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House Plans
There are three ways to browse our collection of house plans on-line:
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You may be fortunate enough to find that one of these custom designs created
for our clients also works for you. Once you find a plan you like, you may purchase
various levels of drawings for it including Blueprints, Erasable Vellums, Digital
(CAD) files, Study Plans, and Construction Review Sets. These products are described
to the left under "products".
You may also be interested in our recently published256 page book The
Sun-Inspired House, which includes over 50 house plans plus 150 pages of
educational information about passive solar, green building, energy-efficient
construction, working with architects, case studies of built homes, photos,
resources, etc!
NOTICE: It is not possible for our web site
to give all the information necessary to build an energy-efficient, passive
solar home. If you use the designs without consulting us, you may end up with
an uncomfortable home. Our homes will function as passive solar homes only if
the side designed to face south is oriented within 15 degrees of true south.
(Note that some plans such as the atrium plans are designed to face at a 45
degree angle and need extra attention with orientation.) In addition, each home
must be adapted to your climate and latitude. When you purchase blueprints or
CAD drawings from us, you also receive our Custom Energy Recommendations which
tell you any changes required in the insulation values, number of windows, thermal
mass, and overhang lengths for your location. You will also receive our Energy
Specifications to help you create an energy-efficient home, and these are equal
in importance to the passive solar component. Please do not use our designs
without consulting us! If you are uncomfortable adapting a pre-designed plan
to your climate, please consider Custom Design by Sun Plans or your local architect.
The contents of this site are copyright © 2002-2008 Sun Plans Inc.
All Rights Reserved. This material may not be reproduced or redistributed
without prior written permission. Please contact us for permission to
use or modify our designs and information. Thanks!
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