Finn architect designs portable house. The Futuro House is designed by architect Matti Suuronen. The house looks rather like a flying saucer, oval in shape and sits on a circular metal support frame.

1. vs house in woods

2. vs parents with their two children approach house

3. cu father pulls down entry hatch revealing steps

4. ms little girl in pigtails enters house followed by her family

5. ms interior pan along seats lining wall

6. ms father lifts box of wood from bottom shelf of table in sitting room in order to light a fire

7. ms wall of oval windows, pan to mother washing up in tiny kitchen

8. ms father pulls down seats to form beds for the children to lie on

9. ls exterior house sitting in clearing in woods

Film: Rev - Sound: Mute - B&W - NYFilm: a0051524 - LN Number: LN6142 - Available in HD

SHOTLIST:

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Turin, Italy - April 7, 2011

Exhibition "Stazione Futuro" in the OGR (Officine Grandi Riparazioni)

1. Pan of Robot-guide Beatrice, made by ARNEIS, Turin - UPSOUND (Italian):

"We can call this stop 'Volare' (famous Italian song). We are talking about Rapid 200 Fuel Cell, an aircraft powered by a hydrogen fuel cell. So it does not pollute."

2. Wide of hydrogen-powered aircraft - Rapid 220 Fuel Cell, made by the Politecnico of Turin

3. Close of side of the plane with words (English): "Fuelled by Hydrogen"

4. Pan of the Rapid 220 Fuel Cell aircraft information panel

5. Wide of hydrogen-powered aircraft - Rapid 220 Fuel Cell

6. Pan of Robot Beatrice walking around the exhibition

7. Wide of solar-powered autonomous UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle), Politecnico of Turin

8. Pan of UAV aircraft with solar cells on the wings

9. Mid of UAV aircraft

10. Robot Beatrice with children - UPSOUND (Italian):

"I am Beatrice the robot guide and if you want I can take you around the exhibition."

11. Close of film projection "One day in the future of FIAT MIO", concept car with a joystick instead of steering wheel

12. Close of FIAT MIO film showing the futuristic car running on a powered railway

13. Wide of the FIAT MIO concept car

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Turin, Italy - April 7, 2011

"Energethica" Fair, Lingotto complex

14. Close of an electric recharge point

15. Wide of an electric FIAT PANDA at an electric recharge point

16. Mid of the electric Fiat Panda sodium-nickel battery

17. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Andrea Garbelli, customer service manager, 365 Energy Italia:

"To charge (your electric car) you put your card on the display. The charge point is connected to a server that checks your authorisation and unlocks the (charge point) door. Then you can charge (your car)."

18. Close of the electric fuel pump

19. Mid of front of the electric Fiat Panda

20. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Andrea Garbelli, customer service manager at 365 Energy Italia:

"If we have a 16amp electric charging point and a 18Kwh car battery like these ones the full charging takes from six to eight hours."

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Turin, Italy - April 7, 2011

Exhibition "Stazione Futuro" in the OGR (Officine Grandi Riparazioni)

21. Mid of screen showing interactive 3D display of LAMBORGHINI SIXTH ELEMENT concept car made with advanced carbon-fibre technology

22. Wide of the gas-electric hybrid PIAGGIO USB SCOOTER concept

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Turin, Italy - April 7, 2011

"Energethica" Fair, Lingotto complex

23. Wide of walkway of the Lingotto complex, with the red Olympic Arch (from the Winter Games Turin 2006)

24. Wide of the Lingotto "Bolla", spherical glass conference center designed by Renzo Piano in 1994

25. Mid of the sign of "Lingotto Fiere" (Lingotto Fairs)

26. Close of logo of "Energethica" Fair

27. Various of the electric city cars "Biro" made by Citygo s.p.a, Turin

28. Wide of dual-fuel "D-GID" (Diesel-Gas Direct Injection) truck designed by Ecomotive Solutions s.rl., Italy

29. Close of words written on the truck (Italian): "Diesel + Gas - Dynamic Injection"

30. Close of the dual fuel electronic control unit

31. Close of the CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) tank in the D-GID truck

32. Close low angle of front of truck with banner reading (Italian): "Less polluting emissions, less fuel costs"

33. Mid of children around light bulb, discovering that their body is a conductor of electricity

34. Mid of man with hat in shape of a house on his head, waving

35. Close of animated diagram of district heating plant

36. Close of rotating photovoltaic/thermal combi-panel (PV/T) made by Anaf Solar, Italy

37. Zoom in to photovoltaic panel on a roof display

38. Tilt up from air heat conditioner to a photovoltaic/thermal combi-panel

39. Tilt down aluminium heat exchanger applied on the back of the photovoltaic/thermal combi-panel

40. Mid of the photovoltaic/thermal combi-panel system with the water/glycol circuit

41. Close of the PV/T panel circuit pumps

42. Mid of two photovoltaic toys made by Mec srl, Turin

43. Close of photovoltaic toy mill with a solar cell on the roof

44. Tilt down solar toys panel reading (Italain): "Solar Powered Gadget. Power of Nature"

45. Close of solar cell on a merry-go-round toy

46. Mid of the solar merry-go-round toy

47. Mid of solar two-bladed propeller powered by a lamp

48. Wide of vertical hydraulic 1667Kw Pelton turbine, made by Fiore Toye Officina Meccanica, Italy,

49. Mid of the Pelton wheel

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Turin, Italy, April 7, 2011 - Exhibit "Stazione Futuro" in the OGR (Officine Grandi Riparazioni)

50. Exterior poster of OGR, Officine Grandi Riparazioni

51. Wide exterior of OGR, Officine Grandi Riparazioni

52. Mid of robot Beatrice protesting about pollution - UPSOUND (Italian):

"Degradation, abuse, environmental crime. Come on, do not make that face!"

53. Sign of the "future house lab" reading (Italian): "Rechargeable Houses for All"

54. Wide of plastic model of the 100K� Home, sustainable low-cost house designed by architect Mario Cucinella

55. Zoom out of 100K Home model

56. Close of film projection showing solar roof tiles

57. Tilt up from the "Suite Home" model to "Suite Home" video - a mobile home project developed by Hangar Design Group, Italy

58. Various of the 100K Home model

59. Mid of video projections about solar energy

60. Wide of Robot Beatrice walking around the exhibition

61. Mid of Robot Beatrice - UPSOUND (Italian): "I hope to see you soon, goodbye"

LEADIN:

The Italian city of Turin is hosting two major alternative energy shows to mark European Union's Sustainable Energy Week.

Italy's first capital, and the current heart of the country's automotive industry, Turin aims to become the country's capital of green technology.

STORYLINE:

What better way of getting a guided tour of a technology show than by a friendly robot?

Beatrice is the user-friendly tour guide of "Stazione Futuro", an exhibition of renewable technologies at the Officine Grandi Riparazioni (OGR) in Turin - a masterpiece of industrial architecture in the heart of the city.

In Dante's Divine Comedy Beatrice was the poet's trusted guide, here her namesake points out the star turns in the technology of the future - like this hydrogen-powered light aircraft:

"We are talking about Rapid 200 Fuel Cell, an aircraft powered by a hydrogen fuel cell. So it does not pollute."

Her voice may be a bit mechanical but it's the message that counts.

The Rapid 220 Fuel Cell aircraft, designed by the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the Politecnico of Turin, demonstrates the possibility of emissions-free flight. Power is supplied to its 40 kW propeller via 20 kW hydrogen gas fuel cells.

For safety's sake the plane also has a second source of energy - a set of 20 kW lithium polymer batteries which can provide alternative power, or supplementary power during take-off and initial climbing. After the first successful flight tests the airplane has a 40 minute range and can reach a cruising speed of 150 km/h (93 mph).

Elsewhere, Beatrice can point the way to another of the Politecnico of Turin's high flying experiments - a solar-powered unmanned aircraft prototype, perfect for those hazardous flights above a hostile desert when the oil runs out.

Beatrice is just one of the stars of the show, with lots of radical ideas for future motor transport on display, like this FIAT MIO" concept car, with joystick instead of steering wheel, and tracks to guide it along the way.

Futuristic maybe, but already in production is Fiat's electric Panda.

Getting power to electric autos is all very simple says Andrea Garbelli, customer service manager at energy supplier 365 Energy Italia:

"To charge (your electric car) you put your card on the display. The charge point is connected to a server that checks your authorisation and unblocks the (charge point) door. Then you can charge (your car)."

But battery technology is still no match for conventional motors just yet. Charging the battery takes some time as Garbelli explains:

"If we have a 16amp electric charging point and a 18Kwh car battery like these ones the full charging takes from six to eight hours."

Too slow for some, but manufacturers at opposite ends of the consumer spectrum are getting on board the technology of the future.

Lamborghini's Sixth Element concept car is made with advanced carbon-fibre technology - less weight equals less fuel consumption.

The Lamborghini weighs in at just 999 kilograms (2,202 lb) with an impressive power output of 570hp at 8,000 revs per minute.

For more leisurely city commuters Piaggio's gas-electric hybrid USB Scooter certainly looks the part.

The electric motor is attached to the rear wheel of the concept model. On battery power alone the USB can run for 50 km (31 miles) when driven at an average speed of 60 km/h (37 mph) - with zero emissions.

Turin has joined the European competition to reduce emissions by a minimum of 40 percent by 2020. A big incentive of that challenge is to get a slice of the 11 billion euros (USD $15.9 billion) offered by the European Union to 30 "smart cities" which can demonstrate forward thinking in terms of the environment, mobility and a 'green' economy.

The other big exhbition in the city is over at the former Fiat factory at the Lingotto complex, dominated by the red Olympic Arch from the 2006 Winter Games.

"Energethica" is also focused on sustainable transport technologies - like these tiny but nippy electric city cars called "Biro" made by Citygo of Turin.

At the other end of the scale is the massive dual-fuel "D-GID" (Diesel-Gas Direct Injection) truck designed by Italy's Ecomotive Solutions. It can run on a mixture of diesel and natural gas, reducing carbon-dioxide emissions by 20 to 40 percent - and cutting the fuel costs by around 15 percent.

Sustainable technologies for the home are also a big feature of the Energethica show.

Household hot water and thermal energy comes from a hybrid PVT panel that is both a photovoltaic and thermal collector. It is claimed that this device can increase the electricity yield by up to 30 percent.

An aluminium heat exchanger on the back of the collector unit transfers the heat released by the photovoltaic panels to a water/glycol closed circuit. It then dissipates the heat through an exchanger, thus lowering the temperature of the photovoltaic collector and increasing its efficiency.

It's all serious stuff but, among the hi tech hardware, solar toys show children how alternative energy can make the world go round without damaging the environment.

As if the anti pollution sentiment isn't clear enough, Robot Beatrice spells out the message:

"Degradation, abuse, environmental crime. Come on, do not make that face!"

Smart and affordable solutions for the house of the future are embodied in the 100K Home project.

This completely sustainable house, designed by architect Mario Cucinella, is due to be built at Lodi near Milan.

Costing 100,000 euros (USD$ 144,000), the100 square metre (11,000 square feet) house delivers zero CO2 emissions. That's thanks to an architecturally integrated photovoltaic system; special solar panels for capturing energy during the winter; optimum interior air circulation for the summer months; and all the other passive strategies required to turn the building into a self-sustaining machine for living.

Like so many other concepts on display the 100K Home project is futuristic, but one that can be made to work.

Turin is determined to lead the way in green technology. In the past the city was the first capital of the country from 1861 to 1865. Now the city wants to regain a national leadership developing its green economy.

The exhibition "Stazione Futuro" runs until November 2011 and is part of the national celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy.