A feature documentary about Boston's first residential green building, and the skeptical workers who are asked to build it. From wheatboard cabinetry to recycled steel, bamboo flooring to dual-flush toilets, the Macallen Building is something different, a leader in the emerging field of environmentally
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A feature documentary about Boston's first residential green building, and the skeptical workers who are asked to build it. From wheatboard cabinetry to recycled steel, bamboo flooring to dual-flush toilets, the Macallen Building is something different, a leader in the emerging field of environmentally friendly design. But Boston's steel-toed union workers aren't sure they like it. And when things on the building start to go wrong, the young developer has to keep the project from unraveling.
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Statement of Responsibility:
by Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis ; produced by Curt Ellis ; AETN Television Networks
Title:
The greening of Southie
[videorecording]
Publisher:
[United States] :, A & E Home Video,, [2011]
Characteristics:
1 videodisc (72 min.) :,sd., col. ;,4 3/4 in.
Notes:
True/False Film Festival.
True/False Film Fest entry.
Release date: Jan. 11, 2011.
Summary:
A feature documentary about Boston's first residential green building, and the skeptical workers who are asked to build it. From wheatboard cabinetry to recycled steel, bamboo flooring to dual-flush toilets, the Macallen Building is something different, a leader in the emerging field of environmentally friendly design. But Boston's steel-toed union workers aren't sure they like it. And when things on the building start to go wrong, the young developer has to keep the project from unraveling.
System Details:
DVD, region 1, full screen presentation.
Subject Headings:
Sustainable architecture Massachusetts Boston.
Sustainable buildings Massachusetts Boston Design and construction.
Genre/Form:
Nonfiction television programs-lcgft
Documentary television programs-lcgft
Topical Term:
Sustainable architecture
Sustainable buildings
Local Subject Heading:
True/False film fest.
True/False Film Fest film.
Publisher No:
279321
ISBN:
9781422901410
1422901416
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