 issue of Energy Design Update. Read full article.

"... this is by far the most elaborate book on the Passive Solar House plan I've found so far (and I've been intensively looking for last 6 months - purchased and read dozen books on Solar Power and Energy Efficiency, and spend countless evenings on Internet browsing for information). You guys did an excellent job putting it together." Nenad