Breaking Ground

  • Length: 24:58
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  • Author: PBS

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In this episode, learn why retail sales are 40% higher in daylit stores, and students in daylit schools progress 20-26% faster on test scores. The air inside your home can be five times more toxic than the air pollution found in most major cities. Costs are coming down for a lot of green...

Foundation

  • Length: 23:55
  • View Count: 13469
  • Author: PBS

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In episode two of the first season of Building Green, host Kevin Contreras gets to the bottom of things, ie, the Foundation. Follow Kevin step-by-step as he discovers green concrete and tours a straw bale mansion in Huntsville, Alabama. Also, find out why Kevin decides on a steel frame for his...

Green Building: Jobs of the Future

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The Washington State Department of Ecology views green building as a key player in addressing a number of our states priority environmental issues: mitigating climate change, reducing toxics in our environment, reducing waste (both solid and hazardous), managing storm-water run-off and more. In...

Green Building Revolution - KQED QUEST

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An explosion in green building is underway, with cleverly engineered libraries, office buildings, even public housing projects popping up across the Bay Area, and championed as much by landlords trying to cut energy and water costs as by environmental groups.

Building Green TV on PBS - Season One Sizzle Reel!

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If you're going to build it, build it green - that's the motto of this pioneering and entertaining eco-lifestyle television series on PBS. Each week host Kevin Contreras explores a range of topics, from the Green Extreme to blue jean insulation as he takes viewers on a journey of discovery where...

Honda's Green Buildings

  • Length: 10:24
  • View Count: 11786
  • Author: Honda

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American Honda Motor Co., Inc. has certified five new green buildings under the US Green Building Councils LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) standards this year as part of an effort to further reduce the environmental impact of Hondas operations and products in the US Hondas...

Build A Recycled Goat Barn Green Building

  • Length: 1:12
  • View Count: 11602
  • Author: london1817

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Build a Recycled Goat Barn. Use recycled materials to build the new goat barn.

ED NORTON: Green Building Saves Money, Environment

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5.15.08 Energy Independence & Climate Change House Select Co

Flash Ash: a green building solution

  • Length: 2:53
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  • Author: UNSW

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UNSW scientists have turned the ash waste from coal-fired power stations into a global environmental solution which promises to slash emissions in the carbon-hungry construction sector by at least 20 per cent. Read the full article: "From coal dust to carbon credits" www.unsw.edu.au For more...

DC - Planet Green - Building The Future Pt. 1

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Discovery Channel Planet Green - Building The Future

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