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Introduction to 5 Things to Consider When Building a Solar-powered Home In the last 10 years, homes with rooftop solar arrays have gone from curiosity to commonplace. It's a trend perhaps best exemplified by Home Depot's decision to start stocking solar panels in 2001 [source: DOE].

Design guides for solar homes, types of solar home designs, construction techniques for solar homes, and owner descriptions of solar homes

Crosbie, M.J., ed. (1997). The Passive Solar Design and Construction Handbook. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Kachadorian, J. (1997). The Passive Solar House. White River Jct., VT: Chelsea Green Publishing Co. Van Dresser, P. (1996). Passive Solar House Basics. Santa Fe, NM: Ancient City Press.

Passive solar building construction may not be difficult or expensive (using off-the-shelf existing materials and technology), but the scientific passive solar building design is a non-trivial engineering effort that requires significant study of previous counter-intuitive lessons learned, and time to enter, evaluate, and iteratively refine the computer simulation input and output.

What Is The New Solar Homes Partnership? The California Energy Commission's New Solar Homes Partnership (NSHP) is part of the comprehensive statewide solar program, known as the California Solar Initiative. The NSHP provides financial incentives and other support to home builders, encouraging the construction of new, energy efficient solar homes that save homeowners money on their electric bills and protect the environment.

Win for you: $750 cash gift card, Win for the planet: clean solar energy, Win for Sierra Club: Sungevity gives $750 for each solar home. Go solar today!