Most solar homes install three kilowatts of capacity, enough to meet half their total power needs.
Eight hundred or so solar homes are being built in Gunma prefecture, north of Tokyo.
At that time, James was a contractor, building passive solar homes.
In addition, the solar homes sold for $100,000-$200,000 more than their listing price.
He and Diane designed and built their own solar home in 1975.
Sponsors nationwide tours of solar homes and provides links to several other renewable-energy Web sites.
Not the small- scale kind of solar, private homes covering their roofs with solarvol taic cells.
The gifts will come in handy when the happy couple finish building their solar home.
Previous passive solar houses were either experimental or did not possess all the essential features of a solar home.
S. Krauter: Development of an integrated solar home system.