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If you want a place in the sun, housebuilders and architects are getting ready to put you there.
The day has arrived for the sun-powered house—no longer unthinkably expensive, due to rising gas and oil prices; no longer a dream of far-out designers, thanks to new building materials and ideas; no longer with only kiss-off encouragement from officialdom.
There are 2,000 to 5,000 solar-heated houses in the United States today. President Carter, outlining his energy policy, hopes there will be 2.5 million by 1985.
If there are, Americans will be well along in relearning a lot of living styles, from those of Colonial barnbuilders to Indian cliff dwellers, long forgotten during the century of relatively cheap heating fuels, the National Geographic Society says.
8 Million Solar Home*
And changes could come if architects, builders, developers, and homeowners, go for the idea of solar energy.
According to the research chief of the American Institute of Architects, there are 65 million dwelling units in the United States right look, especially the steep, glassy roof supporting the solar energy collectors.
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