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Building green. Volume 1 [videorecording (DVD)].

Dreamscape Media, 2021.

DVD 720.47 B9321 v.1 Doc

Sustainable buildings -- Design and construction.

Buildings -- Environmental engineering.

Building -- Environmental aspects.

Architecture -- Environmental aspects.

Steam -- Thermal properties.

Steam engineering.

Natural resources.

Green products.

[videorecording (DVD)].

1 videodisc (96 min.) : Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm.

Originally produced as episodes of the documentary TV program "Ultimate power builders" from Discovery Planet Green in 2009.

Cover has part of title incorrectly as Earth tower instead of Earth power.

Closed-captioned.

Episode 1. Masdar City -- Episode 2. Earth power.

Directed by Jacqueline Farmer.

Harry Prichett.

"Mankind is currently defying all four basic elements to engineer big, useful, ambititious, and environmentally friendly projects that will shape our future on planet Earth and even plant the seeds for the colonization of other planets. Episode 1, Masdar City: Abu Dhabi is the biggest of the United Arab Emirates sitting in the heart of the oil rich Persian Gulf. Oil represents more than two thirds of this city state’s economy and with such easy access to all that black gold, the citizens of Abu Dhabi have become one of the most polluting on earth. Cheap fuel means big cars, year round air conditioning and sweet water, which comes from an energy intensive desalination process. And yet Abu Dhabi recently announced one of the most ambitious development projects in the world. The construction of Masdar, the world’s first zero carbon, zero waste, car free city. The 22 billion dollar project when it’s finished in 2016, will be home to 40,000 people, an academic institute, a manufacturing hub for solar power and desalination, have no greenhouse gas emissions, no waste and a personal transport system instead of cars. This episode focuses on the process of creating such a unique utopia. Episode 2, Earth Power: The volcanic and wet country of Iceland has plenty of steam to turn into electricity, it’s the Saudi Arabia of geothermy. Plants are popping up and growing fast. Markus, a foreman in charge of building cooling towers, essential pieces on the giant plant of Hellisheidi, deals all year long with a tight schedule, non English or nor Icelandic speaking workers, storms and...a lethal poisonous gas. Gretar, the geologist, has to map the underground and inform drillers how to provide daily more power to the plant. All of them together are tapping tens of steam wells one mile down and deeper, laying miles of pipes and installing always more generators. Iceland plans to become before 2050 the first nation to free itself from fossil fuels. Watch their efforts to meet this goal."--Container.

Documentary television programs.

Environmental television programs.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Farmer, Jacqueline (Film director)

Prichett, Harry.

Dreamscape Media.

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