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Building the Future
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This video explores techniques for creating more sustainable cities, as builders and developers try to maintain a balance between the exploitation and conservation of natural resources. It looks at...
This video explores techniques for creating more sustainable cities, as builders and developers try to maintain a balance between the exploitation and conservation of natural resources. It looks at the recycling of old structures into new flexible designs, the use of long-lasting materials, making buildings energy efficient, the use of photo-voltaic cells in power distribution systems, and the use of fuel cell technology.
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- Creator
- Avenue Education
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- [Place of publication not identified] : Avenue Education, [2000]
- New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Infobase, 2019
- ©2000
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (1 video file (25 min., 36 sec)) : sound, color
- digital
- video file
- Originally released by Avenue Education, 2000.
- Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on March 13, 2019.
- Streaming video file.
- Closed-captioned.
- Introduction: Biodegradable (1:23); Environmental Movement (3:21); Urban Ecology (2:24); Recycled Buildings (3:20); Transportation System (3:51); Clean, Renewable Energy (3:41); Sustainable Lifestyles? (4:50); Future Design (1:59); Credits: Building the Future (0:42)