Shows thermal engineer Bill Loosely’s simple design for beating the high costs of heating. Animation and explanations by Loosely himself are used to show how he used copper tubing and freon gas to collect warmth from the ground outside and pump it through his house. Suitable for upper secondary level.
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In ACMI's collection
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
320200
Language
English
Subject categories
Childrens Films → Children 12+
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Energy conservation
Documentary → Documentary films - Canada
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Gas - Heating and cooking
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Gas - Heating and cooking
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Engineering
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Gas - Heating and cooking
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Heating
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Inventors
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)