A series of twenty-seven articles about the construction of a solar home. From the first idea to completion.

This series was written by Margaret Tusz-King, EOS Board member, in 2006-2007.

• The Idea!
• The Passive Solar Home
• A South-Facing Building Lot
• How does your building lot determine where to put your house?
• Water, water everywhere
• Designing is not a linear process
• Let the Digging Begin!
• Inspiring home design books
• Visiting some solar homes in our region
• Designing a solar home to suit us
• Choosing the best building materials
• Controversies over lumber products
• The countdown to actually building our solar home
• Pouring the Foundation for our Solar Home
• Windows, doors, roofing and siding for our solar home
• Putting a house on top of our solar slab foundation
• Turning a 2-dimension house plan into a 3-dimensional building
• Some complications as the walls came up
• The best laid plans…