June 1975 Resident ial En erg5r C o ns umpt ion : Single Family Housing, Final Report No. HUD-HA[-2,by Hittman Assoc., Inc. March 1973, 174pgs., $2.10 from: Superintendent of Documents U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C.2O4O2 Without changes in life-style, 2l to 35% energy savings possible, depending on design modifications which take 1 to 5 years for pay-back. Latest in application of building mechanical system computer programs to the American home, air changes, infiltration, stack effect, internal load, solar gain and loss. Hittman, with Dubin-Mindell-Bloome (NYC), is one of few engineering-architectural firms in the nation with practical energy conservation results in the 4O-60% range for office buildings. This study shows that 1O-2O% energy savings is child's play. AUDIO VISUAL Northwest Media Project P.O. Box 4093 Portland, Or.97208 (503) 223-0626 Has recently published a description of programs available. The programs are selections of local film & video artists and inciude' Oregon Potpourri; Recollections of Time Past; Living Wet; For Young People; Inner Space and Stimulus. Rental for the programs, of between 2 and 1O films & tapes in each, is from about $50 to $110. (Could see these programs fitting into locai environmental education programs) Tbe People Look at Public Telettision, 1974,by Jack Lyle, 66 pgs., $1 from, Office of Communication Research Corporation for Public Broadcasting 1111-16th St., NW Washington, D.C. 20036 Excellent primer on the structure and nature of what once was called "educational TV;" fine map of national interconnection systemi covers nature and growth of audience, PTV and minorities, children's programs, the future; a bibliography and station list. COMMUNITY Neigbborbood 29 Middagh St. Brooklyn Heights, N.Y. 11201 Formerly Tbe Townsbip, to begin publication in the fall. Sponsored by the Institute for Neighborhood Studies. The integration of decentralization, ecology, consumerism, neighborhood self-government and self-reliance. Brooklyn particulars too, with events, best buys, hot news flashes. Page 5 Neigbborhood Pouer: Tbe New Localism,by David Morris, Karl Hess, 1975, 180 pgs., $3.45 from, Beacon Press 25 Beacon St. Boston, Mass. 02108 This book is very imporrant, by people doing what they talk about. Should be on your bookshelf along with Sbaring Smaller Pies, Ecotopia, Tbe Energy Primer, and, Small Is Beautiful. David works with Gil Friend and Jim Taylor at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, L7 L7 ISth St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20009. Write to ILSR for info on their forthcoming S elf-R elian c e magazine. Karl is with Community Technology, 1901 "Q" St., NW, Washington, D.C. 2OOO9, which publishes Science in tbe Neigbb orbood, a local energy, gardening, urban self-sufficiency, tool-use monrhly. Hess's autobiography, Dear America, is avaiiable in most bookstores and was reviewed in May Time magazine Reaenue Sources of Oregon Cities Bureau of Gov. Research & Services University of Oregon Eugene, Or.9740j $3.0O. Federal payments now constitute 20.8% of Oregon's cities revenues compared with 8 3% five years ago and 31% lO years ago. This is a comprehensive breakdown of revenues for most cities and towns in Oregon. Continued on page 8 CIRCT, the Center for Innovation and Research in Cable Television, is an outgrowth of the ECO-NET video project of the Environmental Education Center and OMSI. We receive funding from the Northwest Area Foundation to develop new methods of community-based programming on local cable television systems. Currently we are providing assistance to school and community groups using half-inch video gear to originate programs on one cable system in Portland and are working with the operator of the other major system in the city to create a locally-accessible channel on that cable by summer's end. We share space with the Center for Urban Education (one of our co-sponsors, along with OMSI, the City of Portland and the Portland Public Schools) and are working together on a number of current productions, including local ethnic history tapes, a "how-to" tape on oral history and one on improving communication on neighborhood-to-neighborhood and neighborhood-to-city leveis. CIRCT will be available as an exchange center for cable and video information on both a local and regional basis. A print and microfiche library accessible to anyone interested in cabie television and video uses is planned-some print materials and videotapes are currently available. The Cooperative Video Catalogue produced by ECO-NET is one item now available through CIRCT. Anyone who would like a co copy or has information to share for an updated, revised version can contact us at the address or phone number below. (A catalogue of video users in Oregon is currently available from the Bulletin Office, OSU Industrial Building, Corvallis, Oregon. Copies are also available through CIRCT.) Local showings of video works at CIRCT will begin at 8:00 PM, July 7, with a series of eight Monday night viewings of films and tapes exploring paraliel themes. The series is sponsored by CUE and further information is avaiiable from Steve Schneider,0245 SW Bancroft, Portland, Oregon 9720t. We are located in the old Dekum Building in downtown Portland. Our address is: Room 315, The Dekum 519 SW Third Avenue Portland, Oregon972O4 (503) 223-34r9 Anyone who would like to share more information about video and cable television or who would like to use our space and equipment for meetings or videotape playback can contact us directly. Another item of interest; The May 5 issue of the Netu Yorker includes "Video Visionary" which includes a biography and interview with Nam June Paid along with a history of video as an art form. (Tom Kennedy and Charles Auch) center for innovation and research in cable television
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