Doors Open Denver 2010
Doors Open Denver celebrates innovation and design within architecture. Participating buildings open their doors to let viewers look, experience and examine the buildings at their leisure.
Highlighting the Sustainable, Renewable and Green Building Technologies of Passive (and Active!) Solar Design
Doors Open Denver celebrates innovation and design within architecture. Participating buildings open their doors to let viewers look, experience and examine the buildings at their leisure.
Socrates, the Greek father of philosophy known for his dialectical method of questioning, was also an astute observer of the sun’s movements.
5 basic questions to ask yourself before knocking down part of your house and embarking on a passive solar retrofit project.
The cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde are an excellent example of passive solar design utilized by those who came before us.
I first became aware of the synergy of efficiencies within passive solar design on a hiking trip into the desert backcountry. I saw that the southwestern cliff dwellers, the Anasazi, benefited from passive solar design.
Chaco Canyon, located in northwestern New Mexico, is an impressive example of solar oriented design.
Pueblo Bonito shows that much thought and planning went into the design and building of the massive south facing complex.
This uses simple drawings that visually explain the process of why I have decided to embark upon a passive solar retrofit project.