The Sun Inspired House Features Passive Solar House Designs

Passive Solar House Designs

New Book, 'The Sun-Inspired House,' Features: Passive Solar House Designs, Warmed and Brightened by the Sun

"The Sun-Inspired House" was published in October 2005 by architect Debra Rucker Coleman of Sun Plans Inc. based on her philosophy of incorporating the natural heat and light of the sun into home design. Look for it in the home improvement section of your bookstore or purchase it directly from the author at: "The Sun-Inspired House"

"The Sun-Inspired House" illustrates numerous passive solar house design concepts related to the sun. It also addresses the related subjects of:

passive solar house designs, passive cooling, energy-efficient construction, green building, and sustainability. Over 50 house plans show examples of integrated concepts. Numerous examples, photos, and testimonials from homeowners describe the livability of these sunny and comfortable houses built in North America.

A Passive Solar House Is:

• Sunny, open, and creative

• Warm in winter and cool in summer

• Integral to green & sustainable design principles

• Complementary to active solar & zero-energy

• Fuel-efficient and practical, yet elegant

• Healthy and environmentally-friendly

• A comfortable place to call home

About the Author

Author Debra Rucker Coleman, Architect and founder of Sun Plans Inc. has been designing passive solar homes since 1985. She received her Bachelor of Architecture Degree from the University of Arizona and became a licensed architect in 1984 after an internship in architecture and construction. In 2002 she received the “Best Practice” Sustainability Award for Residential Buildings from the Sustainable Building Industries Council. Her houses have been on the National Tour of Solar Homes. Fine Homebuilding, Solar Today, Mother Earth News, Home Power, Home Energy, numerous other publications, radio shows, and web sites have reviewed or published her work. Debra has lived in many climate zones including the southwestern and Eastern U.S., Switzerland, the Mediterranean, and the Caribbean. She has researched energy requirements for other climates in the United States and Canada. She currently lives in Alabama in a sun-tempered home that she constructed with her family.

Client comments include: "I am completely and totally in love. You’re a brilliant architect. The house not only works incredibly well as a passive solar marvel, but the layout is so right for our family! The contractors come by now with their mouth wide open and confess to me that they never thought it would work. They not only can’t believe how beautiful it looks, but they can’t believe we don’t have to use the heat! It is so warm and so light.” —Amy.