Energy

Series

Series Name

This Week In Britain

Issue

Issue No.

1112

Date Released

1980

Length of issue (in feet)

176

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Energy

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: Solar-assisted water heating in houses that were built before 1st World War... educating children to conserve resources for their own future, and seeing how Britain’s brewers make their own contribution to an international programme of energy conservation - Barbara Ewing examines these 3 aspects of a question of world importance, taken seriously in Britain’s Energy Month.

Researcher Comments

Includes an interview with Tony Kirk, the chief architect of the South London Consortium Energy Group, who were responsible for the featured solar-assisted water heating system. Places visited include the John Burns Primary School in Battersea, a Guinness factory where special heat recovery equipment had been installed to reduce the plant’s wastage of hot water and a row of Edwardian houses in Southwark served by the solar-assisted water heating system. NB: Information drawn from the Australian version

Keywords

Environment; Industry and manufacture; Engineering; Energy resources; Town and country planning

Written sources

COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 42 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 936/1112

Credits:

Presenter

Barbara Ewing

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Cutter

John Wilson

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

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