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Sun Orientation refers to the alignment of a building or structure with respect to the transit of the Sun across the sky. The orientation determines which walls or windows receive light during the day. This is an important factor in passive solar building design.

You can read more about passive solar and Sun orientation in this article .

• Ecologically Sustainable Development, what it is and how you can do it
  Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) is defined and explained in detail in this article; and how it helps you to be more green and eco friendly.
• Keeping your home Cool in Summer or Warm in Winter for free!
  How to keep cool or warm in your home by design, either in Summer or Winter, whilst reducing costs to you and the Earth..

• Richard Tice has 15-year record of supporting ‘net stupid zero’ initiatives
  Firms led by deputy Reform UK leader since 2011 have shown commitment to saving energy and cutting CO2 emissions
• The pros and cons of Passivhaus buildings | Letters
  Alan and Jane Hill’s home-building project is stymied by soaring costs, while a community centre renovated to Passivhaus standard is celebrated by Jenny Littlewood
• Poor building standards add £1,000 to energy bills of new homes, analysis finds
  About £5bn more spent than if rules for low-carbon new-builds had not been scrapped in 2016, ECIU thinktank finds
• The solar pump revolution could bring water to millions of Africans but it must be sustainable and fair | Alan MacDonald
  Solar power could enable 400 million Africans without water to tap into groundwater aquifers. However, we must ensure smaller projects do not lose out in the rush for new technology
• How to build your ecohome: start simple, do your research and take the time to get it right
  From designing an entire house from scratch to making basic changes with big impacts, getting into ecologically efficient homes isn’t as hard as it seems

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