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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.

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HE\'S NOW BUILT 15
CO-HOUSING COMMUNITIES,

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EACH A MODEL
OF EFFICIENCY.

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A LOT OF DEVELOPERS
WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND

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TO THE
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

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AND BUILD
GREENER PRODUCT,

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BUT THEY\'RE DEALING WITH
A MARKET-DRIVEN ECONOMY.

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I LIKE WORKING
WITH COMMUNITIES...

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YOU CAN WORK WITH THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE GOING TO BE LIVING
IN THE HOUSING UNITS.

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SO THEY\'RE MAKING
THE TOUGH DECISIONS.

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IT\'S NOT EASY TO
DECIDE TO TRADE OFF

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YOUR JACUZZI BATHTUB
FOR A SOLAR SYSTEM.

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JIM LEACH CONTRACTS WITH
JIM LOGAN TO BE THE ARCHITECT

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FOR THE WILD SAGE
CO-HOUSING COMMUNITY.

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RIGHT FROM THE START,
LOGAN IS COMMITTED TO
A DESIGN STRATEGY

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THAT BOTH MINIMIZES
RESOURCE USE AND ENCOURAGES
A SENSE OF COMMUNITY.

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A VETERAN PRACTITIONER
OF PASSIVE SOLAR ENERGY,

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LOGAN INTENDS TO
BRING TO WILD SAGE

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MANY OF THE QUALITIES HE\'S
DESIGNED INTO HIS OWN HOME.

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AS ARCHITECTS,
WE\'RE REALLY INTERESTED
IN SUSTAINABILITY,

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TRYING TO CREATE
COMMUNITIES THAT USE AS
LITTLE RESOURCES AS POSSIBLE.

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I THINK WHEN YOU HAVE
30 PEOPLE WORKING TOGETHER

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YOU HAVE A LOT MORE
OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THAT.

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OUR REAL GOAL IS TO ANALYZE
ALL THESE BUILDINGS,

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ANALYZE THE PROJECT
BEFORE IT\'S BUILT,

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AND REALLY BE ABLE TO
LOOK CLOSELY AT WHERE ALL
THE ENERGY USE GOES.

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AND TRY TO TAKE THIS TO
A ZERO EMISSIONS SITUATION.

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IT\'S ULTIMATELY THE PROJECT
THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

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ZERO EMISSIONS MEANS THAT
NO COAL, NATURAL GAS,

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OR OTHER FOSSIL
FUELS ARE BEING BURNED

00:11:07.417 --> 00:11:10.500
TO SUPPLY THE ENERGY
NEEDS OF THIS PROJECT.

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THE PROJECT WOULD OPERATE
100% ON RENEWABLE RESOURCES.

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NO FOSSIL FUEL,
RESULTING IN CARBON DIOXIDE
AND OTHER POLLUTANTS.

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JIM\'S AMBITIOUS
ZERO EMISSIONS GOAL

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IS ONLY ONE
OF THE CHALLENGES

00:11:29.459 --> 00:11:31.998
HE AND COLLEAGUE
BRYAN BOWEN FACE.

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IT WILL ALSO BE NECESSARY
TO WORK EFFECTIVELY

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WITH FUTURE RESIDENTS
OF THE 34-UNIT CO-HOUSING
NEIGHBOURHOOD,

00:11:39.250 --> 00:11:42.750
WHOSE EXPECTATIONS
ARE EXTREMELY HIGH.

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MY HOPE IS THAT
WE ARE A ROLE MODEL

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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.

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IN THE EARLY MONTHS
OF THE DESIGN PROCESS,

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THE CO-HOUSING
COMMUNITY SCHEDULES
A SITE-PLANNING WORKSHOP

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LED BY CO-HOUSING
PIONEER KATIE MCCAMANT.

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SHE AND HER HUSBAND
CHUCK DURRETT OBSERVED
IN THE LATE 1980s

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HOW LIVING COMMUNITIES IN
DENMARK TAKE ADVANTAGE OF

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FEATURES LIKE OPEN SPACE,
PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS,
AND COMMUNITY CENTRES,

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OR \"COMMON HOUSES,\"
TO STRENGTHEN BONDS
BETWEEN NEIGHBOURS.

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THEN THEY IMPORTED
CO-HOUSING TO THE U.S.,

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WHERE ABOUT 75 CO-HOUSING
NEIGHBOURHOODS HAVE
NOW BEEN BUILT,

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WITH MANY MORE IN
THE DESIGN PIPELINE.

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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?

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THE NEXT JOB IS TO CUT
OUT THE COMMON TERRACE.

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HOW DOES THAT
AFFECT THIS?

00:12:50.042 --> 00:12:52.416
ANY LAY OUT
THOSE OTHER SPACES.

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MAYBE SOMETHING
LIKE THIS...

00:12:54.999 --> 00:12:56.998
WHERE PEOPLE
ENTER HERE...

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SO THERE\'S A PUBLIC STREET
AND A COMMON STREET.

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THEN YOU CAN MAKE THIS
BACKYARDS, POSSIBLY,

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BETWEEN THESE
BUILDINGS.

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THE OTHER ADVANTAGE TO
THIS, AS FAR AS BIKES GO,

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THAT\'S WHERE YOU\'RE GOING
TO BE RIDING YOUR BIKE...

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YOU CAN RIDE YOUR
BIKE TO THE BUS.

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THE ADVANTAGE
OF DOING DUPLEXES

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IS YOU GET A LITTLE
BIT MORE LIGHT IN THERE.

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BUT WHEN I LOOK AT THIS,
IT ISN\'T A WHOLE LOT OF LIGHT.

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TO ME,
IT DOESN\'T...

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THE MORE WALL SPACE
WE SHARE,

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THE MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT
IT IS IN TERMS OF HEATING,

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AND OTHER STUFF.

00:13:34.834 --> 00:13:38.541
WHAT DRIVES CO-HOUSING
MEMBERS TO FORM NETWORKS AND,

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IF THEY
ARE PERSISTENT,

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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,

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WHAT WE FOUND WAS
THAT 77% OF AMERICANS,

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THAT\'S MORE
THAN 3/4,

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REALLY WANT AN ECOLOGICALLY
SUSTAINABLE WORLD.

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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,

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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,

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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

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A MORE SUSTAINABLE WORLD
IS STRONGLY EXPRESSED

00:14:33.250 --> 00:14:35.998
IN THE WILD SAGE
MISSION STATEMENT.

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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.

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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.

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GROWING UP
IN AN URBAN AREA,

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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.

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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....

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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

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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,

00:23:11.334 --> 00:23:13.750
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

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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,

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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

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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,

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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.

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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.