Village Homes in Davis, California is often cited as America's first solar community. From 1975–1983, 244 homes were built in the neighborhood. All of them incorporated basic passive solar, north-south orientation and the ability to heat water using the sun. Many more houses went much further and pioneered innovative approaches to natural heating and cooling, thermal mass, and active solar technologies that were at the forefront of energy efficiency. These animations help to describe such features.
