Passive Solar Neighborhood—One Story
Carolina Sun, by Bob Powell Incoming NCSEA Chair | Winter 1991

Since Earth Day a year ago individuals and companies have responded positively to the exhortations of environ-mentalists. We carry our shopping bags and separate our trash and feel better about the problem. But the Persian Gulf War and ensuing environmental crisis have made it clear that much more drastic steps need to be taken. To put it most simply, we need to use less. Most particularly we need to use less oil and fewer oil-dependent products and processes. If you are planning to renovate or build a house, you can take advantage of highly developed design tools and technology that will cut your home energy consumption up to 75 percent or even more, while giving you a clean, comfortable and beautiful dwelling.
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Home: On The Side Of Light
The Independent Weekly, by Kate Dobbs Ariail | May 7, 1991

Since Earth Day a year ago individuals and companies have responded positively to the exhortations of environ-mentalists. We carry our shopping bags and separate our trash and feel better about the problem. But the Persian Gulf War and ensuing environmental crisis have made it clear that much more drastic steps need to be taken. To put it most simply, we need to use less. Most particularly we need to use less oil and fewer oil-dependent products and processes. If you are planning to renovate or build a house, you can take advantage of highly developed design tools and technology that will cut your home energy consumption up to 75 percent or even more, while giving you a clean, comfortable and beautiful dwelling.
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Let the sun shine in . . .
Saw Miller And Scientist Collaborate
Durham Morning Hearld, by Jack Adams | Oct. 26, 1980

The bright young scientist was riding his bicycle along Dixon Road, near Hope Valley, a few years ago when he spotted the wizened old saw miller sitting on his porch and rocking.
So the scientist stopped and chatted a while, and being a real estate dealer on the side, he worked up a couple of deals.
One of the deals is Green Mill, a name older than Durham, an idea in its infancy: a new development of passive solar houses.
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Biochemist develops solar community
Duke Univ. Medical Ctr. Intercom, by Parker Herring | Oct. 24, 1980

Ledbetter is a biochemist and research associate for Dr. Norman Kirshner, chairman of the Department of Pharmacology. Outside of the laboratory, however, he’s the developer of the first passive solar energy community in Durham and the southeast.
His interest in passive solar energy grew from concern about what he terms sub-standard housing construction which, he said, has led to higher fuel bills for everyone.
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