PickVidsBest Power grid, heating & buildings Videos
The 68 Power grid, heating & buildings videos here were recommended by different people across different months. Choose by who it is for: 6 introductory, 4 intermediate, 58 for a general viewer, and 0 for someone who wants the harder derivation. Most of them are an explainer. What they share is that one picture or analogy is used to supply a missing concept. Channels you will keep seeing include Technology Connections, Practical Engineering, Kirsten Dirksen.
The Liquid Metal Battery: Innovation in stationary electricity storage
MIT's Donald Sadoway presents the liquid metal battery as a design for grid-scale stationary electricity storage, at an Imperial College London event in 2018.
Exposing The Dark Side of America's AI Data Center Explosion | View From Above | Business Insider
A Business Insider investigation into the US boom in AI data centers, mapping where they are, who owns them, and how much power and water they consume.
Vertical Bifacial Solar Panel Performance Results Part 1
A hobbyist compares vertical bifacial solar panels against south-facing angled panels using winter production results.
GSMT - Dan Holohan, Author: "The Lost Art of Steam Heating"
Dan Holohan, author of The Lost Art of Steam Heating, talks about the old steam heating systems he learned about from veteran tradesmen.
Why I Cook With Induction
Chef Jon Kung explains why he cooks almost exclusively on induction, citing fast heating, cleanliness and precise temperature control.
Earth-cooled, shipping container underground CA home for 30K
Kirsten Dirksen profiles Steve Rees, who buried two shipping containers to build an earth-cooled, off-grid 640 sq ft home in Northern California for about $30,000, solar included.
Distinguished Lecturer Series: Building Science - Adventures in Building Science
A Berkeley Lab Distinguished Lecturer talk on building science, with an expert covering control layers, insulation and vapour barrier placement, and how buildings fail.
This Is Your Brain On Stale Air
Tom Scott features Kurtis Baute inside a sealed homemade biodome as carbon dioxide builds up, showing how stale air with elevated CO2 affects cognitive function.
Solar Powered Air Conditioner!
Tech Ingredients builds a larger solar-powered desiccant air conditioner that uses a calcium chloride liquid desiccant with evaporative cooling to cool their lab.
Problems with gas stovetops | weak, dirty and dangerous
Food YouTuber Adam Ragusea argues that gas stovetops are weaker than electric burners, dirty to clean, and a health risk from indoor air pollution.
Thermoelectric cooling: it's not great.
Technology Connections explains in 33 minutes why thermoelectric (Peltier) cooling is far less efficient than compressor-based refrigeration.
Power is not energy: why the difference matters
Technology Connections explains the difference between power (watts) and energy (watt-hours) and why confusing them leads to errors.
Yanis Varoufakis exposes Europe's energy scam
Yanis Varoufakis argues that Europe's electricity price spikes stem from how the energy market was designed and privatised, plus corporate profiteering.
Underground dome house of the family who led geese to fly home
Kirsten Dirksen tours the underground ferro-cement dome home of Paula and Bill Lishman, the family behind the geese-led flight story.
How to Make a DIY Air Filter | Ask This Old House
This Old House's Ross Trethewey explains MERV filter ratings and how air filtration works, then shows how to build a localized DIY air filter, including a box fan with multiple filters.
The hidden background noise that can catch criminals
Tom Scott explains Electrical Network Frequency analysis, where hum from the power grid in a recording is matched against grid logs to date and place it.
What is a rocket mass heater?
A two-minute explanation of what a rocket mass heater is, starting from how a conventional wood stove works and why creosote and chimney fires occur.
Forced-air Furnaces: The What, Why, and How
Technology Connections explains what forced-air furnaces are, how they work and why they need electricity.
Blower Door Test
Matt Risinger demonstrates a blower door test on a house, using a fan to measure air leakage and find where air gets in and out.
Awnings: a simple cooling tech we apparently forgot about
Technology Connections looks at why awnings disappeared from houses and how effective they are at cutting solar heat gain and cooling costs.
The LED's Challenge to High Pressure Sodium
A Technology Connections video weighing LED streetlights against high pressure sodium lamps, covering efficiency, color, cost and light pollution.
Batteries aren't the only way to store energy. Here's another.
Technology Connections explains how a home can act as a thermal battery by pre-cooling or pre-heating when electricity is cheap or abundant.
Air Conditioning isn't free... but we're close.
Tech Ingredients shows how to build a liquid panel with a specialty paint that, placed outside, cools below ambient air temperature.
A simple water heater is more clever than it seems
Technology Connections explains how an ordinary tank water heater works, including twin-element designs, and why it is cleverer than it looks.