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Sun-inspired House: house designs warmed and brightened by the Sun

Debra Rucker Coleman (Author)

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The Sun Inspired House: Ideas and House Plans Using the Sun to Brighten and Warm Your Home is a unique combination of passive solar information and house plans designed to use the sun to maximum efficiency. The information is educational while the designs are inspirational. The elegant yet functional homes capture the non-polluting heat and wonderful light of the sun in a wide range of warm and welcoming styles. Blueprints are available for most of the designs.

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Debra Rucker Coleman, Architect and President of Sun Plans, Inc. has designed passive solar homes since 1985. Some of her work has been featured in Fine Homebuilding, Solar Today, and Home Energy. Coleman has lived in hot, moderate, and cold climates, but currently resides in Alabama, in a sun-temperes home for which she was both the architect and general contractor.

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Paperback: 248 pages
Publisher: Sun Plans (December 6, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0976731800
ISBN-13: 978-0976731801
Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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5.0 out of 5 stars In this day and age of expensive fuels, passive solar is the way to go!, November 11, 2005

By	Kitty Werner "katinvermont" (Waitsfield, Vermont United States) - See all my reviews

Coleman's book is a wealth of information on using the free power of the sun to heat and cool a home. This is practical information, tried and true, not weird machinations, to achieve environmentally-friendly, truly energy-efficient, eminently livable homes. The book is packed with essential information on actual house design, plus Sun Plans house designs using the technology, resources to find more information, information on the science and history behind the use of passive solar, as well as actual case histories of families living in passive solar homes designed by Coleman.

These homes have been built all over North America--from the wet Northwest, to the snowy Northeast, in between, and all over the South. As Coleman says, a passive solar home has to be designed for the particular locale to take full advantage of the sun's benefits.

My husband and I are so impressed with the practicality of Coleman's designs that we are building one of her homes ourselves.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A collection of home designs which blends floor plans and modification ideas with sun-inspired homes for all climates, May 22, 2006

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

A 'sun-inspired' room is sunny, open, warm in winter and cool in summer, and integrates sustainable design principles with efficiency and useful design basics. And THE SUN-INSPIRED HOUSE illustrates a range of concepts related to the sun, using fifty house plans to demonstrate integrated concepts. This is a collection of home designs which blends floor plans and modification ideas with sun-inspired homes for all climates. Blends of design and construction information provide an architect's expertise under one cover. What it lacks in glossy color photos is more than made up for in practical application designs and insider information paired with homeowner testimonials that they actually work. A top pick.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Sun-inspired House: house designs warmed and brightened by the Sun, March 9, 2006

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My personal interest is in building a new home within the next 2 years. A home that is more friendly to the environment--that is smaller, and utilizing the sun in my home design. The information alone in this book is invaluable and the designs by the architect are amazing. What an awesome utilization of space and design she has created!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Overview for Anyone Interested in Building a Passive Solar Home
This book defines the basic components of a pasive solar home and provides guidelines for building a home with plenty of house plans as examples. Read more

Published on March 25, 2007 by DHC

5.0 out of 5 stars passive home review
i like the book a lot. it has good beginning information, and good resources in the back.

Published on March 14, 2007 by vince

4.0 out of 5 stars Great book with wonderful ideas.
I really like this book and their web site also. I am in a planning stage of building a house and at this time I think I will use the author to design my home when I am ready... Read more

Published on January 30, 2007 by Michael H. Coates

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Resource
Debra Rucker Coleman's book, The Sun Inspired House, showcases passive solar houses that are comfortable the year around, light filled, beautiful, healthy for the residents, and... Read more

Published on September 23, 2006 by Daryl Bergquist

2.0 out of 5 stars Excuse to sell house plans
While this book contains limited basic information regarding solar design, it really is a house plan book. Unless you are interested in buying her house plans, save your money.

Published on March 31, 2006 by Sammy

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