Build-It-Solar Blog

Josh built this very unique passive solar home in Missouri. The house incorporates the usual south glazing to gather solar hea...

Darrel sent in a note on the Rain Harvest Calculator  that he has developed and made available free of charge on his website.  Its a dandy. ...

David has designed and built a very nice solar water heating system for his energy efficient home. It is a drainback system that uses an EP...

Lu has designed and built a solar water heating system with several innovations. The system includes a collector based on the the  Thom...

I recently got the chance to see a very innovative solar home being built near Bridger Montana by Andrew Ray of Rational Design/Build. ...

I just want to give people a heads up on some excellent DIY renewable energy workshops provided by Ian Woofenden. These workshops cover pr...

Mike and Nancy have come up with this unique and very efficient camping arrangement.  They pull a tear drop trailer behind their Honda Insig...

The developers of a new KickStarter project called FlipFlic gave me a heads up about their idea.  I was impressed with their design's si...

I really like this new straw bale home design by Brian Waite.  Its not very often you see a completely new home design that is energy  effic...

The Kume "family" in Chile has come up with a new design for thermal shades that I think is very interesting and may be a good sol...