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Rain-Sunscreen Wall

Steve Thomas helps Matt put up a rainsunscreen wall that helps keep your house nice and dry and breathing well. It's like Gore-Tex blanket for your house!

Planet Green Clips

  • Play Renovation Nation: Foam Insulation Or Not?
    Foam Insulation Or Not?

    Renovation Nation (04:39)

    Steve Thomas helps a Baton Rouge couple rebuilding after a Hurricane decide on the type of insulation to use. The wife is eco-savvy, but can Steve convince the husband to go with green foam insulation?
  • Play Renovation Nation: The Living Roof
    The Living Roof

    Renovation Nation (05:32)

    Steve Thomas from Renovation Nation helps a first time do-it yourselfer with a green roof project, but he needs more help then just how to pick out plants.
  • Play Renovation Nation: The Foam Garage
    The Foam Garage

    Renovation Nation (05:31)

    Steve Thomas from Renovation Nation helps a family put up and energy efficient garage.
  • Play Renovation Nation: Reuse, Recycle, Make Lampshades!
    Reuse, Recycle, Make...

    Renovation Nation (03:09)

    Steve Thomas of Renovation Nation, gets crafty as he learns the tricks and techniques for turning recycled scraps of paper and fiberglass into new lampshades.
  • Play Renovation Nation: Earth Ship
    Earth Ship

    Renovation Nation (01:59)

    Discover a green Pasadena home that's built in to a hill side.
  • Play Renovation Nation: Mud Bricks
    Mud Bricks

    Renovation Nation (04:52)

    In Falls Church, VA, Steve Thomas helps build an energy efficient home made almost entirely of mud bricks.
  • Play Renovation Nation: Sun Warming Tile
    Sun Warming Tile

    Renovation Nation (04:55)

    In Boulder, Colorado, Steve Thomas helps build a floor with stone tiles that will absorb heat from the sun and heat the room long after the sun has gone down.
  • Play Renovation Nation 2: Keep Your Chicken Coop Simple
    Keep Your Chicken Coop Simple

    Renovation Nation 2 (05:12)

    Steve heads to Portland, OR to learn about chickens and to help a couple build an eco-smart but super complex chicken coop. Can he make it through this project or will he chicken out?
  • Play Renovation Nation 2: Meet The Tree House Man
    Meet The Tree House Man

    Renovation Nation 2 (02:49)

    Steve Thomas visits Hana, Hawaii and meets local Architect and Author, David Greenburg. David introduces Steve to his ultimate green life and his home that sways in the breeze.
  • Play Renovation Nation Online Clips: Net Zero House
    Net Zero House

    Renovation Nation Online Clips (06:34)

    Follow Steve Thomas as he checks out a net zero house in Seattle that generates all its own energy using solar panels and solar tubes for water heating.
  • Play Renovation Nation: A Powerful New Roof
    A Powerful New Roof

    Renovation Nation (06:25)

    Steve Thomas meets a couple in Raleigh, North Carolina who has found an energy efficient way to heat their home and hot water using solar thermal collectors.
  • Play Renovation Nation: Wind Turbines
    Wind Turbines

    Renovation Nation (04:39)

    Steve Thomas visits a green loft community under construction in Massachusetts
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Renovation Nation is hosted by home building expert Steve Thomas from This Old House fame. He shows you the latest green building techniques.