Among the resources on its website, the NCEEA offers a downloadable 59 page white paper entitled “Affordable Passive Solar Handbook for North Carolina“, which includes 12 different house plans that incorporate passive solar concepts.  Some of the plans are converted from a variety of sources including Habitat for Humanity; others are original designs.

Solar Features include:

• 6-11% of floor area is south facing glazing
• 2 foot overhangs
• slab on grade construction with incorporated thermal mass
• main living areas on south side of home

Affordable Features include:

• even exterior dimensions, to eliminate construction waste
• 900-1300 square feet footprints
• simple roof lines than can be built with trusses

According to the white paper, full sets of working drawings are available for free online at www.energync.net  or www.ncenergystar.org.  However, if you can find the applicable link at either of those sites, you are better than I am.   I’m sure that if you contact the NCEEA they will point you in the right direction.  (And if you do, please drop me a line as to where they can be found).

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