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Our house designs are warmed and brighteded
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
 We
specialize in internet-based Sun-Inspired Home Design for clients throughout
North America. Our web site has detailed information on these comfortable,
passive solar homes.. You may be fortunate enough to find that one
of our pre-designed house plans is right for you. Most of them can be
adapted to a variety of climates. We also provide custom
design to produce a comfortable and cozy home just for your family.
For new custom designs, you will work directly with the architect, Debra
Rucker Coleman, AIA.
Every single day we say to ourselves, "Gosh, we love this house!"
- Pam and Paul
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"....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
- 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
Residential
Architect Online quote by Brian MacKay-Lyons, FRAIC, Hon. FAIA
“.... I think 80 percent of the value to be had in solar is passive, not
photovoltaic panels.”
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