Solar Village

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The Solar Village is about our world and how we can create sustainable communities today. Rather than discuss these workable ideas in the abstract these videos takes you to the people who are making the modern world work on solar power today. Stay tuned for more episodes. If you'd like to buy full quality DVDs for your personal use or in your class room then please visit http://www.thesolarvillage.com/ .

Episodes of Solar Village

    • Play Plus Energy Solar Housing - Solar Village on Blip Solar Village episodes on Blip

      Plus Energy Solar Housing

      Chris Turner explains why plus energy housing is the most inspring example of what is possible today. See how Rolf Disch designed and built solar houses that produce more energy than they consume while costing about the same as conventional middle class German homes. From the documentary Hope for a Change: Renewable Energy by John Wilson.

      • Release date
        Jan 16, 2011
      • Runtime
        00:29
    • Play Solar Yacht Circumnavigation - Solar Village on Blip Solar Village episodes on Blip

      Solar Yacht Circumnavigation

      Planet Solar100 kilowatt solar1,300 kilowatt hour lithium battery power

      • Release date
        Dec 5, 2010
      • Runtime
        02:35
    • Play Nissan Leaf Electric Vehicle, EV History in the Making - Solar Village on Blip Solar Village episodes on Blip

      Nissan Leaf Electric Vehicle, EV History in the ...

      This car changes everything. For more information see http://www.TheSolarVillage.com/

      • Release date
        Nov 16, 2010
      • Runtime
        07:12
    • Play Greenroof 101, Home Made Green Roof - Solar Village on Blip Solar Village episodes on Blip

      Greenroof 101, Home Made Green Roof

      Get all the details at http://www.TheSolarVillage.com/ . The green roof system reduces heating inside the home or building by up to 30-40% making it a natural air conditioner. Green roofs are found in 20% of the homes in Germany.The award winning Wilson Natural Home above uses a green roof to both cool in the summer but also to improve insulation levels for improved warmth in the winter. The six inches of soil and several layers of membranes significantly increase the insulation levels in the ...

      • Release date
        Sep 12, 2010
      • Runtime
        02:30
    • Play Electric Yacht, Electric Motor, Sailing with Renewables - Solar Village on Blip Solar Village episodes on Blip

      Electric Yacht, Electric Motor, Sailing with Ren...

      Learn more ;http://sunchallenge.blogspot.com/

      • Release date
        Sep 12, 2010
      • Runtime
        01:54
    • Play Ground Mount Solar PV Array, 10 kW, Ontario MicroFIT - Solar Village on Blip Solar Village episodes on Blip

      Ground Mount Solar PV Array, 10 kW, Ontario Micr...

      Learn more at ;http://www.thesolarvillage.com

      • Release date
        Sep 6, 2010
      • Runtime
        04:26
    • Play www.solarvillage.com - Solar House - Solar Village on Blip Solar Village episodes on Blip

      www.solarvillage.com - Solar House

      Tell others to see http://www.thesolarvillage.com/ . Andreas Delleske is a member of a private group that built a "passive house" that uses only 1.5 litres of oil per square meter per year for heating. An architect and a biologist worked together to combine alternative energy and alternative waste management concepts. They found friends who were also interested and involved in energy topics. In the end sixteen members decided to build the home together in 1997. The house is composed of twenty ...

      • Release date
        Apr 26, 2010
      • Runtime
        09:38
    • Play Solar Village: Freiburg Germany - Solar Village on Blip Solar Village episodes on Blip

      Solar Village: Freiburg Germany

      For more information: www.thesolarvillage.comFreiburg Germany can't teach us everything but they can provide some ideas and resources. The history of Freiburg goes back to the middle ages and some connections could be drawn from this. In the 1970's there was plans to set up a new nuclear power station not far from Freiburg. This caused widespread resistance from the population including farmers, wine growers and students. This protest prevented the nuclear power plant from being built.And then...

      • Release date
        Nov 26, 2009
      • Runtime
        10:39
    • Play MicroFIT Solar - Solar Village on Blip Solar Village episodes on Blip

      MicroFIT Solar

      John Wilson explains how to get a solar PV system connected to the grid and then get paid for the electricity generated at 80.2 cents/kW.

      • Release date
        Nov 10, 2009
      • Runtime
        29:55
    • Play Chris Turner Geography of Hope - Solar Village on Blip Solar Village episodes on Blip

      Chris Turner Geography of Hope

      With a mix of front-line reporting, analysis and passionate argument, Chris Turner pieces together the glimmers of optimism amid the gloom and the solutions already at work around the world, from Canada’s largest wind farm to Asia’s greenest building and Europe’s most eco-friendly communities. But The Geography of Hope goes far beyond mere technology. Turner seeks out the next generation of political, economic, social and spiritual institutions that could provide the global foundations for a s...

      • Release date
        Sep 13, 2009
      • Runtime
        01:06:28
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