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Designing A Great Neighborhood
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To people driving past the old Holiday Drive-In Theater site in Boulder, Colorado, it might seem like a new neighborhood has sprung out of the ground overnight. But those who worked on the project's development know better. Collectively, hundreds of thousands of decisions and choices were made to create the 330-home neighborhood, where affordability and sustainability are primary goals. It wasn't exactly a simple mission.
In DESIGNING A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD, director David Wann follows the progress of the Wild Sage Cohousing Community project, where future residents participate in the design of their own neighborhood. The stated architectural goal at the Wild Sage site in Boulder is a 'zero emissions' neighborhood in which solar energy, energy efficiency, and changes in behavior eliminate the need for fossil fuels.
The master site developer, The Boulder Housing Partners (BHP), has a vision for creating affordable neighborhoods that are also lively, efficient and pedestrian friendly. More than 400 people with low and middle incomes will live at Holiday, many as first-time homeowners.
'Finally, a film that goes beyond green building to address the comprehensive benefits of green neighborhood design! By prioritizing quality over size, we can achieve better neighborhoods for people in all stages of life and income brackets. The market for great neighborhoods will flourish once people know what's possible, and can 'vote with their dollars.' Developers, governing officials and the public need to see this film!'
Alexis Karolides, AIA, Principal, Green Development Services, Rocky Mountain Institute
''People don't really understand there are choices about how you build and where you live,' says Wann. 'This story enables them to see an example of something different to make them happier, save them money and save the environment. It's a lay person's look at what green building means.'...Higher density, a community garden, walkable and interconnected streets, nearby shops and even shared car rentals encourage a sociable existence.' The Denver Post
'[Designing a Great Neighborhood] shows an excellent community development initiative that is grounded in many of the core principles of sustainability...The documentary clearly shows the TIME this process takes to engage the community, work with a designer and developer, and then build the project... Developers and builders could take some serious lessons on community engagement and local partnership building from this video... [Designing a Great Neighborhood]--as far as being a tool for demonstrating a community engagement process and the environmental AND economic benefits that can be derived from sustainable development--is excellent, informative and very well done.' Martin L. Harris, Director, National Association of Counties, Center for Sustainable Communities
'Designing a Great Neighborhood gives a marvelous insight into the integrative design process. It is a vivid demonstration of the way development should take place, with emphasis on the experience of the homeowner, the development of a true community, and attention to environmental impacts ranging from water pollution to traffic congestion. It follows city officials, developers, architects, future residents, and other stakeholders through the four-year process from conception to habitation; the path is not always easy, nor is the end product without fault, but the result is still outstanding. If all developments focused on creating houses that would give residents such a high quality of living, we all would benefit. This film will inspire all towards this very end.' Will Clift, Energy and Resources Services, Rocky Mountain Institute
'The viewer experiences firsthand, the interaction of future residents as they plan and develop their new community. Words and phrases specific to the development are defined in terms we can all understand...The video quality is superb, steady and well-focused. The choice of upbeat music is particularly appropriate in that it captures the mood and excitement of the residents as they design and develop this great space... [Designing a Great Neighborhood] is recommended for high school media centers specifically for architecture and sociology classes. College and university libraries with collections in sociology and architecture would also benefit by including this video in their holdings. Community groups and non-profit development groups would possibly find this useful as an addition to their public libraries.' Educational Media Reviews Online
'RECOMMENDED for academic and large public libraries.' Library Journal
Citation
Main credits
Wann, David (Producer)
Callaway, Evelyn (Narrator)
Other credits
Cinematography, Stuart Keene; editor, Bob Callaway.
Distributor subjects
Affordable Housing; American Studies; Art/Architecture; Community ; Design; Energy; Energy Efficiency; Environment; Green Building; Humanities; Renewable Energy; Science, Technology, Society; Sustainability; Urban Studies; Urban and Regional Planning; Western USKeywords
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TO PEOPLE PASSING BY
THE SITE OF THE OLD
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HOLIDAY DRIVE-IN THEATRE
IN BOULDER, COLORADO,
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IT MIGHT SEEM LIKE A NEW
NEIGHBOURHOOD HAS SPRUNG OUT
OF THE GROUND OVERNIGHT.
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BUT THOSE WHO WORKED ON THE
8-YEAR PROJECT KNOW BETTER:
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THOUSANDS OF
DECISIONS WERE MADE E
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TO CREATING THIS DIVERSE,
330-HOME DEVELOPMENT.
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JOIN US BEHIND THE SCENES
TO LEARN HOW A SUSTAINABLE,
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AFFORDABLE NEIGHBOURHOOD
IS DESIGNED.
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WE\'LL FOLLOW THE PROGRESS
OF ONE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
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IN PARTICULAR...
THE WILD SAGE CO-HOUSING
COMMUNITY...
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WHERE FUTURE RESIDENTS
PARTICIPATE IN THE DESIGN
OF THEIR OWN NEIGHBOURHOOD.
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IN THE BEGINNING
OF THE PROJECT,
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THERE IS ONLY BARE EARTH
AND GRASS, ON A 27-ACRE SITE
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THAT IS ONE OF BOULDER\'S LAST
PARCELS OF UNDEVELOPED LAND.
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A SMALL GROUP OF BOULDER
LEADERS FEELS STRONGLY THAT
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SOMETHING EXCEPTIONAL
SHOULD BE CREATED
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ON THIS LAND OF
LAST OPPORTUNITY...
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SOMETHING DIVERSE, LIVELY,
AND SUSTAINABLE.
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CINDY BROWN, CO-DIRECTOR OF
BOULDER HOUSING PARTNERS,
IS ONE OF THEM.
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THE SITE WAS ACQUIRED BY
THE CITY OF BOULDER IN 1997.
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AND THE CITY HAD A VISION
FOR WHAT THIS SITE MIGHT BE.
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AND THERE WAS,
AT THE TIME,
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A BIG BOX,
PRICE CLUB,
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THAT WANTED TO BUY
THIS AND LOCATE THERE.
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THE CITY DECIDED
THEY HAD A DIFFERENT
VISION FOR THIS AREA,
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THAT IT WOULD
BE A SMALLER SCALE,
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IT WOULD BE NEIGHBOURHOOD
BUSINESSES,
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AND MULTI-FAMILY AND
SINGLE-FAMILY
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ALL ORIENTED
AROUND CENTRAL PARK.
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SO THE CITY
GOT INVOLVED,
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AND WITH THAT,
THE HOUSING AUTHORITY
GOT INVOLVED AS WELL.
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I WORK WITH
THE HOUSING AUTHORITY.
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WE\'RE ACTING AS MASTER SITE
PLANNER FOR THE DEVELOPMENT.
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THERE ARE GOING TO BE
ABOUT 300 HOMES ON THIS SITE,
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AND AS MANY AS
HALF OF THEM WILL BE
PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE.
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THAT\'S AN UNUSUAL CONCEPT,
BUT IT MEANS EVERY TIME
IT\'S RENTED OR SOLD,
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IT WILL CONTINUE
TO BE AFFORDABLE.
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WHAT IS REALLY
UNUSUAL IS WE COULD HAVE
NEIGHBOURHOOD BUSINESSES.
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YOU CAN SEE THE RED SCATTERED
THROUGHOUT THE SITE.
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THIS IS LITTLE OFFICES
AND BUSINESSES.
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AND THE WHITE
IS LIVE-WORK.
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SO YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO HAVE
AN ARTIST STUDIO DOWNSTAIRS
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AND BE ABLE
TO LIVE UPSTAIRS.
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THE BLUE IS
A MULTI-FAMILY TOWNHOUSE,
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AND THE YELLOW IS A SINGLE
FAMILY OR DUPLEX.
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SO YOU SEE IT\'S
A RICH VARIETY OF
DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOMES,
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AND INCOME LEVELS
REPRESENTED ACROSS THE SITE.
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SOME REALLY NICE FEATURES
ARE THE PARK AT THE HEART.
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THIS IS A TWO-ACRE PARK
THE CITY WILL OWN AND MANAGE.
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AND THERE\'S A PEDESTRIAN
WALKWAY THAT GATHERS
EVERYTHING UP,
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COMMUNITY GARDEN,
AND THIS BUFFER ZONE.
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I THINK IT REPRESENTS AN
EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITY
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BECAUSE IN BOULDER
WE DON\'T HAVE MUCH LAND.
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TWENTY-SEVEN ACRES
IS A HUGE SITE.
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AND MANY PEOPLE WERE
EXCITED TO BE PART OF IT.
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REALIZING IT\'S ONE OF
THE LAST BIG PIECES THAT
COULD BE DEVELOPED.
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BARRETT STUDIO ARCHITECTS
OF BOULDER IS CHOSEN TO BE
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THE PROJECT\'S MASTER
SITE PLANNER.
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AS WE STARTED
TO DESIGN,
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WE REALIZED THAT
IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS
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A WALK-ABLE,
PEDESTRIAN-ORIENTED
COMMUNITY,
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ON THE EDGE OF A CITY THAT
IS DOMINATED BY CARS,
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WE NEEDED TO
INTRODUCE A CONCEPT
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THAT WOULD DRAW PEOPLE
OUT OF THEIR CARS,
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AND ALLOW THEM THE FREEDOM
TO WALK THROUGH THE SITE,
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AND ENCOURAGE THEM
BY PUTTING ON THE SITE
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GARDENS,
PEDESTRIAN PATHWAYS,
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INTERESTING SPOTS
TO SIT AND PLAY,
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INTERESTING
SPOTS TO WORK,
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INTERESTING SPOTS
TO GROW...
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THAT FORMED THE BACKBONE
OF THE SITE DESIGN.
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WHERE WE CREATED
A GREEN PATH
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THAT STARTS
OUT ON BROADWAY,
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ALL THE WAY
TO THE WEST,
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WORKS ITS WAY
THROUGH THE SITE,
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THROUGH THE PARK,
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AND CULMINATES OUT ON
U.S. 36 TO THE EAST
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IN AN ORCHARD
AND GARDEN.
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AND THE NICE THING ABOUT
THE SOUTHERN ORIENTATION
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IS WE GET TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF PASSIVE SOLAR DESIGN,
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ACTIVE SOLAR DESIGN,
IN THE INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS.
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THE NEIGHBOURHOOD
AS WE ENVISION IT
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IS A PLACE FOR PEOPLE
TO LIVE, AND WORK, AND PLAY,
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ALL WITHIN
THE SAME 27 ACRES.
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AND MOST IMPORTANTLY,
PROVIDING THE CITY OF BOULDER
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A PLACE FOR THEIR
PEOPLE TO LIVE
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BY PROVIDING PERMANENTLY
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
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AT THE LEVELS THAT
WE\'RE DOING SO.
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BASED ON HIS EXPERTISE
IN DESIGNING AFFORDABLE,
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SUSTAINABLE NEIGHBOURHOODS
LIKE THIS POPLAR STREET
DEVELOPMENT,
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JOHN WOLFF IS
CHOSEN AS DEVELOPER
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FOR THREE SEPARATE
HOLIDAY COMPONENTS.
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ONE OF THE WAYS
WE\'RE ABLE TO
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DO THINGS AT SLIGHTLY
HIGHER DENSITIES
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IS TO MAKE SURE THAT EACH
BUILDING DOES ITS PART
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TO SHAPE THIS WONDERFUL
COMMON OPEN SPACE,
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SOMETIMES WE CALL IT
THE GREEN AT THE HEART OR
THE CENTRE GREEN;
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AND IT ALLOWS FOR PRIVATE
YARD AREA OF EACH HOME,
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WHICH ARE QUITE SMALL,
TO BE EXTENDED INTO
THIS COMMON AREA.
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IT ALLOWS FOR THESE
HIGHER DENSITIES TO BE
EXTREMELY LIVABLE.
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IF WE CAN DO THE SAME
THINGS IN 1,000 SQUARE FEET
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THAT MOST HOUSES
DO IN 1,500,
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WE\'VE USED CONSIDERABLY
LESS BUILDING MATERIAL
TO PRODUCE THAT HOUSE.
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OVER TIME, HEATING
AND COOLING THAT HOUSE,
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TAKING CARE
OF THAT HOUSE,
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ALL OF THOSE THINGS
WILL BE MORE AFFORDABLE
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AND ECONOMICAL TO
THE HOME OWNER.
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BOULDER IS A WONDERFUL
COMMUNITY TO LIVE IN.
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AND BECAUSE IT\'S SUCH
A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY,
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HOUSING HAS BECOME
VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE.
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AND SO YOUR AVERAGE WORKING
PERSON THAT HAS A GOOD JOB,
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THAT MIGHT BE A NURSE OR
SOMEONE WORKING AT A SCHOOL,
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THEY CAN NO LONGER
AFFORD A HOME IN BOULDER.
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SO ONE OF THE MISSIONS OF THE
NON-PROFIT I\'M INVOLVED IN
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IS TO TRY TO CREATE
SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING
OPPORTUNITIES FOR OWNERSHIP.
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AFFORDABLE DOESN\'T
NECESSARILY MEAN CHEAP.
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AND I THINK
FOR MANY YEARS,
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AFFORDABLE HOUSING WAS REALLY
THE SCIENCE OF CHEAPENING.
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WE FIGURED OUT WAYS TO KEEP
REDUCING THE MATERIAL,
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THE WINDOWS, JUST MAKING THE
HOUSE CHEAPER AND CHEAPER.
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AND THAT IS NOT
OUR APPROACH.
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IT ALSO NEEDS TO BE
SOMETHING PEOPLE WILL LOVE
AND CARE FOR OVER TIME.
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ONE OF THE EXCITING
THINGS ABOUT THE PROJECT
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IS THERE ARE SO MANY
DIFFERENT DEVELOPERS,
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EACH WITH A SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENT VISION.
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ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT\'S REALLY NICE IS THERE\'S
A FAIR AMOUNT OF COMPLEXITY
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IN TERMS OF THE BUILDING TYPES,
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER,
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AND THAT\'LL BE BROUGHT
TO IT BY THE FACT THAT
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IT\'S NOT ONE MASTER
DEVELOPER OR ARCHITECT
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DEVELOPING 300 UNITS.
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SUSTAINABILITY BEGINS WITH
THE CREATION OF COMMUNITY.
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AND MAKING SURE THAT THE
PEOPLE THAT INHABIT A PLACE
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REALLY WANT TO
BE THERE OVER TIME,
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THAT THEY WILL CARE FOR IT,
THEY WILL NOURISH IT.
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TO MAKE THE PROJECT
AS SUSTAINABLE AS POSSIBLE,
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THE CITY OF BOULDER
AND BOULDER HOUSING PARTNERS
REQUIRE COMPLIANCE
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WITH AN INNOVATIVE PROGRAM
CALLED \"GREEN POINTS.\"
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IN ORDER TO GET A BUILDING
PERMIT IN BOULDER,
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FOR EITHER A NEW HOME
OR FOR REMODELING,
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YOU HAVE TO MEET THE
CONVENTIONAL BUILDING CODE,
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AND ENERGY REQUIREMENTS
OF THE BUILDING CODE.
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AND THEN YOU HAVE
TO GET SO MANY GREEN POINTS
ON TOP OF THAT.
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AND SO FROM A LIST OF
60 OR 70 OPTIONS,
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YOU PICK AND CHOOSE FROM
IMPROVED ENERGY EFFICIENCY
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USING ENGINEERED LUMBER AS
OPPOSED TO OLD GROWTH LUMBER;
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THINGS LIKE CEMENT SIDING
AS OPPOSED TO CEDAR SIDING.
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IMPROVED INDOOR AIR
QUALITY USING PAINTS WITH NO
VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS,
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WHICH IS THAT NEW HOUSE SMELL
WE\'RE SO FAMILIAR WITH.
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YOU ADD THOSE
POINTS TOGETHER,
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AND ONCE YOU REACH
THAT 65-POINT THRESHOLD,
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THEN YOU GET YOUR
BUILDING PERMIT.
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FOR EVERY 50 SQUARE FEET
ABOVE 2,500 SQUARE FEET,
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YOU HAVE TO GET
ANOTHER GREEN POINT.
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SO A 5,000
SQUARE FOOT HOUSE
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HAS TO GET
130 GREEN POINTS.
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SO THE GREEN POINTS
ALSO ACT AS A WAY
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OF KEEPING HOUSING COSTS
AND HOUSING SIZES DOWN
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WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS
SO MORE AND MORE PEOPLE
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WHO ACTUALLY WORK
IN THE COMMUNITY
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CAN AFFORD TO OWN A HOUSE
IN THIS COMMUNITY.
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WHAT SCALE OF IMPACT
DO OUR BUILDINGS HAVE
ON THE ENVIRONMENT?
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MORE THAN MOST
OF US REALIZE.
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BUILDINGS ACCOUNT FOR
40% OF ALL THE MATERIALS,
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ALL THE STUFF THAT
WE MAKE IN THIS COUNTRY.
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FORTY PERCENT OF IT
GOES INTO BUILDINGS;
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35% OF ALL THE RAW ENERGY...
OIL, GAS, AND COAL...
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IS DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE
TO BUILDINGS.
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SIXTY-SIX PERCENT OF
THE ELECTRICITY WE USE
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IS USED FOR HEATING, COOLING,
AND LIGHTING BUILDINGS.
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WE ARE USING SOMEWHERE IN
THE VICINITY OF 70 TRILLION
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BOARD FEET OF SOFTWOOD
EVERY YEAR TO BUILD HOUSES.
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A BOARD FOOT IS A ONE-INCH
BOARD 12 INCHES BY 12 INCHES.
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SO, WHEN WE START
TO REDUCE THOSE NUMBERS,
INCREMENTALLY,
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BUILDING BY BUILDING,
CITY BY CITY,
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WE CAN HAVE DRAMATIC,
DRAMATIC IMPACTS
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ON HOW OUR COUNTRY USES
ENERGY AND RESOURCES.
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IN THE HOLIDAY PROJECT,
DEVELOPERS FIND WAYS TO REDUCE
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THE ECOLOGICAL IMPACT OF
HOMES, OFFICES, AND STORES.
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ONE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES,
BECAUSE THE CO-HOUSING GROUP
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COMES TOGETHER EARLY,
IS THEY\'RE LOOKING AT THE
MOST INNOVATIVE THINGS.
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THEY DO CENTRAL HEATING
AS OPPOSED TO INDIVIDUAL
HEATING EACH HOME.
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WE\'RE TRYING TO LEARN
FROM THAT AND SAY,
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WHAT MIGHT WE BE ABLE
TO DO ACROSS THE SITE?
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THIS IS ABOUT
35 HOMES...
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WHAT CAN WE DO FOR
300 HOMES THAT MIGHT
ALSO TAKE ADVANTAGE
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OF SOME SIMILAR KINDS
OF TECHNOLOGY.
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SO THAT\'S,
WORKING WITH AN E.P.A GRANT,
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WHAT WE REALLY
HOPE TO EXPLORE.
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BOULDER-BASED
DEVELOPER JIM LEACH
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LIKES TO PUSH THE ENVELOPE
OF SUSTAINABILITY...
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ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS
HE IS SELECTED AS A HOLIDAY
PROJECT DEVELOPER.
00:09:31.918 --> 00:09:34.998
HE\'S NOW BUILT 15
CO-HOUSING COMMUNITIES,
00:09:34.999 --> 00:09:37.625
EACH A MODEL
OF EFFICIENCY.
00:09:37.626 --> 00:09:39.791
A LOT OF DEVELOPERS
WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND
00:09:39.792 --> 00:09:43.998
TO THE
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
00:09:43.999 --> 00:09:45.998
AND BUILD
GREENER PRODUCT,
00:09:45.999 --> 00:09:50.291
BUT THEY\'RE DEALING WITH
A MARKET-DRIVEN ECONOMY.
00:09:50.292 --> 00:09:53.998
I LIKE WORKING
WITH COMMUNITIES...
00:09:53.999 --> 00:09:57.917
YOU CAN WORK WITH THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE GOING TO BE LIVING
IN THE HOUSING UNITS.
00:09:57.918 --> 00:10:00.166
SO THEY\'RE MAKING
THE TOUGH DECISIONS.
00:10:00.167 --> 00:10:01.998
IT\'S NOT EASY TO
DECIDE TO TRADE OFF
00:10:01.999 --> 00:10:07.291
YOUR JACUZZI BATHTUB
FOR A SOLAR SYSTEM.
00:10:07.292 --> 00:10:10.833
JIM LEACH CONTRACTS WITH
JIM LOGAN TO BE THE ARCHITECT
00:10:10.834 --> 00:10:13.666
FOR THE WILD SAGE
CO-HOUSING COMMUNITY.
00:10:13.667 --> 00:10:17.041
RIGHT FROM THE START,
LOGAN IS COMMITTED TO
A DESIGN STRATEGY
00:10:17.042 --> 00:10:22.583
THAT BOTH MINIMIZES
RESOURCE USE AND ENCOURAGES
A SENSE OF COMMUNITY.
00:10:22.584 --> 00:10:25.917
A VETERAN PRACTITIONER
OF PASSIVE SOLAR ENERGY,
00:10:25.918 --> 00:10:28.750
LOGAN INTENDS TO
BRING TO WILD SAGE
00:10:28.751 --> 00:10:32.666
MANY OF THE QUALITIES HE\'S
DESIGNED INTO HIS OWN HOME.
00:10:32.667 --> 00:10:35.708
AS ARCHITECTS,
WE\'RE REALLY INTERESTED
IN SUSTAINABILITY,
00:10:35.709 --> 00:10:39.374
TRYING TO CREATE
COMMUNITIES THAT USE AS
LITTLE RESOURCES AS POSSIBLE.
00:10:39.375 --> 00:10:41.917
I THINK WHEN YOU HAVE
30 PEOPLE WORKING TOGETHER
00:10:41.918 --> 00:10:44.249
YOU HAVE A LOT MORE
OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THAT.
00:10:44.250 --> 00:10:46.666
OUR REAL GOAL IS TO ANALYZE
ALL THESE BUILDINGS,
00:10:46.667 --> 00:10:49.708
ANALYZE THE PROJECT
BEFORE IT\'S BUILT,
00:10:49.709 --> 00:10:54.708
AND REALLY BE ABLE TO
LOOK CLOSELY AT WHERE ALL
THE ENERGY USE GOES.
00:10:54.709 --> 00:10:58.082
AND TRY TO TAKE THIS TO
A ZERO EMISSIONS SITUATION.
00:10:58.083 --> 00:11:00.958
IT\'S ULTIMATELY THE PROJECT
THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
00:11:00.959 --> 00:11:04.875
ZERO EMISSIONS MEANS THAT
NO COAL, NATURAL GAS,
00:11:04.876 --> 00:11:07.416
OR OTHER FOSSIL
FUELS ARE BEING BURNED
00:11:07.417 --> 00:11:10.500
TO SUPPLY THE ENERGY
NEEDS OF THIS PROJECT.
00:11:10.501 --> 00:11:16.998
THE PROJECT WOULD OPERATE
100% ON RENEWABLE RESOURCES.
00:11:16.999 --> 00:11:23.917
NO FOSSIL FUEL,
RESULTING IN CARBON DIOXIDE
AND OTHER POLLUTANTS.
00:11:23.918 --> 00:11:27.500
JIM\'S AMBITIOUS
ZERO EMISSIONS GOAL
00:11:27.501 --> 00:11:29.458
IS ONLY ONE
OF THE CHALLENGES
00:11:29.459 --> 00:11:31.998
HE AND COLLEAGUE
BRYAN BOWEN FACE.
00:11:31.999 --> 00:11:35.541
IT WILL ALSO BE NECESSARY
TO WORK EFFECTIVELY
00:11:35.542 --> 00:11:39.249
WITH FUTURE RESIDENTS
OF THE 34-UNIT CO-HOUSING
NEIGHBOURHOOD,
00:11:39.250 --> 00:11:42.750
WHOSE EXPECTATIONS
ARE EXTREMELY HIGH.
00:11:42.751 --> 00:11:45.998
MY HOPE IS THAT
WE ARE A ROLE MODEL
00:11:45.999 --> 00:11:49.750
OF WHAT CAN BE DONE
ON A COMMUNITY LEVEL,
ON A NEIGHBOURHOOD LEVEL,
00:11:49.751 --> 00:11:52.998
BECAUSE WE LACK SO MUCH
OF THAT IN TRADITIONAL
NEIGHBOURHOODS NOW.
00:11:52.999 --> 00:11:55.998
WE DESPERATELY NEED
ROLE MODELS FOR HOW TO
DO THINGS RIGHT.
00:11:55.999 --> 00:11:58.998
IN THE EARLY MONTHS
OF THE DESIGN PROCESS,
00:11:58.999 --> 00:12:03.041
THE CO-HOUSING
COMMUNITY SCHEDULES
A SITE-PLANNING WORKSHOP
00:12:03.042 --> 00:12:06.416
LED BY CO-HOUSING
PIONEER KATIE MCCAMANT.
00:12:06.417 --> 00:12:10.124
SHE AND HER HUSBAND
CHUCK DURRETT OBSERVED
IN THE LATE 1980s
00:12:10.125 --> 00:12:13.541
HOW LIVING COMMUNITIES IN
DENMARK TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
00:12:13.542 --> 00:12:18.998
FEATURES LIKE OPEN SPACE,
PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS,
AND COMMUNITY CENTRES,
00:12:18.999 --> 00:12:22.958
OR \"COMMON HOUSES,\"
TO STRENGTHEN BONDS
BETWEEN NEIGHBOURS.
00:12:22.959 --> 00:12:25.998
THEN THEY IMPORTED
CO-HOUSING TO THE U.S.,
00:12:25.999 --> 00:12:29.875
WHERE ABOUT 75 CO-HOUSING
NEIGHBOURHOODS HAVE
NOW BEEN BUILT,
00:12:29.876 --> 00:12:32.625
WITH MANY MORE IN
THE DESIGN PIPELINE.
00:12:32.626 --> 00:12:34.208
AT THE WORKSHOP,
00:12:34.209 --> 00:12:38.416
KATIE HELPS THE
WILD SAGE GROUP SHAPE
THEIR FUTURE NEIGHBOURHOOD.
00:12:38.417 --> 00:12:39.999
WHERE\'S YOUR
COMMON GREEN?
00:12:40.000 --> 00:12:43.833
AND WHERE IS
THE COMMON TERRACE?
00:12:43.834 --> 00:12:47.998
THE NEXT JOB IS TO CUT
OUT THE COMMON TERRACE.
00:12:47.999 --> 00:12:50.041
HOW DOES THAT
AFFECT THIS?
00:12:50.042 --> 00:12:52.416
ANY LAY OUT
THOSE OTHER SPACES.
00:12:52.417 --> 00:12:54.998
MAYBE SOMETHING
LIKE THIS...
00:12:54.999 --> 00:12:56.998
WHERE PEOPLE
ENTER HERE...
00:12:56.999 --> 00:12:59.999
SO THERE\'S A PUBLIC STREET
AND A COMMON STREET.
00:13:00.000 --> 00:13:03.166
THEN YOU CAN MAKE THIS
BACKYARDS, POSSIBLY,
00:13:03.167 --> 00:13:05.291
BETWEEN THESE
BUILDINGS.
00:13:05.292 --> 00:13:10.208
THE OTHER ADVANTAGE TO
THIS, AS FAR AS BIKES GO,
00:13:10.209 --> 00:13:12.958
THAT\'S WHERE YOU\'RE GOING
TO BE RIDING YOUR BIKE...
00:13:12.959 --> 00:13:15.583
YOU CAN RIDE YOUR
BIKE TO THE BUS.
00:13:15.584 --> 00:13:17.166
THE ADVANTAGE
OF DOING DUPLEXES
00:13:17.167 --> 00:13:19.917
IS YOU GET A LITTLE
BIT MORE LIGHT IN THERE.
00:13:19.918 --> 00:13:23.500
BUT WHEN I LOOK AT THIS,
IT ISN\'T A WHOLE LOT OF LIGHT.
00:13:23.501 --> 00:13:25.082
TO ME,
IT DOESN\'T...
00:13:25.083 --> 00:13:28.998
THE MORE WALL SPACE
WE SHARE,
00:13:28.999 --> 00:13:32.998
THE MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT
IT IS IN TERMS OF HEATING,
00:13:32.999 --> 00:13:34.833
AND OTHER STUFF.
00:13:34.834 --> 00:13:38.541
WHAT DRIVES CO-HOUSING
MEMBERS TO FORM NETWORKS AND,
00:13:38.542 --> 00:13:40.124
IF THEY
ARE PERSISTENT,
00:13:40.125 --> 00:13:43.291
TO ULTIMATELY
DESIGN AND GOVERN THEIR
OWN NEIGHBOURHOODS?
00:13:43.292 --> 00:13:44.998
IN THE 1999
SURVEY I DID FOR
00:13:44.999 --> 00:13:48.708
THE PRESIDENT\'S COUNCIL ON
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT,
00:13:48.709 --> 00:13:52.998
WHAT WE FOUND WAS
THAT 77% OF AMERICANS,
00:13:52.999 --> 00:13:54.875
THAT\'S MORE
THAN 3/4,
00:13:54.876 --> 00:13:58.166
REALLY WANT AN ECOLOGICALLY
SUSTAINABLE WORLD.
00:13:58.167 --> 00:13:59.998
THAT MEANS,
AMONG OTHER THINGS,
00:13:59.999 --> 00:14:01.998
NOT HAVING TO
DRIVE SO MUCH,
00:14:01.999 --> 00:14:05.291
HAVING HOUSES THAT ARE
WELL-INSULATED AND
ENERGY EFFICIENT,
00:14:05.292 --> 00:14:09.374
LIVING A LIFE THAT DOESN\'T
POISON THE ENVIRONMENT,
00:14:09.375 --> 00:14:13.208
BEING VERY CONCERNED ABOUT
THE KIND OF FOOD YOU EAT,
00:14:13.209 --> 00:14:16.998
CONCERNED ABOUT
DANGEROUS TO HEALTH FROM
ENVIRONMENTAL TOXINS.
00:14:16.999 --> 00:14:20.541
SO WHAT CO-HOUSING
IS DOING, WITH CLUSTER
AND ROW HOUSING,
00:14:20.542 --> 00:14:24.082
IS IN FACT WHAT ABOUT
HALF OF HOME BUYERS
00:14:24.083 --> 00:14:26.416
WILL TAKE A GOOD,
SERIOUS LOOK AT.
00:14:26.417 --> 00:14:29.666
THE DESIRE TO LIVE
IN AND HELP CREATE
00:14:29.667 --> 00:14:33.249
A MORE SUSTAINABLE WORLD
IS STRONGLY EXPRESSED
00:14:33.250 --> 00:14:35.998
IN THE WILD SAGE
MISSION STATEMENT.
00:14:35.999 --> 00:14:40.500
THAT STARTED WITH AN INITIAL
PROGRAM IN THEIR VISION.
00:14:40.501 --> 00:14:42.458
THEY WANTED LIGHT
IMPACT ON THE EARTH,
00:14:42.459 --> 00:14:44.041
AND ENVIRONMENTALLY
SENSITIVE...
00:14:44.042 --> 00:14:46.583
THAT WAS ONE OF THEIR
CRITERIA IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
00:14:46.584 --> 00:14:48.708
SO IT\'S WRITTEN UP
TO THE POINT OF DEFINING
00:14:48.709 --> 00:14:50.875
THINGS LIKE ROOF
OVERHANGS AND PORCHES,
00:14:50.876 --> 00:14:54.999
SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND
HOW THIS IMPACTS ENERGY USE
00:14:55.000 --> 00:14:58.998
AND THE COMFORT OF THEIR
HOMES, AND LIVE-ABILITY.
00:14:58.999 --> 00:15:01.998
TO ME - I ALWAYS HAVE
SO MUCH ENERGY IN MY LIFE.
00:15:01.999 --> 00:15:05.291
AND THE ENERGY I USE FOR
IS MY FAMILY, MY FRIENDS,
00:15:05.292 --> 00:15:08.791
MY RELIGION,
AND MY COMMUNITY.
00:15:08.792 --> 00:15:11.998
AND I DON\'T HAVE A LOT OF
TIME FOR MATERIALS TO OWN ME.
00:15:11.999 --> 00:15:16.374
AT THE WORKSHOP,
GROUP MEMBERS DISCUSS
HOW LARGE
00:15:16.375 --> 00:15:21.041
THEIR PRIVATE HOUSES SHOULD
BE ON THE SMALL 1.8 ACRE SITE, ,
00:15:21.042 --> 00:15:25.291
AND HOW MUCH SPACE
SHOULD BE ALLOTTED TO
THE STORAGE OF \"STUFF\".
00:15:25.292 --> 00:15:27.666
THE IDEA OF CO-HOUSING,
FROM MY PERSPECTIVE,
00:15:27.667 --> 00:15:30.583
IS WE GIVE UP
A LITTLE BIT SO WE CAN DO
STUFF AS A COMMUNITY,
00:15:30.584 --> 00:15:33.998
SO WE DON\'T HAVE TO BUILD
BIG HOUSES, A BIG GARAGE.
00:15:33.999 --> 00:15:36.708
GROWING UP
IN AN URBAN AREA,
00:15:36.709 --> 00:15:40.124
WE DIDN\'T HAVE STORAGE,
IN THE BEGINNING,
00:15:40.125 --> 00:15:42.124
AND WE HAD
NO NEEDS FOR IT.
00:15:42.125 --> 00:15:45.750
THEN STUFF STARTED TO
HAPPEN IN THIS COUNTRY.
00:15:45.751 --> 00:15:48.998
NOW THERE\'S A LOT OF STUFF
THAT NEEDS TO BE STORED.
00:15:48.999 --> 00:15:50.833
AT LEAST HALF
THE WORLD LIVES IN
00:15:50.834 --> 00:15:53.374
URBAN ENVIRONMENTS
WITH NO STORAGE SPACE.
00:15:53.375 --> 00:15:55.374
THIS IS POSSIBLE.
00:15:55.375 --> 00:15:57.998
WE\'RE TALKING ABOUT
A 700 SQUARE FOOT APARTMENT.
00:15:57.999 --> 00:15:59.333
THAT\'S NOT
THAT MUCH.
00:15:59.334 --> 00:16:01.208
WHAT ARE YOU GOING
TO NEED TO STORE?
00:16:01.209 --> 00:16:02.998
BOXES....
00:16:02.999 --> 00:16:04.666
OF STUFF.
00:16:04.667 --> 00:16:06.998
ONE POSSESSION
THAT WILD SAGE MEMBERS
00:16:06.999 --> 00:16:09.998
DO WANT TO FIND
SPACE FOR IS THE BICYCLE,
00:16:09.999 --> 00:16:13.875
WHICH THEY CONSIDER BOTH
RECREATION AND TRANSPORTATION.
00:16:13.876 --> 00:16:15.999
LET\'S START
WITH A BIKE COUNT.
00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:17.998
HOW MANY BIKES
PER HOUSEHOLD?
00:16:17.999 --> 00:16:20.998
25, 26, 27,
28, 29...
00:16:20.999 --> 00:16:23.999
33...
00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:25.998
34...
00:16:25.999 --> 00:16:28.833
I THINK WE HAVE 20
HOUSEHOLDS REPRESENTED HERE.
00:16:28.834 --> 00:16:30.958
I THINK THIS IS
A PHILOSOPHICAL DECISION.
00:16:30.959 --> 00:16:32.625
IF YOU WANT TO
ENCOURAGE BIKE USE,
00:16:32.626 --> 00:16:34.541
YOU COMMIT TO
EASILY ACCESSIBLE BIKES.
00:16:34.542 --> 00:16:37.708
IT\'S JUST AS EASY TO GET
MY BIKE OUT AS MY CAR.
00:16:37.709 --> 00:16:40.374
I GO BACK TO OUR MISSION
STATEMENT - SUSTAINABLE.
00:16:40.375 --> 00:16:43.124
I THINK THE BICYCLE IS A KEY
POINT IN SUSTAINABLE LIVING,
00:16:43.125 --> 00:16:45.875
TO SUPPLEMENT THE
TRANSIT SYSTEM,
00:16:45.876 --> 00:16:49.166
AND I JUST HAVE THIS
REALLY STRONG SENSE
00:16:49.167 --> 00:16:51.998
THAT WHEN WE GET INTO NUMBERS
AND SPACE ALLOCATION,
00:16:51.999 --> 00:16:53.958
IT\'S GOING TO BE,
\"NIX IT.\"
00:16:53.959 --> 00:16:56.750
ONE FAMILY AT THE MEETING
DOESN\'T EVEN OWN A CAR.
00:16:56.751 --> 00:16:59.166
FOR PEOPLE WITH EXTRA
BIKES, THEY\'RE ACCESSIBLE,
00:16:59.167 --> 00:17:01.998
JUST AS ACCESSIBLE AS ALL
THE PEOPLE TO HAVE EXTRA CARS.
00:17:01.999 --> 00:17:04.708
SEVERAL GROUP MEMBERS
HAVE STRONG CONVICTIONS
00:17:04.709 --> 00:17:07.791
THAT A NEW IDEA KNOWN AS
CAR SHARING CAN REDUCE
00:17:07.792 --> 00:17:10.875
THEIR NEIGHBOURHOOD\'S
RELIANCE ON THE AUTOMOBILE.
00:17:10.876 --> 00:17:13.333
WE\'RE INTRODUCING
AN IDEA WHERE IT\'S POSSIBLE
00:17:13.334 --> 00:17:15.458
FOR SOMEBODY TO JUST
OWN THE ONE CAR,
00:17:15.459 --> 00:17:17.583
AND THE SECOND CAR THEY
NEED OCCASIONALLY,
00:17:17.584 --> 00:17:19.500
IT CAN BE SHARED
WITH THE WHOLE GROUP.
00:17:19.501 --> 00:17:22.791
CAR SHARING
IS MOSTLY WORKING
ON HAVING ONE LESS CAR.
00:17:22.792 --> 00:17:26.333
AND PEOPLE HAVING SHARED
ACCESS TO A VEHICLE.
00:17:26.334 --> 00:17:28.998
THEY COULD CALL UP ONTO
A SCHEDULING SYSTEM
00:17:28.999 --> 00:17:31.291
THAT\'S AUTOMATED
THROUGH THE PHONE SYSTEM,
00:17:31.292 --> 00:17:35.333
AND SAY, I WANT TO USE
A CAR DURING THIS TIMEFRAME,
00:17:35.334 --> 00:17:37.666
AND A CAR WOULD BE
RESERVED IN THEIR AREA.
00:17:37.667 --> 00:17:40.082
AND THEY COULD GET IT,
OPEN UP A LOCK BOX,
00:17:40.083 --> 00:17:44.291
GET THE KEY, AND USE IT ON
AN HOURLY OR PER MILE BASIS.
00:17:44.292 --> 00:17:46.583
WHAT I\'VE REALLY
NOTICED IS THAT MY WORLD
00:17:46.584 --> 00:17:49.124
IN MANY WAYS
HAS SHRUNKEN.
00:17:49.125 --> 00:17:52.999
IF I NEED A STICK OF
BUTTER AT 8:00 AT NIGHT,
00:17:53.000 --> 00:17:54.998
THEN I\'M NOT AS LIKELY
TO JUMP IN MY CAR
00:17:54.999 --> 00:17:57.998
AND GO ACROSS TOWN
TO GET THAT.
00:17:57.999 --> 00:18:01.998
I\'M MORE LIKELY
TO BE MORE ORGANIZED
AND MAKE FEWER TRIPS.
00:18:01.999 --> 00:18:04.041
I\'M ALSO MORE LIKELY
TO SHOP LOCALLY,
00:18:04.042 --> 00:18:07.998
AND TO CHOOSE EVERYTHING I\'M
DOING IN A SMALLER WORLD,
00:18:07.999 --> 00:18:11.416
WHICH MEANS IN REALITY
I\'M SPENDING HALF THE TIME
00:18:11.417 --> 00:18:14.541
THAT SOMEBODY ELSE WOULD ON
ALL THE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS.
00:18:14.542 --> 00:18:17.958
AND I FEEL
THAT\'S NOT A SACRIFICE...
IT\'S AN IMPROVEMENT.
00:18:17.959 --> 00:18:19.541
BECAUSE,
IF NOTHING ELSE,
00:18:19.542 --> 00:18:23.041
I HAVE TIME TO DO
OTHER THINGS IN MY LIFE.
00:18:23.042 --> 00:18:25.791
AND ALSO, I\'M MUCH MORE
PART OF A LOCAL COMMUNITY.
00:18:25.792 --> 00:18:28.333
PARTICIPANTS LISTEN
INTENTLY AS DEVELOPER
JIM LEACH
00:18:28.334 --> 00:18:32.500
DISCUSSES THE FINANCIAL
REALITIES OF THE PROJECT,
00:18:32.501 --> 00:18:35.124
WHICH, INEVITABLY,
WILL PAINT THEIR COMMUNITY
00:18:35.125 --> 00:18:37.374
A LIGHTER
SHADE OF GREEN.
00:18:37.375 --> 00:18:40.917
IF WE CAN SPEND
$200-300 A UNIT
00:18:40.918 --> 00:18:42.875
AND HAVE THE ROUGH END
FOR THE SOLAR,
00:18:42.876 --> 00:18:45.541
THEN YOU COULD ADD IT
2-3-5 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD
00:18:45.542 --> 00:18:49.082
IF GAS CONTINUES
TO STAY HIGH.
00:18:49.083 --> 00:18:53.998
WE\'VE GOT UNITS
THAT RANGE FROM 140
00:18:53.999 --> 00:19:00.124
TO 260 THAT ARE IN THIS
CONTINUUM AFFORDABLE RANGE.
00:19:00.125 --> 00:19:03.416
THE 260 BEING THE FULL MARKET
PRICE FOR THAT HYBRID UNIT.
00:19:03.417 --> 00:19:06.998
WITH ITS RICH MIX OF
IDEAS, HOPES AND DREAMS,
00:19:06.999 --> 00:19:10.833
THE WILD SAGE DESIGN PROCESS
BECOMES A FOUR-YEAR TEST
00:19:10.834 --> 00:19:13.082
OF ENDURANCE
AND COMMITMENT.
00:19:13.083 --> 00:19:16.958
LOGAN ARCHITECTS PERFORM
EXTENSIVE COMPUTER ANALYSIS
00:19:16.959 --> 00:19:21.124
ON THE 35 BUILDINGS IN THE
PROJECT\'S VERY COMPACT SITE.
00:19:21.125 --> 00:19:24.998
EVERY STEP OF THE WAY,
THEY BALANCE THE GOALS
00:19:24.999 --> 00:19:27.500
OF AFFORDABILITY
AND SUSTAINABILITY.
00:19:27.501 --> 00:19:30.998
THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING TO DO ON THE SITE
00:19:30.999 --> 00:19:33.875
WAS TO SET UP THE BUILDING
SO THAT EACH BUILDING
00:19:33.876 --> 00:19:35.541
HAD A SOUTH FACE,
AND WAS NOT SHADED
00:19:35.542 --> 00:19:38.124
BY THE BUILDINGS
IN FRONT OF IT.
00:19:38.125 --> 00:19:40.791
SO WE\'VE GOT ALL
THE BUILDINGS IN ROWS
00:19:40.792 --> 00:19:43.291
WITH EACH BUILDING
HAVING A SOUTH APERTURE.
00:19:43.292 --> 00:19:45.374
WE\'VE TRIED TO KEEP
THEM FAR ENOUGH APART
00:19:45.375 --> 00:19:48.998
SO THE WINTER SUN
WILL STILL SHINE OVER
THE BUILDINGS IN FRONT.
00:19:48.999 --> 00:19:53.583
EACH BUILDING HAS
THE SUN SHINING INTO IT
FOR PASSIVE SOLAR GAIN.
00:19:53.584 --> 00:19:55.458
THE NEXT STEP WAS TO
START TO EXPLORE
00:19:55.459 --> 00:19:57.998
WHAT THESE BUILDING
WOULD LOOK LIKE.
00:19:57.999 --> 00:20:01.124
HERE ARE SMALLER PIECES,
LOOKING AT PIECES OF
THE BUILDING,
00:20:01.125 --> 00:20:03.998
AND SOME OF THESE ARE MORE
SUCCESSFUL THAN OTHERS.
00:20:03.999 --> 00:20:08.082
AND WE JUST KEEP DOING
DRAWINGS THAT SHOW
00:20:08.083 --> 00:20:11.166
WHAT THE BUILDING
MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
00:20:11.167 --> 00:20:15.458
IN ADDITION, WE\'RE LOOKING
AT SECTIONS OR ANGLES
00:20:15.459 --> 00:20:17.291
OF HOW THE SUN
COMES ACROSS,
00:20:17.292 --> 00:20:19.998
AND LOOKING AT THE SHAPES
OF THE BUILDING
00:20:19.999 --> 00:20:21.875
THAT ALLOW THE SUN
TO REACH BACK IN
00:20:21.876 --> 00:20:24.708
TO THE BUILDINGS
DEEPER IN THE SITE.
00:20:24.709 --> 00:20:27.583
WE THEN TOOK THIS
DRAWING THAT WE HAD DONE
00:20:27.584 --> 00:20:30.082
AND CREATED
A THREE-DIMENSIONAL
COMPUTER DRAWING,
00:20:30.083 --> 00:20:35.666
WHICH WE THEN COLOURED
IN AND CREATED A VISUAL IMAGE
FOR THE PROJECT.
00:20:35.667 --> 00:20:39.041
THE WILD SAGE DESIGN
PROCESS GAINS MOMENTUM.
00:20:39.042 --> 00:20:40.998
A MODEL OF THE
NEIGHBOURHOOD IS BUILT BY
00:20:40.999 --> 00:20:43.541
STEPHEN AND JADE,
TWO FUTURE RESIDENTS,
00:20:43.542 --> 00:20:46.333
WHO ARE BOTH
ARCHITECTS.
00:20:46.334 --> 00:20:50.998
WHAT USED TO BE JUST
AN IDEA IS NOW DESTINED
TO BECOME A REALITY.
00:20:50.999 --> 00:20:54.208
AT A PIVOTAL WEEKEND
DESIGN WORKSHOP,
00:20:54.209 --> 00:20:58.249
JIM LOGAN EXPERTLY SEEKS
CONSENSUS ON A SOLAR STRATEGY
00:20:58.250 --> 00:21:03.082
THAT CAN TAKE THE PROJECT
TOWARD THE CHALLENGING
GOAL OF ZERO EMISSIONS.
00:21:03.083 --> 00:21:05.166
I\'VE ALREADY MODELED
ONE OF THE UNITS,
00:21:05.167 --> 00:21:07.166
AND THIS IS WAY
TOO MUCH GLASS.
00:21:07.167 --> 00:21:10.041
WE\'LL GO THROUGH
THE MODEL UNIT BY UNIT
IN THE COMPUTER
00:21:10.042 --> 00:21:12.041
AND LOOK AT WINTER
OVERHEATING,
00:21:12.042 --> 00:21:13.998
AND OVERALL
ENERGY PERFORMANCE.
00:21:13.999 --> 00:21:15.875
THEN WORK WITH
THE DESIGN COMMITTEE
00:21:15.876 --> 00:21:17.998
ON THE SOUTH SIDE,
IN PARTICULAR,
00:21:17.999 --> 00:21:19.998
TO TRY TO GET THE AMOUNT
OF GLASS MAXIMIZED
00:21:19.999 --> 00:21:23.708
FROM AN ENERGY RESOURCE
POINT OF VIEW.
00:21:23.709 --> 00:21:26.833
WE HAVE SOME MONEY FROM THE
SUSTAINABLE FUTURE SOCIETY
00:21:26.834 --> 00:21:31.708
TO DO A VERY DETAILED
ANALYSIS OF THESE BUILDINGS,
00:21:31.709 --> 00:21:33.625
IN TERMS OF
THEIR ENERGY NEEDS,
00:21:33.626 --> 00:21:35.998
MUCH MORE DETAILED THAN
ONE WOULD NORMALLY DO.
00:21:35.999 --> 00:21:37.583
AND AS PART OF THAT,
00:21:37.584 --> 00:21:40.791
WE\'RE GOING TO LOOK AT
THE ENGINEERING DESIGN
00:21:40.792 --> 00:21:45.082
AND THE ECONOMICS OF HOT
WATER COLLECTION SYSTEMS.
00:21:45.083 --> 00:21:48.374
JIM EXPLAINS THAT
SOLAR ENERGY CAN PROVIDE
00:21:48.375 --> 00:21:52.541
NOT ONLY HOT WATER,
BUT ALSO HEAT
WILD SAGE HOMES.
00:21:52.542 --> 00:21:55.374
WHEN I\'M TRYING
TO DO IS SET IT UP
00:21:55.375 --> 00:21:57.291
SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT
COOLING AND HEATING
00:21:57.292 --> 00:21:59.541
AS SEPARATE,
DISTINCT ISSUES.
00:21:59.542 --> 00:22:01.124
IF YOU CHOOSE
TO HAVE FORCED AIR,
00:22:01.125 --> 00:22:04.124
YOU CAN RE-OPEN REFRIGERATED
COOLING WHEN YOU WANT,
00:22:04.125 --> 00:22:06.166
IF YOU CHOOSE
NOT TO HAVE FORCED AIR,
00:22:06.167 --> 00:22:09.124
THEN REFRIGERATED
AIR CONDITIONING IS
DIFFICULT TO DO.
00:22:09.125 --> 00:22:11.998
TO HAVE CENTRAL AIR
CONDITIONERS IN THEIR HOMES,
00:22:11.999 --> 00:22:16.708
THE FUTURE WILD SAGE
RESIDENTS WOULD ALSO HAVE
TO HAVE FORCED AIR SYSTEMS...
00:22:16.709 --> 00:22:19.998
NOT A GOOD MATCH WITH
JIM\'S PROPOSED DESIGN.
00:22:19.999 --> 00:22:21.998
WHAT I WANT TO
DO FIRST IS
00:22:21.999 --> 00:22:26.958
TRY TO SEE, CAN WE
GO TO PUTTING DOWN ON THE
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE THING
00:22:26.959 --> 00:22:31.708
THAT NO ONE WILL EVER
HAVE, IN THESE UNITS,
00:22:31.709 --> 00:22:33.998
A REFRIGERATED
AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM.
00:22:33.999 --> 00:22:35.708
IF WE COULD
CLOSE THAT OUT,
00:22:35.709 --> 00:22:38.998
THEN WE COULD GO ON AND
TALK ABOUT OTHER THINGS.
00:22:38.999 --> 00:22:43.458
JIM LEACH BRINGS YEARS OF
EXPERIENCE INTO THE DISCUSSION..
00:22:43.459 --> 00:22:45.041
YOU DON\'T NEED
AIR CONDITIONING
00:22:45.042 --> 00:22:48.249
IF YOU HAVE
A WELL-INSULATED HOUSE.
00:22:48.250 --> 00:22:51.998
YOU CLOSE IT DOWN DURING
THE DAY WHEN IT\'S HEATING UP,
00:22:51.999 --> 00:22:54.500
OPEN IT UP AT NIGHT BECAUSE
IT GETS COOL AT NIGHT.
00:22:54.501 --> 00:22:59.875
YOU STILL MAY HAVE
HALF A DOZEN TO A DOZEN
DAYS IN THE SUMMER
00:22:59.876 --> 00:23:02.666
WHEN YOU FEEL IT\'S
JUST A LITTLE TOO WARM,
00:23:02.667 --> 00:23:06.374
THAT\'S WHEN THE CEILING FANS
CAN GET YOU OVER THE HUMP.
00:23:06.375 --> 00:23:07.998
VIRTUALLY ALL
OF OUR COMMUNITIES,
00:23:07.999 --> 00:23:11.333
EXCEPT FOR THE ONE
IN TUCSON,
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ARE NOT
AIR CONDITIONED.
00:23:13.751 --> 00:23:16.998
THEY USE
A NATURAL COOLING.
00:23:16.999 --> 00:23:19.333
I\'VE DONE EXTENSIVE
RESEARCH ON COOLING ISSUES
00:23:19.334 --> 00:23:21.833
BECAUSE I HAVE
ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES.
00:23:21.834 --> 00:23:25.416
AND I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA
OF GOING WITH AS NATURAL
00:23:25.417 --> 00:23:27.291
A COOLING SYSTEM
AS WE COULD GET.
00:23:27.292 --> 00:23:30.666
AFTER A LONG AND
SOMETIMES INTENSE DISCUSSION,
00:23:30.667 --> 00:23:33.708
THE GROUP CHOOSES HOT
WATER AS A HEATING SYSTEM,
00:23:33.709 --> 00:23:36.998
DESPITE ITS HIGHER
INITIAL COST.
00:23:36.999 --> 00:23:41.998
NOW THE DISCUSSION CENTRES
ON WHETHER THAT SYSTEM
WILL BE CENTRALIZED.
00:23:41.999 --> 00:23:46.583
THE DECISION WHETHER TO
HAVE A CENTRAL BOILER ROOM
00:23:46.584 --> 00:23:49.041
OR INDIVIDUAL UNITS
IS REALLY A BIG DECISION.
00:23:49.042 --> 00:23:52.082
AND IT AFFECTS SO MANY THINGS
INTERNALLY IN THE UNITS
00:23:52.083 --> 00:23:55.791
AND I REALLY DON\'T WANT
TO SEE THAT FLOATING OUT
THERE FOR 2-3 MONTHS.
00:23:55.792 --> 00:23:59.124
THAT\'S AN ADVANTAGE OF
A BUILDING LIKE THIS.
00:23:59.125 --> 00:24:00.958
ARE THERE OTHER
ADVANTAGES,
00:24:00.959 --> 00:24:04.208
AND WOULD YOU BRIEFLY
SUMMARIZE THE DISADVANTAGES
00:24:04.209 --> 00:24:05.998
SO WE\'RE ALL
COMING FROM A PLACE
00:24:05.999 --> 00:24:08.625
OF UNDERSTANDING
WHAT WE\'RE COMMENTING ON.
00:24:08.626 --> 00:24:12.125
BETTER SOLAR.
00:24:17.292 --> 00:24:19.708
JIM EXPLAINS WHY
A CENTRALIZED SYSTEM
00:24:19.709 --> 00:24:21.625
IS MORE
SUSTAINABLE.
00:24:21.626 --> 00:24:24.583
ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES
OF HAVING A SEPARATE
MECHANICAL ROOM
00:24:24.584 --> 00:24:27.791
AND HAVING A COMMON
HEATING SYSTEM
00:24:27.792 --> 00:24:29.458
FOR AN ENTIRE
BUILDING,
00:24:29.459 --> 00:24:32.291
IS IT BECOMES MUCH EASIER TO
COME BACK IN AND RETROFIT
00:24:32.292 --> 00:24:35.750
HIGHER TECHNOLOGY,
ENERGY SAVING METHODS,
00:24:35.751 --> 00:24:38.625
BECAUSE INSTEAD OF HAVING
TO DO IT UNIT BY UNIT
00:24:38.626 --> 00:24:41.124
IN SEVEN
DIFFERENT APARTMENTS,
00:24:41.125 --> 00:24:43.833
WE HAVE ONE MECHANICAL ROOM
WITH ENOUGH ROOM IN IT
00:24:43.834 --> 00:24:45.998
THAT WE COULD COME IN,
REMOVE THE BOILER,
00:24:45.999 --> 00:24:47.998
AND REPLACE IT
WITH A FUEL CELL,
00:24:47.999 --> 00:24:49.625
OR WORK WITH WHATEVER
TECHNOLOGIES
00:24:49.626 --> 00:24:51.625
ARE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE
IN THE FUTURE.
00:24:51.626 --> 00:24:55.998
THAT WAS ANOTHER
ADVANTAGE TO GOING WITH
A HOT WATER SYSTEM,
00:24:55.999 --> 00:25:02.750
SO WE COULD MORE
EASILY HAVE ACTIVE SOLAR
HOT WATER COLLECTORS.
00:25:02.751 --> 00:25:07.500
BY HAVING A COMMON HOT
WATER AND MECHANICAL ROOM,
00:25:07.501 --> 00:25:11.998
WE CAN PUT ALL THE SOLAR,
HOT WATER PANELS ON THIS UNIT.
00:25:11.999 --> 00:25:16.124
AND HAVE THE HOT WATER
GO RIGHT TO HERE,
00:25:16.125 --> 00:25:19.998
RATHER THAN HAVING
TO HAVE PANELS ACROSS
THE WHOLE PROJECT.
00:25:19.999 --> 00:25:24.500
THE WILD SAGE
COMMUNITY DECIDES TO HAVE
A CENTRALIZED SYSTEM,
00:25:24.501 --> 00:25:27.625
EVEN THOUGH THAT MEANS
A SINGLE UTILITY BILL
00:25:27.626 --> 00:25:30.625
WILL NEED TO BE
MANAGED AMONG RESIDENTS.
00:25:30.626 --> 00:25:34.750
JIM POINTS OUT OTHER ELEMENTS
OF HIS SOLAR STRATEGY.
00:25:34.751 --> 00:25:36.416
AT THE BEGINNING
OF THIS PROJECT,
00:25:36.417 --> 00:25:38.583
I WENT BACK AND TALKED TO
ALL MY OLD FRIENDS
00:25:38.584 --> 00:25:40.333
AND PEOPLE I KNEW
HAD BEEN WORKING ON
00:25:40.334 --> 00:25:42.541
THESE SYSTEMS FOR
THE PAST 30 YEARS,
00:25:42.542 --> 00:25:44.291
AND ASKED THEM,
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED,
00:25:44.292 --> 00:25:47.166
AND WHAT WAS THE RIGHT
WAY TO DO IT?
00:25:47.167 --> 00:25:49.458
AND THE
CONCLUSION WAS,
00:25:49.459 --> 00:25:53.208
BASICALLY, WE HAD TO KEEP IT
AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE.
00:25:53.209 --> 00:25:55.625
WHENEVER WE LOOKED AT
ANY KIND OF COMPLEXITY,
00:25:55.626 --> 00:25:57.998
WE FOUND PLACES WHERE
SYSTEMS COULD FAIL.
00:25:57.999 --> 00:25:59.998
ONE OF THE KEY
COMPONENTS OF THE DESIGN
00:25:59.999 --> 00:26:03.041
ARE THESE FLAT ROOVES,
AND THE REASON THEY\'RE THERE
00:26:03.042 --> 00:26:05.998
ARE SO WE CAN MOUNT PANELS
UP THERE ON THOSE ROOVES
00:26:05.999 --> 00:26:07.583
AND NOT SEE THEM...
00:26:07.584 --> 00:26:10.249
I NEVER THINK OF
SOLAR PANELS AS BEING
TERRIBLY BEAUTIFUL.
00:26:10.250 --> 00:26:12.249
SO THIS GIVES US
THE ABILITY TO PUT RACKS
00:26:12.250 --> 00:26:15.208
OF HOT WATER PANELS
UP ON THE ROOF.
00:26:15.209 --> 00:26:18.998
THE PIPES IN THE FLOOR
WILL BE LAID ACROSS
UNDERNEATH THE CONCRETE.
00:26:18.999 --> 00:26:20.998
THE CONCRETE IS
1.5 INCHES THICK
00:26:20.999 --> 00:26:23.166
ON THE FIRST FLOOR
OF EVERY UNIT,
00:26:23.167 --> 00:26:24.998
AND THAT CONCRETE
WILL BE WARM,
00:26:24.999 --> 00:26:28.249
AND THE WARM FLOORS
BASICALLY HEAT THE UNIT.
00:26:28.250 --> 00:26:32.791
THE RADIANT FLOORS
ALLOW US TO USE MUCH LOWER
TEMPERATURE WATERS.
00:26:32.792 --> 00:26:36.249
WE FEEL THAT WILL
BE A MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE
HEAT DELIVERY SYSTEM
00:26:36.250 --> 00:26:38.875
FROM OUR HOT WATER
STORAGE TANK.
00:26:38.876 --> 00:26:41.998
THE WILD SAGE RESIDENTS
HARVEST A WINDFALL
00:26:41.999 --> 00:26:45.666
WHEN 20 USED SOLAR PANELS
ARE DONATED TO THE PROJECT.
00:26:45.667 --> 00:26:50.291
IN YEAR THREE OF THE HOLIDAY
DESIGN PROCESS, DESIGNERS,
00:26:50.292 --> 00:26:53.708
DEVELOPERS AND FUTURE
RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO REFINE
00:26:53.709 --> 00:26:55.917
THE SHAPE OF THE
LARGER NEIGHBOURHOOD
00:26:55.918 --> 00:26:58.666
TO MAKE IT BOTH
SUSTAINABLE AND AFFORDABLE.
00:26:58.667 --> 00:27:01.500
A PRIMARY CONSIDERATION
IS HOUSE SIZE.
00:27:01.501 --> 00:27:03.500
WHAT WE NOTICED WAS
IN ORDER TO CREATE
00:27:03.501 --> 00:27:07.374
THE NUMBER OF AFFORDABLE
HOUSES WE WANTED,
00:27:07.375 --> 00:27:10.999
AND ACHIEVE A LEVEL
OF AFFORDABILITY REQUIRED
IN BOULDER,
00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:14.291
ONE WAY TO DO THAT
IS WITH SMALLER LOTS
00:27:14.292 --> 00:27:15.998
AND SMALLER
HOUSES.
00:27:15.999 --> 00:27:18.082
SO WE END UP WITH
A DENSITY ACROSS THE SITE
00:27:18.083 --> 00:27:19.998
OF ABOUT 20 DWELLING
UNITS PER ACRE,
00:27:19.999 --> 00:27:22.166
WHICH ON
A 27-ACRE SITE,
00:27:22.167 --> 00:27:24.917
NETTED ABOUT
350 HOMES.
00:27:24.918 --> 00:27:27.541
BUT THEY\'RE SMALLER...
AVERAGING 1,500 SQUARE FEET.
00:27:27.542 --> 00:27:30.998
THE LARGEST SINGLE FAMILY LOT
IS ABOUT 4,000 SQUARE FEET.
00:27:30.999 --> 00:27:33.124
SO IT\'S A FINE
GRAIN FABRIC,
00:27:33.125 --> 00:27:35.791
IT IS A VERY
HUMAN PATTERN
00:27:35.792 --> 00:27:37.666
WHEN YOU GET TO
THE SCALE OF BUILDING,
00:27:37.667 --> 00:27:40.374
THE RHYTHM OF THE STREET
IS VERY PRESENTABLE,
00:27:40.375 --> 00:27:42.998
AND VERY HUMAN
IN SCALE AS WELL.
00:27:42.999 --> 00:27:46.541
BUILDING 30 UNITS AN ACRE
IS PROBABLY THE SMARTEST
THING YOU CAN DO
00:27:46.542 --> 00:27:48.999
IN TERMS OF CONSERVATION
OF LAND, WATER,
00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:50.998
ENERGY, AND ALL
OF THOSE THINGS.
00:27:50.999 --> 00:27:54.291
HIGHER DENSITIES
TEND TO GENERATE VERY
SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTS
00:27:54.292 --> 00:27:56.249
IF THESE OTHER
QUALITIES ARE PRESENT.
00:27:56.250 --> 00:27:59.791
TAKE THAT SAME DENSITY AND
APPLYING IT OVER TYPICAL
SUBURBAN DENSITIES,
00:27:59.792 --> 00:28:01.833
LET\'S SAY, OF THREE
UNITS AN ACRE.,
00:28:01.834 --> 00:28:04.333
YOU WOULD NEED TEN TIMES
AS MUCH LAND AREA.
00:28:04.334 --> 00:28:08.166
TEN TIMES AS MUCH
INFRASTRUCTURE FOR WATER,
SEWER, UTILITIES,
00:28:08.167 --> 00:28:09.998
ROADWAYS,
AND SO FORTH.
00:28:09.999 --> 00:28:11.791
IN THAT WAY,
IF YOU CAN BUILD COMPACT,
00:28:11.792 --> 00:28:16.666
LIVABLE, AFFORDABLE
DENSER COMMUNITIES.
00:28:16.667 --> 00:28:20.374
AND STILL GET MANY OF THE
QUALITIES YOU GET AT THE LOWER
DENSITY ENVIRONMENTS,
00:28:20.375 --> 00:28:22.998
THEN I THINK YOU CAN GET
THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS.
00:28:22.999 --> 00:28:24.583
IN TERMS
OF BUILDING,
00:28:24.584 --> 00:28:26.166
IF YOU LOOKED
AT A CHECKLIST
00:28:26.167 --> 00:28:29.416
OF WHAT YOU WOULD DO FOR
SUSTAINABLE DESIGN,
00:28:29.417 --> 00:28:35.750
FIRST WOULD BE,
WHAT DO YOU REALLY NEED
IN TERMS OF SQUARE FOOTAGE?
00:28:35.751 --> 00:28:38.416
WHAT\'S THE MINIMUM SQUARE
FOOTAGE THAT I COULD LIVE IN?
00:28:38.417 --> 00:28:40.875
BECAUSE YOU CAN THROW
ALL KINDS OF SOLAR PANELS,
00:28:40.876 --> 00:28:42.875
MATERIALS, BAMBOO FLOORS,
WHATEVER IT IS,
00:28:42.876 --> 00:28:44.875
BUT IF IT\'S A 5,000
FOOT SQUARE FOOT HOUSE
00:28:44.876 --> 00:28:46.458
FOR A FAMILY
OF THREE,
00:28:46.459 --> 00:28:50.750
YOU\'RE USING MANY MORE
RESOURCES THAN SOMEBODY
00:28:50.751 --> 00:28:52.333
WHO HAS ALL
THE WORST MATERIALS,
00:28:52.334 --> 00:28:56.917
AND THE SAME FAMILY
OF THREE IS LIVING IN
1,500 SQUARE FEET.
00:28:56.918 --> 00:29:02.249
TRANSPORTATION IS
ANOTHER KEY ELEMENT IN
THE EMERGING HOLIDAY DESIGN.
00:29:02.250 --> 00:29:03.998
ONE OF THE MAJOR
ENERGY IMPACTS
00:29:03.999 --> 00:29:07.249
TO ANY NEIGHBOURHOOD IS
THE USE OF THE AUTOMOBILE.
00:29:07.250 --> 00:29:09.708
HOW CAN WE REDUCE THE
USE OF THE AUTOMOBILE?
00:29:09.709 --> 00:29:13.208
WE DECIDED WE WOULD
BRING BUS ROUTES THROUGH
THE NEIGHBOURHOOD,
00:29:13.209 --> 00:29:16.249
PROVIDE BUS SHELTERS,
BUS STOPS, HARBOURS,
00:29:16.250 --> 00:29:20.583
SAYING THAT ALTERNATIVE
TRANSPORTATION IS
A GOOD IDEA.
00:29:20.584 --> 00:29:22.166
WE\'RE CONNECTING TO
THE BIKE PATHS.
00:29:22.167 --> 00:29:26.998
WE HAVE A VARIETY
OF SIDEWALKS THROUGHOUT
THE NEIGHBOURHOOD
00:29:26.999 --> 00:29:28.998
THAT ARE DIFFERENT
CHARACTERS.
00:29:28.999 --> 00:29:32.998
SOME ARE TREE-LINED
THAT ARE ATTACHED TO
MIXED USE PROJECTS.
00:29:32.999 --> 00:29:36.166
SOME ARE TREE-LINED
THAT ARE DETACHED NEXT TO
RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS.
00:29:36.167 --> 00:29:39.041
YOU COULD WALK TO THE BUS
STOP, GET ON THE SKIP,
00:29:39.042 --> 00:29:41.333
AND YOU\'LL BE ABLE TO GO
DOWN TO PEARL STREET
00:29:41.334 --> 00:29:43.998
AND BE AT YOUR RESTAURANT,
OR WHATEVER IT IS,
00:29:43.999 --> 00:29:45.666
QUICKER THAN
IF YOU DROVE.
00:29:45.667 --> 00:29:49.208
AND THAT\'S
PRETTY EXCITING.
00:29:49.209 --> 00:29:52.249
OUR LIVES ARE COMPLEX
ENOUGH THAT WE HAVE
00:29:52.250 --> 00:29:56.791
OTHER THINGS WE NEED...
PLACES TO EAT, GET TOGETHER
WITH FRIENDS,
00:29:56.792 --> 00:30:00.249
EARLY MORNING
PLACE FOR COFFEE,
00:30:00.250 --> 00:30:02.708
A CAFE TABLE
TO SIT IN THE SUN.
00:30:02.709 --> 00:30:04.583
THERE\'LL BE A SMALL
ITALIAN RESTAURANT,
00:30:04.584 --> 00:30:06.998
A FITNESS CENTRE, A NUMBER
OF THINGS THAT MIGHT BE
00:30:06.999 --> 00:30:10.583
USED DAILY BY THE RESIDENTS
OF THIS NEIGHBOURHOOD.
00:30:10.584 --> 00:30:12.833
AND IT\'S ALL WITHIN
A FIVE-MINUTE WALK.
00:30:12.834 --> 00:30:16.374
THESE USES SUSTAIN
THE RESIDENTIAL...
00:30:16.375 --> 00:30:18.998
THE RESIDENCES AND
THE PEOPLE LIVING THERE.
00:30:18.999 --> 00:30:21.708
AND THOSE RESIDENTS ALSO
SUSTAIN THE BUSINESSES
00:30:21.709 --> 00:30:23.998
THAT ARE OPERATING IN
THE NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE.
00:30:23.999 --> 00:30:26.999
SO THERE\'S A WONDERFUL SYNERGY
BETWEEN THE TWO PARTS.
00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:29.333
I WOULD THINK ONE OF
THE GREATEST PIECES
00:30:29.334 --> 00:30:31.374
THAT ONE COULD TAKE
AWAY FROM THIS PROJECT
00:30:31.375 --> 00:30:34.208
IS AN UNDERSTANDING
OF HOW THE MIXTURE OF USES
00:30:34.209 --> 00:30:37.082
CONTRIBUTES TO THE
DIVERSITY AND VITALITY
OF A NEIGHBOURHOOD.
00:30:37.083 --> 00:30:39.998
THE BUSINESS, THE PARKS,
THE OPEN SPACE,
00:30:39.999 --> 00:30:43.458
THE MIXTURE OF HOUSING TYPES,
FROM ROW HOUSES TO TOWNHOUSES.
00:30:43.459 --> 00:30:46.291
THE LEVEL OF AFFORDABILITY
THROUGHOUT THE SPECTRUM,
00:30:46.292 --> 00:30:49.998
FROM SOMEONE WHO\'S MAKING 30%
OF THE AVERAGE MEDIAN INCOME,
00:30:49.999 --> 00:30:52.998
TO SOMEONE WHO CAN AFFORD
A HALF A MILLION DOLLAR HOUSE.
00:30:52.999 --> 00:30:55.416
THOSE, I BELIEVE, ARE THE
FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE
00:30:55.417 --> 00:30:57.041
TO THE SUSTAINABLE
NEIGHBOURHOOD,
00:30:57.042 --> 00:31:00.416
BECAUSE THERE\'S ENOUGH
DIVERSITY THERE THAT
00:31:00.417 --> 00:31:03.998
OVERALL YOU END UP WITH
A MIX THAT IS LIVELY,
00:31:03.999 --> 00:31:07.041
AND ECHOES BACK TO SOME OF
THE EARLIER NEIGHBOURHOODS
00:31:07.042 --> 00:31:08.958
THAT WE ALL
GREW UP IN.
00:31:08.959 --> 00:31:11.833
SINCE THE ARCHITECTURE
IN HOLIDAY IS CLUSTERED,
00:31:11.834 --> 00:31:14.166
THERE ARE FEWER
DRIVEWAYS THAN AVERAGE,
00:31:14.167 --> 00:31:16.541
SAVING INTERIOR SPACE
FOR OTHER USES,
00:31:16.542 --> 00:31:19.124
AND PROVIDING MORE
ON-STREET PARKING.
00:31:19.125 --> 00:31:21.374
ALL OF OUR CONTEMPORARY
CODES ARE BASED ON
00:31:21.375 --> 00:31:23.541
ATTEMPTING TO STORE
ALL OF THE CARS REQUIRED
00:31:23.542 --> 00:31:25.374
BY RESIDENTS AND
VISITORS ON SITE,
00:31:25.375 --> 00:31:28.583
AND THAT USUALLY HAS
VERY NEGATIVE IMPACTS.
00:31:28.584 --> 00:31:31.998
SO BEING ABLE TO
USE THE RESERVOIR PARKING
THAT\'S ON THE STREETS,
00:31:31.999 --> 00:31:34.666
FOR VISITOR PARKING,
00:31:34.667 --> 00:31:37.666
AND FOR SUPPLEMENTAL
PARKING FOR RESIDENTS,
IF NEEDED.
00:31:37.667 --> 00:31:40.041
AND ALSO HAVE IT BE
A SHARED PARKING CONCEPT
00:31:40.042 --> 00:31:42.999
WHERE YOU\'RE USING MIXED
USES, DAYTIME/NIGHTTIME.
00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:46.166
CHANGEABILITY BETWEEN
THOSE PARKING SPACES.
00:31:46.167 --> 00:31:50.583
ALL THESE THINGS
CONTRIBUTE TO A MUCH
HEALTHIER NEIGHBOURHOOD.
00:31:50.584 --> 00:31:52.500
THERE\'S A CERTAIN
PARKING REQUIREMENT,
00:31:52.501 --> 00:31:54.998
SO MANY PARKING SPACES
PER LIVING UNIT.
00:31:54.999 --> 00:31:59.583
WE WERE ABLE TO
ACHIEVE A REDUCTION IN
THAT NUMBER REQUIRED
00:31:59.584 --> 00:32:05.458
BY SHOWING THE COMMUNITY
WAS GOING TO ESTABLISH
A CAR SHARE PROGRAM
00:32:05.459 --> 00:32:08.583
THAT WOULD ENABLE
A LOT OF THEM NOT TO HAVE
TO HAVE SECOND CARS.
00:32:08.584 --> 00:32:14.833
AND BY DOING THAT,
THEY\'RE NOT ONLY ABLE TO
LIVE MORE EFFICIENTLY
00:32:14.834 --> 00:32:18.583
THEY\'RE NOT GOING
TO SPEND NEAR AS MUCH IN
THEIR TRANSPORTATION,
00:32:18.584 --> 00:32:21.333
BUT ALSO THEY END UP
WITH A GREENER SITE
00:32:21.334 --> 00:32:23.666
BECAUSE THEY\'RE NOT
PAVING AS MUCH OF IT.
00:32:23.667 --> 00:32:26.082
HOLIDAY DESIGNERS
ALSO FOCUS ON
00:32:26.083 --> 00:32:28.666
ANOTHER KEY ELEMENT
OF SUSTAINABILITY:
00:32:28.667 --> 00:32:30.750
WATER MANAGEMENT.
00:32:30.751 --> 00:32:33.249
RICHARD PINKHAM OF THE
ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE
00:32:33.250 --> 00:32:35.998
HELPS DESIGN VARIOUS
STRATEGIES FOR BOTH
00:32:35.999 --> 00:32:38.998
WATER CONSERVATION
AND WATER QUALITY.
00:32:38.999 --> 00:32:42.958
IF YOU CAN MAKE THE USE OF
WATER AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE,
00:32:42.959 --> 00:32:46.998
YOU EFFECT WHAT GOES ON
\"UP THE PIPE\", IF YOU WILL,
00:32:46.999 --> 00:32:50.458
TO WATER SUPPLY, AND ALSO
\"DOWN THE PIPE\",
00:32:50.459 --> 00:32:52.374
TO WASTE WATER
MANAGEMENT.
00:32:52.375 --> 00:32:54.750
THE AVERAGE AMERICAN
HOME USES ABOUT 75 GALLONS
00:32:54.751 --> 00:32:58.998
PER PERSON PER DAY
INSIDE THE HOUSE.
00:32:58.999 --> 00:33:02.999
WITH COMMONLY AVAILABLE
WATER CONSERVING FIXTURES
00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:07.750
AND APPLIANCES, IT\'S EASY
TO GET THAT DOWN TO 50 GALLONS
00:33:07.751 --> 00:33:09.458
PER PERSON
PER DAY.
00:33:09.459 --> 00:33:11.875
IT\'S POSSIBLE
TO DO EVEN BETTER
00:33:11.876 --> 00:33:16.541
BY USING THE VERY
MOST ADVANCED SHOWERHEADS,
FAUCETS,
00:33:16.542 --> 00:33:19.625
DISHWASHERS,
WASHING MACHINES.
00:33:19.626 --> 00:33:24.708
YOU CAN EASILY GET
THAT WATER USE DOWN
SEVERAL MORE GALLONS.
00:33:24.709 --> 00:33:26.750
AND OFTEN,
MORE THAN THAT.
00:33:26.751 --> 00:33:31.041
RICHARD EXPLAINS THAT
OLDER SHOWERHEADS DELIVER
3-5 GALLONS A MINUTE,
00:33:31.042 --> 00:33:35.124
WHILE STATE-OF-THE-ART
FIXTURES CAN CUT THAT IN HALF.
00:33:35.125 --> 00:33:37.041
THE BIG OPPORTUNITY
FOR WATER SAVINGS
00:33:37.042 --> 00:33:39.998
IN THE HOME
IS THE TOILET.
00:33:39.999 --> 00:33:42.374
IN PARTS OF THE
HOLIDAY NEIGHBOURHOOD,
00:33:42.375 --> 00:33:45.708
WE\'VE ADOPTED A TOILET
MODEL FROM AUSTRALIA
00:33:45.709 --> 00:33:48.416
THAT IS A DUAL
FLUSH TOILET.
00:33:48.417 --> 00:33:52.917
IT USES 1.6 GALLONS
FOR A FULL FLUSH
00:33:52.918 --> 00:33:58.249
AND ABOUT 0.8 GALLONS
FOR A PARTIAL FLUSH,
00:33:58.250 --> 00:34:00.500
WHICH CAN BE USED FOR
FLUSHING URINE ONLY.
00:34:00.501 --> 00:34:04.791
RECENT STUDIES HAVE SHOWN
ABOUT 25?DITIONAL SAVINGS
00:34:04.792 --> 00:34:08.041
OVER THE NATIONAL STANDARD
WITH THESE DUAL FLUSH TOILETS.
00:34:08.042 --> 00:34:11.374
HE AND HIS COLLEAGUES
PERFORM EXTENSIVE RESEARCH
00:34:11.375 --> 00:34:14.750
ON NEIGHBOURHOOD SEWAGE
SYSTEMS, CALLED LIVING MACHINES,
00:34:14.751 --> 00:34:19.750
AND \"GREYWATER\" SYSTEMS
THAT REUSE WATER FROM SINKS
AND WASHING MACHINES.
00:34:19.751 --> 00:34:22.998
BUT HIGH INITIAL COSTS
AND REGULATORY CONSTRAINTS
00:34:22.999 --> 00:34:25.998
FORCE THEM TO
CHANGE THEIR FOCUS.
00:34:25.999 --> 00:34:28.958
ONE OF THE PLACES
WE FOCUSED OUR ENERGIES
00:34:28.959 --> 00:34:32.998
WAS ON MAKING THE STORM
WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
00:34:32.999 --> 00:34:36.750
OF A TYPE THAT WOULD MINIMIZE
THE WATER QUALITY IMPACTS
00:34:36.751 --> 00:34:40.041
OF THE DEVELOPMENT UPON
THE RECEIVING STREAMS.
00:34:40.042 --> 00:34:45.958
STORM WATER MANAGEMENT
HAS A SIGNIFICANT
WATER QUALITY ASPECT.
00:34:45.959 --> 00:34:49.958
AND THAT, OF COURSE,
IS THAT STORM WATER, AS RUNS
ACROSS OUR LAWNS,
00:34:49.959 --> 00:34:51.875
AND OUR STREETS,
AND OUR PARKING LOTS,
00:34:51.876 --> 00:34:56.791
PICKS UP POLLUTANTS, PICKS
UP OILS AND GREASE FROM TAR,
00:34:56.792 --> 00:34:59.998
IT PICKS UP BRICK,
LINING DUST PARTICLES,
00:34:59.999 --> 00:35:05.208
PICKS UP PET FECES,
PICKS UP ALL KINDS
OF POLLUTANTS.
00:35:05.209 --> 00:35:08.583
WE NEED TO RETHINK
STORM WATER SYSTEMS,
00:35:08.584 --> 00:35:10.500
URBAN STORM
WATER SYSTEMS.
00:35:10.501 --> 00:35:13.998
WE NEED TO THINK OF
TREATING WATER ONSITE,
00:35:13.999 --> 00:35:15.998
CONVEYING IT ON THE
SURFACE OF THE LAND,
00:35:15.999 --> 00:35:18.583
RATHER THAN PUTTING IT INTO
PIPES AND DISPOSING IT.
00:35:18.584 --> 00:35:20.166
WHEN YOU DEVELOP
A CITY,
00:35:20.167 --> 00:35:21.998
YOU GET PARKING LOTS,
AND ROOVES,
00:35:21.999 --> 00:35:25.124
AND OTHER
IMPERVIOUS SURFACES
00:35:25.125 --> 00:35:28.249
THAT ENCOURAGE THE
WATER TO RUN TO THOSE
STORM SEWERS
00:35:28.250 --> 00:35:29.998
INTO THE PIPES
AND INTO THE RIVER.
00:35:29.999 --> 00:35:33.625
BY NOT CAPTURING
AND INFILTRATING THE WATER,
00:35:33.626 --> 00:35:36.958
IT REQUIRES US TO
EITHER DIG A WELL,
00:35:36.959 --> 00:35:38.625
OR TO, IN THE CASE
OF THE WEST,
00:35:38.626 --> 00:35:40.208
IMPORT THE WATER
FROM WHAT BE
00:35:40.209 --> 00:35:43.791
HUNDREDS OF MILES AWAY
TO IRRIGATE THE LAND.
00:35:43.792 --> 00:35:45.998
BILL DESCRIBES A STORMWATER
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
00:35:45.999 --> 00:35:48.998
HE\'S DESIGNED
IN MINNEAPOLIS.
00:35:48.999 --> 00:35:51.625
THE STORM WATER SYSTEM
HAS A SERIES OF COMPONENTS
00:35:51.626 --> 00:35:54.374
AND YOU CAN SEE SOME
OF THE ELEMENTS HERE.
00:35:54.375 --> 00:35:55.998
THE STORM WATER
OUTFALL...
00:35:55.999 --> 00:35:59.082
FAIRLY CONVENTIONAL
PIPE... IS HERE.
00:35:59.083 --> 00:36:03.998
AND IT POURS WATER
INTO AN INITIAL TREATMENT
FACILITY HERE,
00:36:03.999 --> 00:36:05.998
WITH A HEAVY
SEDIMENT STRAP OUT.
00:36:05.999 --> 00:36:09.998
SOME HOLIDAY DESIGNERS
MAKE USE OF BIOSWALES,
00:36:09.999 --> 00:36:14.374
OR LANDSCAPE TRENCHES,
TO PURIFY ROOFTOP STORMWATER.
00:36:14.375 --> 00:36:18.416
SEVERAL LARGE DETENTION
BASINS WITH SAND FILTERS
00:36:18.417 --> 00:36:20.999
ALSO BECOME PART
OF THE LANDSCAPE.
00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:23.998
AND YOU CAN SEE
THE PARK SITE HERE...
00:36:23.999 --> 00:36:29.333
THIS IS AN ENGINEERING
DRAWING THAT DETAILS THE PARK.
00:36:29.334 --> 00:36:32.791
AND YOU CAN START TO SEE
STORM WATER DETENTION AREA,
00:36:32.792 --> 00:36:35.833
INFILTRATION AREAS
HERE AND HERE.
00:36:35.834 --> 00:36:40.999
THIS IS THE BASIC SOUND
ENGINEERING THAT NEEDS
TO BE ACCOMPLISHED
00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:44.833
IN EACH OF THE ELEMENTS
OF THE SYSTEM.
00:36:44.834 --> 00:36:49.875
WE TYPICALLY JUST RECONFIGURE
FAIRLY TYPICAL ELEMENTS
00:36:49.876 --> 00:36:52.666
OF EXISTING
STORM WATER SYSTEMS.
00:36:52.667 --> 00:36:55.082
WE USE STORM DRAINS IN
SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WAYS.
00:36:55.083 --> 00:36:56.917
WE USE CURBS IN
SIMILAR ELEMENTS
00:36:56.918 --> 00:37:00.625
TO MOVE WATER ACROSS
THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND.
00:37:00.626 --> 00:37:04.041
SO WE\'RE NOT DESIGNING
EXOTIC THINGS
00:37:04.042 --> 00:37:06.998
THAT CONTRACTORS
TYPICALLY DON\'T SEE,
00:37:06.999 --> 00:37:10.875
BUT USING CONVENTIONAL
ELEMENTS IN NEW WAYS.
00:37:10.876 --> 00:37:12.998
THE BOULDER PROJECT
IS EXCITING BECAUSE
00:37:12.999 --> 00:37:16.998
AT A POLICY LEVEL,
THE CITY AND THE BOULDER
HOUSING AUTHORITY
00:37:16.999 --> 00:37:19.458
ARE SAYING, WE\'D LIKE
TO TRY SOME NEW THINGS.
00:37:19.459 --> 00:37:22.583
AND AT A POLICY LEVEL,
WE\'RE GOING TO ENCOURAGE THAT.
00:37:22.584 --> 00:37:25.958
SO WE\'RE GOING TO RETHINK
SOME OF OUR BASIC STANDARDS
00:37:25.959 --> 00:37:28.998
OF HOW WE DO THINGS,
HOW WE MANAGE STORM WATER.
00:37:28.999 --> 00:37:32.998
HOLIDAY DESIGNERS E
AND FUTURE RESIDENTS TRY
TO MAKE BEST USE
00:37:32.999 --> 00:37:36.666
OF EACH UNIT OF ENERGY
AND EVERY DROP OF WATER.
00:37:36.667 --> 00:37:41.458
THEY ALSO USE ANOTHER
RESOURCE - LIGHT - TO ITS
FULLEST ADVANTAGE.
00:37:41.459 --> 00:37:44.666
THE INITIAL
IMPORTANT ELEMENT
00:37:44.667 --> 00:37:48.791
IS TO GET GOOD QUALITY
DAYLIGHTING INTO YOUR HOME.
00:37:48.792 --> 00:37:52.666
AND THIS IS NOT ONLY MAKING
SURE YOU HAVE A LOT OF WINDOWS,
00:37:52.667 --> 00:37:54.999
BUT THE WINDOWS HAVE
TO BE ORIENTED
00:37:55.000 --> 00:37:57.166
IN THE CORRECT LOCATION
TO MAKE SURE THEY\'RE
00:37:57.167 --> 00:37:59.458
SOUTH FACING
AND NORTH FACING.
00:37:59.459 --> 00:38:01.291
AND THAT YOUR
SOUTH FACING WINDOWS
00:38:01.292 --> 00:38:03.791
HAVE SOME GREAT SHADING
DEVICES ON.
00:38:03.792 --> 00:38:09.208
AND THEN, IF YOU\'VE DONE
THE DESIGN REALLY GOOD
WITH THE DAYLIGHTING,
00:38:09.209 --> 00:38:11.998
HOPEFULLY THE ELECTRIC
LIGHTING DOES NOT
NEED TO BE ON,
00:38:11.999 --> 00:38:14.208
OR ENERGIZED
DURING THE DAYTIME.
00:38:14.209 --> 00:38:18.124
THE PACKAGE WE PUT TOGETHER
REALLY GOES TO THE DEPTHS
00:38:18.125 --> 00:38:20.958
OF LOOKING AT THE BEST
OF FLUORESCENT EQUIPMENT.
00:38:20.959 --> 00:38:23.833
PEOPLE WILL SAY,
I DON\'T WANT FLUORESCENT
00:38:23.834 --> 00:38:26.374
BECAUSE THEY BUZZ
AND THEY HUM.
00:38:26.375 --> 00:38:29.998
WHAT YOU DON\'T
REALIZE IS THAT MANY OF
THE DECORATIVE LUMINAIRES
00:38:29.999 --> 00:38:31.833
THAT WE\'RE USED
TO USING IN HOMES
00:38:31.834 --> 00:38:34.416
DO COME WITH
FLOURESCENT OPTIONS.
00:38:34.417 --> 00:38:37.208
THE GREATEST IMPACT,
OF COURSE, IS OPERATING COST.
00:38:37.209 --> 00:38:40.998
OVER THE COURSE OF
A FEW YEARS,
00:38:40.999 --> 00:38:44.208
WHAT YOU SAVE ON ENERGY
WILL BE TREMENDOUS.
00:38:44.209 --> 00:38:45.998
WE\'RE ANTICIPATING
10-20%
00:38:45.999 --> 00:38:48.875
OF WHAT A NORMAL HOME WOULD
HAVE WITH THE ENERGY USAGE.
00:38:48.876 --> 00:38:53.541
AS THE LAST DETAILS
OF THE HOLIDAY DESIGN
ARE BEING WORKED OUT,
00:38:53.542 --> 00:38:56.791
THE EARTH FINALLY
BEGINS TO MOVE.
00:38:56.792 --> 00:39:03.167
WILD SAGE MEMBERS
ORGANIZE A FESTIVE
GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY.
00:39:10.459 --> 00:39:12.666
FUTURE RESIDENTS
OF WILD SAGE
00:39:12.667 --> 00:39:14.998
CATCH A GLIMPSE OF THEIR
NEIGHBOURHOOD-TO-BE.
00:39:14.999 --> 00:39:17.999
THAT\'S OUR HOUSE,
WITH TREES ON BOTH SIDES...
00:39:18.000 --> 00:39:19.998
THE OTHER ONE
RIGHT THERE...
00:39:19.999 --> 00:39:23.124
WILD SAGE DESIGNERS WORK
WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
00:39:23.125 --> 00:39:26.583
TO BUILD FOUR OF
THE NEIGHBOURHOOD\'S
AFFORDABLE HOMES
00:39:26.584 --> 00:39:31.082
IN A WHIRLWIND, 10-DAY EFFORT
THEY CALL THE \"BLITZBUILD.\"
00:39:31.083 --> 00:39:33.208
USUALLY, WHEN WE
GO INTO A COMMUNITY,
00:39:33.209 --> 00:39:35.917
THE NEIGHBOURS AREN\'T REAL
EXCITED THAT WE\'VE COME IN
00:39:35.918 --> 00:39:37.541
AND ARE BUILDING
HABITAT HOMES.
00:39:37.542 --> 00:39:39.998
BUT THESE NEIGHBOURS HAVE
ACTUALLY EMBRACED US,
00:39:39.999 --> 00:39:43.998
AND THEY\'RE COMING
OUT TO HELP BUILD THEIR
NEIGHBOUR\'S HOUSES.
00:39:43.999 --> 00:39:46.791
SO THERE\'S COMMUNITY
BUILDING HAPPENING
00:39:46.792 --> 00:39:48.666
EVEN BEFORE PEOPLE MOVE
INTO THE HOUSE.
00:39:48.667 --> 00:39:52.208
OUR COMMUNITIES GO OUT
DURING CONSTRUCTION,
00:39:52.209 --> 00:39:54.875
AND THEY\'LL HAVE A SOCIAL
FUNCTION FOR THE WORKFORCE
00:39:54.876 --> 00:39:56.998
IN APPRECIATION
FOR WHAT THEY\'RE DOING.
00:39:56.999 --> 00:39:59.249
WE DEVELOP ALMOST A
COMMUNITY-BASED RELATIONSHIP
00:39:59.250 --> 00:40:01.041
WITH THE
CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.
00:40:01.042 --> 00:40:03.791
AND YOU GET A HIGHER LEVEL
OF QUALITY BY DOING THAT.
00:40:03.792 --> 00:40:06.999
WHILE AFFORDABILITY
IS A PRIMARY FOCUS,
00:40:07.000 --> 00:40:10.208
THE HABITAT HOMES ARE
ALSO EXTREMELY EFFICIENT.
00:40:10.209 --> 00:40:13.875
WE HAVE TO MAKE CHOICES,
ABOUT GREEN BUILDING MATERIALS
00:40:13.876 --> 00:40:15.708
AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY.
00:40:15.709 --> 00:40:19.875
WE\'RE LOOKING FOR MATERIALS
THAT ARE GOING TO BE
LOW MAINTENANCE,
00:40:19.876 --> 00:40:22.708
WHERE THE ENERGY COSTS
TO THE HOME OWNERS
00:40:22.709 --> 00:40:24.458
ARE GOING TO BE
VERY LOW
00:40:24.459 --> 00:40:26.999
TO KEEP THOSE UNITS
AFFORDABLE IN THE LONG RUN.
00:40:27.000 --> 00:40:31.998
AT LAST,
MEMBERS OF THE WILD SAGE
COMMUNITY BEGIN TO MOVE IN.
00:40:31.999 --> 00:40:35.958
GINGER AND SONJA ARE SOME
OF HOLIDAY\'S FIRST RESIDENTS.
00:40:35.959 --> 00:40:39.333
PRETTY EXCITING, SEEING
IT ALL GET FRAMED IN.
00:40:39.334 --> 00:40:42.791
JUST LAST WEEKEND
I WAS UP HERE AND THIS
WAS A FLAT ROOF.
00:40:42.792 --> 00:40:48.791
AND THERE WAS
NOTHING HERE.
00:40:48.792 --> 00:40:52.166
I GREW UP WITH THAT SORT
OF THING IN MEXICO CITY.
00:40:52.167 --> 00:40:56.999
MY MOTHER WOULD ALWAYS
BRING FOOD TO THE NEIGHBOURS.
00:40:57.000 --> 00:41:00.998
SHE WOULD COOK
SOMETHING SPECIAL...
00:41:00.999 --> 00:41:03.374
AND THE NEIGHBOURS WOULD
DO THE SAME THING.
00:41:03.375 --> 00:41:06.917
THEY\'D STOP BY AFTER WORK
FOR A CUP OF COFFEE,
00:41:06.918 --> 00:41:09.999
OR IF MY DAD WAS AROUND,
STOP IN FOR A BEER,
00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:14.958
SO THERE WAS THAT
COMMUNITY LINKAGE.
00:41:14.959 --> 00:41:17.041
EVERYBODY
KNEW EVERYONE.
00:41:17.042 --> 00:41:20.625
AND THAT\'S WHAT WE\'RE
TRYING TO LOOK AT NOW.
00:41:20.626 --> 00:41:23.166
NOW NEARING
THE END OF THE PROJECT,
00:41:23.167 --> 00:41:27.998
JIM LOGAN AND BRYAN BOWEN
COMMENT ON HOW THEIR DESIGN
STRATEGY IS WORKING.
00:41:27.999 --> 00:41:30.875
WE WERE LOOKING FOR A WAY
WE COULD EXPLAIN IT TO PEOPLE,
00:41:30.876 --> 00:41:33.998
AND HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING
OF WHAT INFORMATION WE GAINED.
00:41:33.999 --> 00:41:35.666
WE CAME UP WITH
THIS CHART.
00:41:35.667 --> 00:41:38.666
THE PURPLE
REPRESENTS GAS USAGE
00:41:38.667 --> 00:41:41.917
AND THE MULTI COLOUR REPRESENTS
ELECTRICAL USAGE.
00:41:41.918 --> 00:41:43.998
AND WE START HERE WITH
THE BASE BUILDING.
00:41:43.999 --> 00:41:47.124
IT\'S THE WAY A BUILDING
WOULD BE JUST BUILT TO
THE BUILDING CODE.
00:41:47.125 --> 00:41:49.500
BY SIMPLY TURNING IT
SO IT FACES NORTH AND SOUTH
00:41:49.501 --> 00:41:52.999
WE GET GLASS THAT FACES THE
RIGHT WAY FOR PASSIVE SOLAR,
00:41:53.000 --> 00:41:57.583
AND IT SAVES A
CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF ENERGY,
WITHOUT ANY EXPENSE.
00:41:57.584 --> 00:41:59.998
THE NEXT STEP IS
TO INCREASE INSULATION
00:41:59.999 --> 00:42:03.998
AND REDUCE AIR INFILTRATION,
LOWERING GAS USAGE.
00:42:03.999 --> 00:42:06.750
DESIGNING FOR THE USE
OF NATURAL LIGHT
00:42:06.751 --> 00:42:08.750
CUTS ELECTRICAL
DEMAND,
00:42:08.751 --> 00:42:13.458
AND HIGH-EFFICIENCY
LIGHTING REDUCES ELECTRICITY
USE BY A THIRD.
00:42:13.459 --> 00:42:15.998
ENERGY STAR
APPLIANCES CAN REDUCE
00:42:15.999 --> 00:42:18.875
GAS AND ELECTRICITY
DEMAND BY MORE THAN HALF,
00:42:18.876 --> 00:42:21.958
AND HOT WATER CONSERVATION
LOWERS GAS CONSUMPTION
00:42:21.959 --> 00:42:24.998
AND MAKES SOLAR HOT WATER
A VIABLE OPTION.
00:42:24.999 --> 00:42:26.791
IF PEOPLE ARE
CONSCIOUS OF IT,
00:42:26.792 --> 00:42:29.998
AND THEY DON\'T STAY
IN THE SHOWER FOREVER,
00:42:29.999 --> 00:42:32.791
AND THEY ARE JUST AWARE OF
HOW MUCH WATER THEY\'RE USING,
00:42:32.792 --> 00:42:37.249
THEY HAVE THE ABILITY
TO CONTROL THEIR HOT WATER
USE BY A FACTOR OF TWO.
00:42:37.250 --> 00:42:40.791
WHEN SOLAR PANELS
SUPPLY BOTH HOT WATER
AND SPACE HEATING,
00:42:40.792 --> 00:42:44.875
THE GOAL OF ZERO EMISSIONS
BEGINS TO LOOK ACHIEVABLE.
00:42:44.876 --> 00:42:47.998
IF WE SIMPLY TAKE
THIS ELECTRIC USAGE
00:42:47.999 --> 00:42:51.917
AND SWITCH TO BUYING
OUR ELECTRICITY FROM
A RENEWABLE RESOURCE,
00:42:51.918 --> 00:42:55.458
SUCH AS WIND POWER YOU CAN
BUY FROM YOUR LOCAL UTILITY,
00:42:55.459 --> 00:42:57.374
OR HYDRO IN
THE NORTHWEST,
00:42:57.375 --> 00:42:59.333
WE\'RE LEFT WITH
A LITTLE BIT OF HEAT LOAD.
00:42:59.334 --> 00:43:02.541
IF PEOPLE
TOLERATE A FEW DEGREES OF
COOLER TEMPERATURES,
00:43:02.542 --> 00:43:04.708
IT WOULD BE VERY EASY
TO SHIFT THIS BUILDING
00:43:04.709 --> 00:43:08.458
INTO A COMPLETELY
RENEWABLE-BASED WAY TO LIVE.
00:43:08.459 --> 00:43:10.998
WHEN WE STARTED DOING THE
ANALYSIS OF THE BUILDINGS,
00:43:10.999 --> 00:43:15.998
WE FOUND THAT MOST ENERGY
EFFICIENT WINDOWS THAT
HAVE LOW E GLAZING
00:43:15.999 --> 00:43:19.875
ACTUALLY CUT OUT ENOUGH
OF THE SUN\'S HEAT ON THE
SOUTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING
00:43:19.876 --> 00:43:22.666
THAT WE LOSE ANY
PASSIVE SOLAR EFFECT.
00:43:22.667 --> 00:43:25.998
IT WASN\'T A RESULT WE HAD
BEEN LOOKING FOR AT ALL.
00:43:25.999 --> 00:43:30.791
WE FOUND THAT IF WE REPLACED
THE GLASS ON THE SOUTH SIDE
OF THE BUILDING
00:43:30.792 --> 00:43:32.374
WITH EITHER SIMPLY
DOUBLE GLASS
00:43:32.375 --> 00:43:38.041
OR A LOW E GLASS THAT HAD
A HIGH SOLAR TRANSMISSIVITY,
00:43:38.042 --> 00:43:42.208
WE WOULD SAVE ABOUT
20% OF THE BUILDING\'S
HEATING ENERGY.
00:43:42.209 --> 00:43:45.082
THESE BUILDINGS HAVE
ALMOST NO WEST GLASS.
00:43:45.083 --> 00:43:46.998
THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT
OF EAST GLASS.
00:43:46.999 --> 00:43:48.917
A LOT OF NORTH GLASS
AND SOUTH GLASS.
00:43:48.918 --> 00:43:51.333
SOUTH GLASS GIVES YOU
PASSIVE SOLAR HEATING,
00:43:51.334 --> 00:43:53.708
AND IT DOESN\'T OVERHEAT
IN THE SUMMER.
00:43:53.709 --> 00:43:55.291
NORTH GLASS
GIVES US DAYLIGHT
00:43:55.292 --> 00:43:58.708
AND WONDERFUL QUALITY
LIGHT ALL YEAR \'ROUND.
00:43:58.709 --> 00:44:02.500
AND WEST GLASS MAKES
BUILDINGS OVERHEAT
IN THE AFTERNOON
00:44:02.501 --> 00:44:06.166
SO WE TRY TO AVOID WEST GLASS
UNLESS WE REALLY NEED IT.
00:44:06.167 --> 00:44:10.333
IF WE\'RE LOOKING
AT A WONDERFUL VIEW,
OR HAVE A SPECIFIC REASON,
00:44:10.334 --> 00:44:12.998
BUT GENERICALLY WE TRY TO
KEEP MOST OF THE GLASS
00:44:12.999 --> 00:44:15.708
FACING SOUTH
AND NORTH.
00:44:15.709 --> 00:44:17.500
WHEN WE STARTED
DESIGNING THIS,
00:44:17.501 --> 00:44:19.416
WE WANTED THESE
URBAN SPACES,
00:44:19.417 --> 00:44:21.791
AND WE PUT THE FLAT
ROOVES ON THE BUILDING
00:44:21.792 --> 00:44:23.791
SO WE COULD PUT
SOLAR PANELS.
00:44:23.792 --> 00:44:25.998
YOU CAN SEE THE FLAT
ROOVES IN THE DISTANCE.
00:44:25.999 --> 00:44:28.875
AND THE SPACES BETWEEN THE
BUILDINGS ARE JUST FAR ENOUGH
00:44:28.876 --> 00:44:32.500
SO THAT THE SOUTH
FACING BUILDING CAN STILL
SEE THE SUN IN THE WINTER.
00:44:32.501 --> 00:44:36.998
ARCHITECT BRYAN BOWEN
LIKES BOTH THE PROJECT
AND THE PEOPLE SO WELL
00:44:36.999 --> 00:44:40.416
THAT HE DECIDES TO BECOME
A WILD SAGE RESIDENT.
00:44:40.417 --> 00:44:41.999
ONE OF
THE THINGS WE DID
00:44:42.000 --> 00:44:45.500
THAT WAS A REALLY EASY,
PASSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCEPT
00:44:45.501 --> 00:44:50.625
WAS TO COLLECT THE ROOF
WATER FROM THE FLAT ROOFS,
00:44:50.626 --> 00:44:53.583
AND CHANNEL IT THROUGH
THESE BIOSWALES.
00:44:53.584 --> 00:44:57.374
AND THE BIOSWALES
ARE BASICALLY A WAY OF
TAKING THE ROOF WATER
00:44:57.375 --> 00:44:59.750
AND DOING TWO
THINGS WITH IT:
00:44:59.751 --> 00:45:01.998
ONE, THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING, IS FILTERING IT
00:45:01.999 --> 00:45:04.374
BEFORE IT GOES BACK INTO
THE STORM WATER SYSTEM.
00:45:04.375 --> 00:45:07.875
SECOND, THAT AMOUNT
OF WATER FROM THE ROOF
00:45:07.876 --> 00:45:11.998
THEN IS CHANNELED
PAST THE PLANTS THAT ARE
PLANTED IN THE SWALES,
00:45:11.999 --> 00:45:13.583
EFFECTIVELY DOUBLING
OR TRIPLING
00:45:13.584 --> 00:45:16.249
THE AMOUNT OF RAIN WATER
THOSE PLANTS SEE.
00:45:16.250 --> 00:45:17.998
ONE OF THE THINGS
WE CAME UP WITH
00:45:17.999 --> 00:45:21.998
THROUGH THE COMMUNITY
PROCESS WAS EDIBLE
LANDSCAPE.
00:45:21.999 --> 00:45:24.917
SO WE PLANTED TREES
IN BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS,
00:45:24.918 --> 00:45:27.999
SUCH AS SERVICE BERRY,
CHERRY, PEAR AND APPLE TREES.
00:45:28.000 --> 00:45:31.998
THAT ALLOWS US TO HAVE
A DIFFERENT FLOWERING
EVERY SEASON
00:45:31.999 --> 00:45:34.625
AND ALSO THE ABILITY TO
EAT FRUIT FROM OUR LANDSCAPE.
00:45:34.626 --> 00:45:38.500
A KEY ASPECT OF CO-HOUSING
IS TO PUSH THE PARKING
TO THE PERIMETER,
00:45:38.501 --> 00:45:41.998
AND NOT HAVE THE LANDSCAPE
BE DOMINATED BY THE AUTOMOBILE.
00:45:41.999 --> 00:45:44.833
AND ONE OF THE WAYS WE WERE
ABLE TO DO THAT IN WILD SAGE
00:45:44.834 --> 00:45:46.625
IS BY GETTING A VARIANCE
FROM THE CITY
00:45:46.626 --> 00:45:49.333
ON THE NUMBER OF
PARKING STALLS REQUIRED.
00:45:49.334 --> 00:45:51.998
WE HAVE FEWER THAN NORMAL
CURB CUTS ON THE PROPERTY,
00:45:51.999 --> 00:45:54.917
AND WE HAVE ADEQUATE
BIKE PARKING.
00:45:54.918 --> 00:45:56.625
WE\'RE CLOSE TO
MASS TRANSIT.
00:45:56.626 --> 00:45:58.208
WE HAVE
A CAR SHARE PROGRAM,
00:45:58.209 --> 00:46:01.124
AND WE ACTUALLY DID
A SURVEY OF THE RESIDENTS
00:46:01.125 --> 00:46:02.998
WHO ARE MOVING
INTO THIS PROJECT,
00:46:02.999 --> 00:46:07.416
AND THEY ONLY HAD
1.1 CARS PER HOUSEHOLD
ON AVERAGE.
00:46:07.417 --> 00:46:10.917
THAT MEANT WE DIDN\'T HAVE TO
DEAL WITH THE 1.5 OR 2.5
00:46:10.918 --> 00:46:13.791
URBAN REQUIREMENTS
THAT PLANNERS HAVE.
00:46:13.792 --> 00:46:15.998
THIS MATERIAL, WHICH IS
FIBRE CEMENT SIDING,
00:46:15.999 --> 00:46:19.291
IS A COMPOSITE OF
WOOD FIBRE AND CEMENT.
00:46:19.292 --> 00:46:24.124
AND INSTEAD OF USING WIDE
LENGTHS TO DO SIDING,
00:46:24.125 --> 00:46:26.625
WHICH COME FROM
OLD GROWTH TREES,
00:46:26.626 --> 00:46:29.291
WE\'RE USING THIS MATERIAL,
WHICH IS MUCH MORE RENEWABLE,
00:46:29.292 --> 00:46:31.998
AND ALSO MUCH MORE DURABLE,
AND HOLDS PAINT BETTER.
00:46:31.999 --> 00:46:36.625
AND ALL THOSE FACTORS
ADD UP TO IT BEING A VERY
RENEWABLE RESOURCE.
00:46:36.626 --> 00:46:42.166
MY FAVOURITE SHARED
RESOURCE IS THE WOOD SHOP.
00:46:42.167 --> 00:46:44.374
THE SHOP ALLOWS US
TO SHARE RESOURCES.
00:46:44.375 --> 00:46:48.458
INSTEAD OF HAVING
34 TABLE SAWS, WE HAVE
ONE WHICH WE SHARE.
00:46:48.459 --> 00:46:52.124
THIS OFFSETS
THE MATERIAL CONSUMPTION OF
THE ACTUAL TABLE SAW,
00:46:52.125 --> 00:46:53.958
AS WELL AS
BUILDING COMMUNITY,
00:46:53.959 --> 00:46:56.374
BUT IT ALLOWS US
TO HAVE SMALLER HOUSES,
00:46:56.375 --> 00:46:59.998
AND REDUCE CONSUMPTION
THAT WAY AND REDUCE HEATING
AND COOLING LOADS.
00:46:59.999 --> 00:47:04.875
ACTIVE SOLAR TECHNOLOGY
WAS REALLY IMPORTANT
TO THE COMMUNITY.
00:47:04.876 --> 00:47:07.500
THIS MECHANICAL
ROOM HOUSES ONE OF
THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECES
00:47:07.501 --> 00:47:09.708
OF OUR ENERGY
EFFICIENCY SYNERGY,
00:47:09.709 --> 00:47:11.917
WHICH IS THIS
HIGH EFFICIENCY BOILER,
00:47:11.918 --> 00:47:13.998
WHICH IS SHARED BY
SEVEN ATTACHED UNITS.
00:47:13.999 --> 00:47:18.124
AND THE WATER IS PRE-HEATED
FOR THIS BOILER BY
ROOFTOP SOLAR PANELS.
00:47:18.125 --> 00:47:21.917
SOME MEMBERS CHOSE TO ADD
CONCRETE RADIANT FLOOR UNITS,
00:47:21.918 --> 00:47:24.541
WHICH GIVES THEM A BETTER
PASSIVE SOLAR PERFORMANCE,
00:47:24.542 --> 00:47:27.208
ALLOWING THE UNIT TO STORE
HEAT GAINED FROM THE SUN
00:47:27.209 --> 00:47:30.041
AND RE-RELEASE IT
OVER TIME DURING NIGHTS.
00:47:30.042 --> 00:47:32.875
I WAS ONE OF THE MEMBERS WHO
CHOSE THIS FLOORING OPTION.
00:47:32.876 --> 00:47:36.833
I\'M EXCITED TO HAVE IT BECAUSE
IT ALLOWS ME TO FINISH THE
CONCRETE FLOOR MYSELF
00:47:36.834 --> 00:47:40.249
WITH AN ALL-NATURAL PIGMENT
AND LINDSAY OIL,
00:47:40.250 --> 00:47:42.458
AND A WAX
FINISH.
00:47:42.459 --> 00:47:45.333
IT\'S A LITTLE BIT MORE ROUGH
THAN A CARPET-TYPE SOLUTION
00:47:45.334 --> 00:47:47.998
BUT IT\'S CLEANER AND
BETTER INDOOR AIR QUALITY.
00:47:47.999 --> 00:47:51.500
IN GENERAL, WE\'VE TRIED
TO DESIGN FOR BETTER
INDOOR AIR QUALITY.
00:47:51.501 --> 00:47:55.208
ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID
IS HAVE LOW V.O.C. PAINTS,
00:47:55.209 --> 00:47:56.998
NON-TOXIC WOOD FINISHES,
00:47:56.999 --> 00:47:59.625
AND OPTIONS SUCH
AS CONCRETE FLOORING,
00:47:59.626 --> 00:48:01.875
WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO
GET RID OF ALL THE THINGS
00:48:01.876 --> 00:48:04.917
THAT BRING IN AND STORE
CONTAMINANTS IN YOUR HOUSE.
00:48:04.918 --> 00:48:06.500
TO REDUCE
OUR COOLING LOADS,
00:48:06.501 --> 00:48:08.917
WE PUT WHITE ROOFS
AND SOD ROOFS ON BUILDINGS.
00:48:08.918 --> 00:48:10.500
IF EVERYONE
DID THIS,
00:48:10.501 --> 00:48:13.374
IT WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY
REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION
IN THE U.S.
00:48:13.375 --> 00:48:18.998
AND LOWER THE TYPICAL
CITY\'S TEMPERATURE BY AS
MUCH AS EIGHT DEGREES.
00:48:18.999 --> 00:48:22.791
THE CENTREPIECE OF
THE WILD SAGE DESIGN IS
THE COMMON HOUSE,
00:48:22.792 --> 00:48:26.458
A STANDARD FEATURE IN
ALL CO-HOUSING COMMUNITIES.
00:48:26.459 --> 00:48:30.583
THE COMMON HOUSE
IS THE BUILDING EVERYONE
CARES ABOUT THE MOST.
00:48:30.584 --> 00:48:32.998
IT\'S THE REAL HEART AND
SOUL OF THE COMMUNITY.
00:48:32.999 --> 00:48:34.708
IT HAD TO DO
A NUMBER OF THINGS.
00:48:34.709 --> 00:48:36.291
IT HAD TO FACE
INTO THE COMMUNITY,
00:48:36.292 --> 00:48:39.124
AND CREATE A CENTRE IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE COMMUNITY.
00:48:39.125 --> 00:48:40.998
IT ALSO HAD
TO FACE THE STREET,
00:48:40.999 --> 00:48:43.708
AND BE THE FRONT DOOR
TO THE BIGGER COMMUNITY,
00:48:43.709 --> 00:48:45.291
THE ENTIRE
NEIGHBOURHOOD.
00:48:45.292 --> 00:48:48.833
IT NEEDED TO BE LIGHT
AND BRIGHT AND VOLUMETRIC
00:48:48.834 --> 00:48:50.998
AND A PLACE PEOPLE WANTED
TO SPEND TIME IN.
00:48:50.999 --> 00:48:53.166
AND SO WE SPEND A LOT OF
TIME WITH THE COMMUNITY
00:48:53.167 --> 00:48:56.958
DISCUSSING WHAT ROOMS
NEED TO BE IN IT.
00:48:56.959 --> 00:48:59.998
IT HAS A ROOM FOR CHILDREN;
IT HAS A LIVING ROOM;
00:48:59.999 --> 00:49:02.917
IT HAS OFFICES;
HAS A ROOM FOR YOGA;
00:49:02.918 --> 00:49:05.791
OBVIOUSLY
THE KITCHEN AND THIS
BIG DINING ROOM WE\'RE IN...
00:49:05.792 --> 00:49:10.998
IT\'S REALLY THE ROOM
THAT ALLOWS EVERYBODY\'S
HOUSES TO BE SMALLER
00:49:10.999 --> 00:49:14.998
AND TO ALLOW EVERYONE TO HAVE
A GREAT PLACE TO GET TOGETHER.
00:49:14.999 --> 00:49:17.998
AFTER LIVING AT WILD
SAGE FOR A FEW MONTHS,
00:49:17.999 --> 00:49:20.708
THE FIRST RESIDENTS
OF HOLIDAY NEIGHBOURHOOD
00:49:20.709 --> 00:49:23.374
ARE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT
THEY\'VE HELPED CREATE.
00:49:23.375 --> 00:49:26.166
WE DECIDED WE
DIDN\'T NEED TWO CARS.
00:49:26.167 --> 00:49:28.249
IN TEXAS,
WHERE WE USED TO LIVE,
00:49:28.250 --> 00:49:30.998
NOTHING WAS
NEAR YOU.
00:49:30.999 --> 00:49:32.998
EVERYBODY HAD
TO HAVE A CAR.
00:49:32.999 --> 00:49:34.998
YOU DRIVE AN HOUR
ANYWHERE YOU GO.
00:49:34.999 --> 00:49:36.583
AND WE DID...
00:49:36.584 --> 00:49:39.750
WE PUT LOTS OF MILES ON
THE CAR IN AN AVERAGE WEEK.
00:49:39.751 --> 00:49:44.833
HERE, THERE ARE DAYS
WE DON\'T GET IN A CAR.
00:49:44.834 --> 00:49:48.416
WE RIDE THE KIDS
TO SCHOOL ON THE BIKES;
00:49:48.417 --> 00:49:51.124
WE\'LL WALK
TO THE BUS STOP.
00:49:51.125 --> 00:49:53.708
WE JUST DON\'T NEED
TO BE IN A CAR.
00:49:53.709 --> 00:49:55.833
WE HAD OUR FIRST
ELECTRIC BILL HERE,
00:49:55.834 --> 00:49:57.791
AND I WAS
FLOORED.
00:49:57.792 --> 00:49:59.374
I WAS TOTALLY
FLOORED BECAUSE...
00:49:59.375 --> 00:50:02.833
IN TEXAS, YOU\'RE RUNNING
HEAT IN THE WINTER,
00:50:02.834 --> 00:50:04.583
AND AIR
IN THE SUMMER,
00:50:04.584 --> 00:50:08.333
AND YOU\'RE CRANKING, USING
TONS AND TONS OF ENERGY.
00:50:08.334 --> 00:50:12.166
AND OUR FIRST BILL
HERE WAS $7.
00:50:12.167 --> 00:50:14.998
WE THOUGHT THERE
WAS A MISTAKE.
00:50:14.999 --> 00:50:17.374
WE WERE SURE
THERE WAS A MISTAKE.
00:50:17.375 --> 00:50:20.750
WE HAD A COLD
SPELL SHORTLY AFTER
WE CAME IN HERE.
00:50:20.751 --> 00:50:25.750
AND THE HEAT DIDN\'T SEEM TO
BE TURNED ON VERY MUCH AT ALL.
00:50:25.751 --> 00:50:28.999
BUT IT WAS
COZY.
00:50:29.000 --> 00:50:31.333
IT WAS WARM;
IT WAS NICE IN THERE.
00:50:31.334 --> 00:50:33.708
IT WAS LOVELY.
IT WAS REALLY LOVELY.
00:50:33.709 --> 00:50:35.750
ONE OF THE GREATEST
SATISFACTIONS
00:50:35.751 --> 00:50:37.998
OF AN ARCHITECT
OR A DEVELOPER,
00:50:37.999 --> 00:50:41.458
IS TO SEE THE BUILDINGS
AND THE SPACES THAT
HAVE BEEN DESIGNED
00:50:41.459 --> 00:50:43.917
TAKE SHAPE AND
GET COMPLETED.
00:50:43.918 --> 00:50:46.583
AND TO WATCH THE PEOPLE
THEY WERE INTENDED FOR
00:50:46.584 --> 00:50:52.541
COME IN AND START TO
USE THEM IN WAYS THAT ARE
WONDERFUL FOR THEM.
00:50:52.542 --> 00:50:56.998
IS THE PROJECT A SUCCESS?
THE NUMBERS SEEM TO SAY YES.
00:50:56.999 --> 00:51:00.750
MORE THAN 400 PEOPLE WITH
LOW AND MIDDLE INCOMES
00:51:00.751 --> 00:51:04.082
WILL LIVE HERE, MANY AS
FIRST-TIME HOMEOWNERS.
00:51:04.083 --> 00:51:07.998
HIGH LEVELS OF EFFICIENCY WILL
KEEP THE COST OF LIVING DOWN
00:51:07.999 --> 00:51:10.917
FOR THEM AND ALL
HOLIDAY OCCUPANTS.
00:51:10.918 --> 00:51:15.416
AT WILD SAGE, ALL 34 HOMES
WERE RATED FIVE STARS PLUS,
00:51:15.417 --> 00:51:17.791
THE HIGHEST
SCORE GIVEN.
00:51:17.792 --> 00:51:20.998
RESIDENTS WILL DRIVE AN
ESTIMATED 30% LESS,
00:51:20.999 --> 00:51:24.208
PAY 50% LESS IN
UTILITY BILLS,
00:51:24.209 --> 00:51:28.625
AND USE 40% LESS WATER
THAN THE AVERAGE AMERICAN.
00:51:28.626 --> 00:51:33.208
MAYBE IT\'S TIME FOR A NEW
AND BETTER AVERAGE AMERICA.
00:51:33.209 --> 00:51:36.458
THINK OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL
AND SOCIAL BENEFITS
00:51:36.459 --> 00:51:40.999
IF ALL DEVELOPMENTS
WERE DESIGNED WITH THIS
LEVEL OF CARE.
00:51:44.042 --> 00:51:45.998
IS THE PROJECT
PERFECT?
00:51:45.999 --> 00:51:49.041
NO - AS ALWAYS THERE
ARE TRADE-OFFS.
00:51:49.042 --> 00:51:52.374
WE HAVE A PARK
AND WE WANTED IT TO BE
AS LARGE AS POSSIBLE.
00:51:52.375 --> 00:51:54.958
BUT OVER TIME THAT PARK
GOT SMALLER AND SMALLER.
00:51:54.959 --> 00:51:57.666
BECAUSE WE WANTED
THE INNOVATIVE WATER
QUALITY TREATMENTS
00:51:57.667 --> 00:51:59.333
AND THAT MADE IT
A LITTLE SMALLER.
00:51:59.334 --> 00:52:00.998
THE CITY WANTED
SOME WIDER STREETS.
00:52:00.999 --> 00:52:02.958
THAT MADE
THE PARK SMALLER.
00:52:02.959 --> 00:52:06.291
BUT THE INCREMENTAL
CHANGES WE\'RE MAKING
00:52:06.292 --> 00:52:08.917
TO CONVENTIONAL HOUSING,
AT THE THEATRE SITE
00:52:08.918 --> 00:52:12.041
ARE STILL GOING TO
HAVE A DRAMATIC IMPACT
00:52:12.042 --> 00:52:15.750
ON THE LIFESTYLE AND THE
AFFORDABILITY OF THOSE HOUSES.
00:52:15.751 --> 00:52:17.583
AND THAT\'S WHAT
WE\'RE EXCITED ABOUT.
00:52:17.584 --> 00:52:19.458
WE ALL KNOW
THIS STUFF WORKS,
00:52:19.459 --> 00:52:23.291
IT\'S JUST HAVING
THE SYSTEM IN PLACE AND
THE COURAGE TO GO DO IT.
00:52:23.292 --> 00:52:26.998
THE RESPONSE
HAS BEEN REALLY GREAT.
00:52:26.999 --> 00:52:30.249
LOOKED AT IN TERMS OF BOTH
COMMENTS AND PRE-SALES.
00:52:30.250 --> 00:52:33.791
I THINK PEOPLE ARE
FINDING HERE THINGS THEY
HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR.
00:52:33.792 --> 00:52:35.583
THINGS LIKE THE
CO-HOUSING COMMUNITY,
00:52:35.584 --> 00:52:37.416
WHERE THERE\'S
A COMMUNITY IN PLACE.
00:52:37.417 --> 00:52:39.998
THAT MEANINGFUL CONNECTION
BETWEEN WORK AND HOME,
00:52:39.999 --> 00:52:41.998
THAT ABILITY TO WALK
TO GET THEIR COFFEE,
00:52:41.999 --> 00:52:43.998
TO HAVE
A NEIGHBOURHOOD PARK.
00:52:43.999 --> 00:52:47.583
I THINK ALL OF THOSE THINGS
ARE SERVING SOME REAL NEEDS
00:52:47.584 --> 00:52:51.125
AND SOME DEEP-SEEDED
DESIRES PEOPLE HAVE ABOUT
THE WAY THEY WANT TO LIVE.
Distributor: Bullfrog Films
Length: 54 minutes
Date: 2005
Genre: Expository
Language: English
Grade: 10-12, College, Adult
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