U-2 can call it home : a conversation wiht John Picard / interviewed by Barbara Dunlap.

Builder John Picard explains why he chose recycled steel to frame his environmental house. Other features include: a black concrete floor for solar thermal mass and reduced carpet dirt, a sun-tracking photovoltaic system, energy-efficient appliances, superinsulation (even in Southern California), and drip-irrigated landscaping. Picard goes on to discuss how low-bid construction practices preculude durable and resource-conserving housing, and tells how his own construction values where transformed.|U-2 CAN CALL IT HOME : A CONVERSATION WITH JOHN PICARD / interviewed by Barbara Dunlap. - SERIES: New signals| no. 17/12/91 - Builder John Picard explains why he chose recycled steel to frame his environmental house. Other features include: a black concrete floor for solar thermal mass and reduced carpet dirt, a sun-tracking photovoltaic system, energy-efficient appliances, superinsulation (even in Southern California), and drip-irrigated landscaping. Picard goes on to discuss how low-bid construction practices preculude durable and resource-conserving housing, and tells how his own construction values where transformed. - RECORDED: 17 Dec. 1991. BROADCAST: KPFK, 17 Dec. 1991.