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The Solar House
198510 min 43 secFilm: Animation
Direction: Kenneth Horn
Production: Kenneth HornGeorge PearsonDerek LambDavid VerrallDouglas MacDonald
Script: Kenneth HornGeorge Pearson
This animation film introduces its audience to the principles of solar heating in the home. Animated diagrams illustrate how heat is captured, stored and released, and what differentiates an active from a passive solar system. The film makes the point that the sun will become a more viable way of heating when industry decides to standardize and mass-produce the necessary components.
Subject categories
- Environment and Conservation > Energy Resources
- Technology > Energy Sources
Credits
- director
- Kenneth Horn
- script
- Kenneth Horn
- animation
- Kenneth Horn
- producer
- Kenneth Horn
- George Pearson
- executive producer
- Derek Lamb
- David Verrall
- Douglas MacDonald
- commentary
- George Pearson
- camera
- Jacques Avoine
- narrator
- Bob McKeown
Awards
- Honorable Mention - Category: Life Sciences and Ecology / Resource ManagementNational Educational Media Network Competition