Catherine Mohr builds green

http://www.ted.com In a short, funny, data-packed talk at TED U, Catherine Mohr walks through all the geeky decisions she made when building a green new house -- looking at real energy numbers, not hype. What choices matter most? Not the ones you think.

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[DancingHorses26]

Straw bales are NOT zero embodied energy. Petroleum based fertilizers go into growing that straw, fuel goes into the machines that cut it and bale it, and fuel is burned to transport the bales to the house.

There is no such thing as a material that is zero embodied energy.

[no1saphead]

Have a smaller house.

[danielperry12387]

Nice video. Keep posting more videos.Thanks

[nbarrasse]

@pooh1234567890 you got it! it took me only reflecting back and telling a friend about this to realize, wait a minute! i hope your having a great day:)

[Pieisforsk8ers]

How much extra would it cost to use all this "green" materials, considering everything with "green" smacked on it costs more, lol.

[K0lsyr4]

OMFG. She have a psychological disorder !!!

[ashtonnesmith]

Those are really nice boobs.

[pooh1234567890]

@nbarrasse Lol that made me laugh, a small animal, true though.

[Apeiron242]

The cake is a lie.

[nbarrasse]

the most efficient way to clean that yogurt would to use your tongue or a small animal....

[trafficlightblind]

"I'm very suspicious of all these well-meaning [youtube commenters] -- people long on moral authority and short on data!"