7-Stage Solar Design Review

Launch sale $625 $825

I designed and co-managed building over 100 passive solar, energy-independent, natural buildings over the last 10 years and this service is the most dense distillation I can offer for your project.

• You have a home that you want to retrofit and make it more healthy, sunlit & be less energy dependent but don't know how to do it.
• You have a building project and want to review from solar passive, health and energy-efficiency wise.
• You have a land and want to build the healthiest, most sunlit forever home and don't know where to start.
• You want to buy a building and want the location/plans reviewed to find out its potential weak spots in terms of sunlight, health and energy-efficiency.
• Any ideas and problems you have and fit the 7-Stage review outlined below.

If any of the above fits you, this review should help you immensely.

You'll get a 2h discussion with me + a written summary of 7-stage Solar Design Review of:

1. Solar exposure analysis, window placement
2. Thermal envelope/ thermal mass analysis
3. Ventilation concept
4. Thermal bridge problems (mold & condensation)
5. Artificial light and/or functional design imrovements
6. Local climate analysis
7. Building materials review

This is for you if:

• Have a plot you want to build on and want a quick assessment for it.
• Have an architectural design and want a review if its solar orientation, natural light, energy-efficiency potential, health and wellbeing aspects are maximised.
• Have an existing building you want to retrofit as well as possible and don't know how to start.
• Want to buy a house and want to assess the solar and health potential of it in terms of solar orientation, natural light maximisation, circadian health etc. - my tools and expertise help me analyse any building anywhere it would be.
• Want to sell a house and want to present its advantages - if there are some - from the above mentioned perspectives. - I can help you formulate some key points for your RE campaign.

You can read about the solarchitecture vision on my blog or twitter.

Examples of what we've solved with such calls in the past:

• Did not buy house as it was not suitable from a well-being perspective.
• Reoriented house and optimised windows to get 40% more beneficial sunlight
• Client decided to postpone building because we realised he's over budget already.
• Client designed and built a smaller home than they thought because the functionalities could be solved in less floor area.
• Client sold the land and bought another that suited them better.
• All these meant a lot of money better spent or never spent at all for my clients.

How to proceed?

You send an email to me with exactly what you want to be covered in your consultation + photos, building plans, design brief.

Then in max 48 hours I will send you a private online calendar booking link so you can choose a convenient time in your timezone to book your session with me and start planning a brief for the call.

You'll then get 120 minutes with me on Zoom (or your preferred video conferencing app) to go through everything you want to be covered.

After we're done you'll get a written summary of 7-stage Solar Design Review so you can go forward and apply what we talked about!