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The Story of Stuff
What is the Story of Stuff?
From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view.
Green Design: The Incredible LEED Platinum Bren School
The amazing Bren School at the University of California at Santa Barbara is a LEED Platinum building with incredibly energy efficient solar technology, fly-ash concrete, an extraordinarily efficient heating/cooling system, and a magnificent web-controlled brain to run it all.
Produced by: Pierre Terre, 4/11/2006
Language: English
Run Time: 24 min. 30 sec.
Story Level 2 = Children may need to ask their parents about the meaning of the Stor
Sun Run: The Power Company Pays Marian at a Remarkable Passive/Active Solar Home
When we first filmed her, Marian Peleski showed us how she payed only $2 or so for electricity many months in her custom-designed solar home.
Since then, it has gotten even better. She installed a solar hot water system (vacuum tube design) which is difficult in the cloudy East Coast of the U.S. With reduced hot-water consumption, her electric bills 'went negative' - so the power company has to pay her for her renewable energy generation!
Most importantly, she is getting payed to generate clean energy.
