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The programme looks at the Reines family home in New Mexico, an energy self-sufficient house, which uses solar and wind energy as inputs.
The programme looks at the Reines family home in New Mexico, an energy self-sufficient house, which uses solar and wind energy as inputs.
| Module code and title: | T101, Living with technology: a foundation course |
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| Item code: | T101; 03; 1980 |
| First transmission date: | 02-03-1980 |
| Published: | 1980 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:00 |
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| Producer: | Colin Robinson |
| Contributors: | John Naughton; Lee Reines |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | America; Architecture; Autonomous house; Design; Dome; Home; Self-sufficiency; Shelter; Solar energy; Wind power |
| Footage description: | John Naughton introduces the programme. Film shots of everyday activities inside the Reines' home - washing up, cooking, etc. Short introductory commentary by Nigel Cross. Exterior shots of the dome home. Robert Reines, with occasional commentary by Nigel Cross (v/o) explains why he chose a dome shaped building for his home. He goes on to explain how, and with what materials, the dome was constructed. Some interior shots of an empty dome structure, Robert Reines and Nigel Cross (v/o) discuss the climatic conditions for the area in which the dome home was built. Interior and exterior shots of the dome home. Reines and Cross (v/o) go on to discuss the solar energy provision for the dome home. Shot of solar collectors as they talk. Over shots of a windmill outside the dome home, Robert and Lee Reines explain how the used to provide electricity for their home. Also shots of lead acid storage batteries and a control panel. Robert Reines and Nigel Cross discuss the lack of water at the dome home site. Reines explains why it is impractical to drill a well and then tells how water is brought to the site by tanker. Shots of tanker being filled and returned to the site. Shots of water being pumped from the tanker into the house. Over shots of Robert and Lee Reines having supper, Robert Reines explains how his home and life style differs from a conventional American home and family. Over exterior shots of the dome home at night, Nigel Cross sums up the programme. |
| Master spool number: | OU3265 |
| Production number: | FOUT036F |
| Videofinder number: | 2187 |
| Available to public: | no |
