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…