It is a fact, that everything we build is solar. When we ignore solar energy during the design stages we end up with a building which may benefit from solar, though it is just as likely to be beat up by solar energy. A passive solar design will not only lower your utility bills, it will be comfortable.
Comfort is priceless.
The following guidelines are drawn from research and practical application,from successes and failures, and from our ancestors who lived in caves to computer generated engineering studies. The winter sun rises South of East and sets South of West. Placing more glass on the South wall will ensure that your home receives free solar energy. This same orientation helps to prevent the high summer sun from entering the home. In the El Paso area true south is 12 degrees East of magnetic South.