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World's Greenest Homes Episode: Accordion House

Tue Oct 21 09:30:00 GMT 2008

Manny heads to Austin, Texas where one couple took an already green dream home and remodeled it to create a luxurious green oasis with a breathtaking view. Designed to stay cool naturally, the home features local limestone walls, recycled paper insulation, a heat-reflecting metal roof, and rolling aluminum shutters to help keep out the midday heat.

Then, in northern Sweden, two architects designed a very unusual off the grid house in one of the country's nature reserves. It's called Accordion House because it expands accordion-style over a stream and folds up into itself during the cold weather. It's cutting edge design and open concept all the way—with reindeer pelts lining the walls and a giant bathtub on the deck!

 
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Episode 9: Inside-out House

Manny visits a mechanical engineer and inventor who has designed his unique home as a series of hexagonal pods to blend into the foothills of the Sonoran Desert. Then, just outside Amsterdam, an architect built his family a slim-line, energy-saving home.

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Manny visits a mechanical engineer and inventor who has designed his unique home as a series of hexagonal pods to blend into the foothills of the Sonoran Desert. Then, just outside Amsterdam, an architect built his family a slim-line, energy-saving home.

 
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