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The CENTAMETER is an innovative new electronic device, which measures the electricity being used and displays the cost per hour on a portable display located inside your home or business.

Calling all Ecological Film Makers

Friday, August 08, 2008
We need film makers to produce short video clips about the 10 SHAC teams around the country who are building practical, well-designed housing over the coming year.

SHAC 09 is a national competition that will show New Zealand how practical, well-designed housing can help us all live more sustainably today. Ten teams of students, academics and professionals are working today around the country to design and build ten more sustainable homes by October 2009.

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

We need film makers to help tell each team's story by producing a series of four 2-3 minute short video clips to be shown on the Ecobob.co.nz web site.

Carthew Neal, the producer of the popular eco series WA$TED!, will offer mentoring for selected videographers. A half day meet and greet will be held in late August in Auckland (others Skype video calls can be made to those in other locations). Short 2-3 min films tracking team progress over the next year and a half will be distributed via the Ecobob.co.nz web site. Carthew will stay in touch with the filmmakers throughout the project, assessing scripts and commenting on rough clips uploaded before they are finalised.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE?

Students and recent graduates who have a basic grasp of scripting, camera, editing work. Mentoring will be predominantly on storytelling rather than basic production skills. You will arrange with the SHAC team coordinator to document the design and building process. We would prefer to work with people who are able to commit to creating one clip every three months until October 2009.

SUSTAINABLE HABITAT CHALLENGE TEAMS
Auckland - Whareuku - Earthen House built by the UoA School of Engineering Auckland - ZeroPlus - Low energy Passive House built by UoA School of Architecture and Planning Auckland - Unitec Sustainable – Unitec Research house built to show advanced heating and insulation techniques Auckland - BACH 101 - Retrofit of 1900's Rangitoto batch by Unitec SCALA students Auckland - Team Housewise HNZC UoA Tamaki - Retrofit of State Houses by HNZC, Landcare, and UoA Tamaki students Hamilton - Team Waikato - Low energy house built by Wintec Architectural Design students Wellington - Plant Room - Regenerative housing retrofit of social housing apartments. Team members from Victoria and Massey Christchurch - Team Canterbury - UC, Lincoln, and CPIT collaborate on an improved relocatable build for trades training Central Otago - Team Central Otago - Straw bale house designed for Central Otago with the Otago Polytechnic Cromwell campus Dunedin - Team Dunedin - University of Otago and Otago Polytechnic combine to create a new relocateable, affordable design

To learn more about your local team, contact the SHAC team coordinators. Their contact details can be found at http://www.shac.org.nz/shac_up/regional_teams/ Or call the SHAC National Coordinator Tim Bishop at 0800 SHAC 09, or email him at tim@shac.org.nz.

Interested individuals/groups please send an email with CV, references and links to their recent video work to carthew.neal@fumes.tv (please do not attached video clips to emails).

www.shac.org.nz