Renovation Nation – Season 1
Episodes
Boston: Insulated Envelope
Host Steve Thomas visits a family whose house is powered by the sun and actually generates more electricity than it needs. Steve then shows us a foam insulation made from sugar and corn, a counter top made of recycled glass and shells, and toxin-free golf balls.
Boston:Insulated Envelope
Host Steve Thomas heads to Boston to help install a new energy efficient heating system including a super insulated envelope. Later, Steve is off to Seattle where he tours a finished home drenched in smart-water technology.
Solar-Powered Earth Ship
Atlanta: Leaky House
Atlanta: Ventilator Installation
Gardening with a Canoe
Tile Out of Streetlamps
Dirt On A Green Roof
Maine: Steve Thomas's Barn Roof
Cambridge, MA: Non Toxic Plaster
Philadelphia: Salvaging the Past
Pasadena: Laying Down the Bamboo
Venice Beach: Recycled Red Wood
The Old Way is the Green Way
Tonight, host Steve Thomas goes back in time to an 1830's farm in New Hampshire where he sees that the old way is the green way. Complete with a water-powered mill and oxen for logging, Steve only has one complaint: no power tools. Later, llamas help Steve mow a factory's lawn. Then, a driveway made out of seashells, by the seashore!
Decatur, GA: Butterfly Roof
Today, host Steve Thomas discovers how dirt gets up to a green roof. Then, two geologists from North Hampton, MA turn to the earth and sun for all of their energy needs. Later, a new kind of siding called paulownia, a childproof mud wall, is explored and the finer points of selling a green house are discussed.