As to the windows I have them all figured out
As to the ground around the house, most is rock, however I have not done any probing yet.
I would really want to use as much heat in the summer as possible. I am quite convinced about solar heating to get hot water in the house, maybe also store heat and get hot air in the winter but what I would really love to do is to use the heat produced by air conditioning the house in the summer and use it to heat up the water in the swimming pool. Do you know how to get round this?
And of course I would be using professional engineers to set up the systems.