PickVidsBest Power grid, heating & buildings Videos
「Power grid, heating & buildings」下面有68部被不同的人、在不同月份推荐过的视频。挑的时候先看对象：入门6部，适合还没学过的人；进阶4部，适合已经懂术语的人；普通向58部，按兴趣就能看；更硬的0部，留给想看推导或细节的人。这一类数量最多的是讲解，所以它们的共同点是用一个图像或类比把一个概念补上。常出现的频道包括Technology Connections、Practical Engineering、Kirsten Dirksen。目录给这个主题划的范围是：Electric power systems: power grid failures, Texas ERCOT, transmission, utilities, heat pumps, HVAC, home electrification, building efficiency, insulation, energy at home.如果只看三部，就从《Heat Pumps: the Future of Home Heating》开始，它负责把问题讲出画面；然后看《James Burke Connections, Ep. 1 "The Trigger Effect"》，换一种讲法或例子；最后看《Why Heat Pumps are Immensely Important Right Now》，留给已经有基础的人。页面按每页24部切开，顺序看的是被推荐跨越了多少个月，不是播放量。每条标题下面那一句是这部片子自己的内容说明，用来区分它在讲定义、过程、演示还是观点。点进去能看到推荐原话、原文链接和适合谁看。看的时候把强烈推荐当成有人明确叫你去看，把引用当成只是拿来举例，把批评留下来对照，不要把每条评论都当成同一力度。
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.