Even diehard Instagrammers admit it: Sometimes the best design is in what you don’t see. Such is the case with passive solar design, an approach to building that—in a nutshell—uses a house’s site, ...

Discover the potential of Passive House Design, which offers the opportunity to construct homes that consume up to 90% less ...

As their kids grew and began leaving the nest, Cathy and Barry Stamp started thinking about two dreams they’d had about a new house: one, to get something very sustainable, and two, to create ...

The reason that homebuilders don’t do passive-solar homes isn’t that they don’t work (passive works great). Rather, it’s because passive solar requires an architect to orient a home along the sun’s ...

EASTON — Being called “passive” isn’t usually interpreted as a compliment. But, in the case of the house at 28 Drewbarrie Lane, it could be. The 4,548-square-foot Cape Cod is a passive solar home, ...

As one of the most beautiful states in the country, Maine offers an infinite number of advantages. But the state’s notoriously frigid winters often leave new residents desperate to find some respite ...

Completed over the span of four years, Haus B is a passive solar home that is a contemporary departure from the housing norm of the 1960s suburban neighborhood in which it resides. Located in Dreieich ...

Building a passive solar adobe home wasn’t the norm in 1982. But studio artist and Zen practitioner Susan Linnell, driven by a desire for efficiency and an interest in architecture, knew what she ...