John lives in the Victorian bush with his wife Jenny and daughter Freda in a solar-powered house they both built themselves.
Now he is building a solar-powered house out of wood, cut in an environmentally correct way, in Nevada City.
Challenges collegiate teams to design, build, and operate solar-powered houses that are cost-effective, energy-efficient, and attractive.
There were few solar-powered houses back then, and information was hard to come by.
They built a solar-powered house - and a garden with a plant collection that friends, wandering the grounds that day, shook their heads over in wonder.
Labchuk lives in Millvale, Queens County, in a solar-powered house.
These appliances are designed to be compatible with and efficient in solar-powered houses.
We're considering everything from a Mongolian yurt to a solar-powered Katrina-style house of recycled building material and have already selected the spot.
He and his wife currently live near Palmer in a solar-powered straw-bale house.
This contest demonstrates that a solar-powered house can provide all of the energy necessary to heat water for domestic uses.