South facing windows

What if your best view is to the south or the west? What if your rear yard faces west? What if it faces south? What do you do about designing to orientation then? How do you create a home that is well-lit naturally, and makes the most of the natural conditions to maintain a consistent temperature in your home?

Passive heating techniques in a building in architecture.

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Here are the best plants for south facing windows. The sky is the limit on what you can grow in this exposure. Learn all about it in this post.

This window seat design uses timber to create a feature wall and a base to sit on. A window seat design like this uses frameless structural glass to creat the window element. The timber for the base and the side is very on trend and creates a modern window seat design. Click on the image to see more examples of window seat designs.

The term “Passive House” refers to a voluntary, ultra-low energy construction standard developed over the past twenty years by the PassivHaus Institut in Germany. It has become the highest benchmark for sustainable construction.

Best Paint Colors for South Facing Rooms - Sherwin Williams Sea Salt - Sherwin Williams Tradewind - Benjamin Gray Owl - Benjamin Moore Palladian Blue

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