This webinar, originally presented as part of the 2020 Solar Decathlon Webinar Series, discusses photovoltaic (PV) systems, the most common way for a building to generate renewable energy.
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This video discusses weather data, including heating degree days and cooling degree days, and how this information is used to inform the ΔT term in the Fourier's Law equation.
In this episode, we discuss the cost of zero energy buildings and where the cost lands in relation to the average builiding in the U.S.
In this video, guest speaker Marc LaFrance, Windows Technologies Manager for the US Department of Energy, discusses advanced window technologies in buildings.
This video addresses ways to produce hot water and the energy impacts of using hot water in a building.
This video is presented by Dr. Nelson James, Researcher at the National Renewable Energy Lab, and Dr. Fredricka Brown from the US Department of Energy Building Technologies Office. Together, they discuss the motivations behind pursuing energy storage, how these technologies works, and the future of...
This first video in the HVAC module focuses on defining the efficiency of a heating system and ways to reduce the amount of energy purchased for a heating system.
This video discusses ways of bringing fresh air into buildings through ventilation and the energy consequences associated with doing so.
In this video, we will discuss the most common technologies for heating water, including storage, tankless, heat pump, and solar water heaters. We will also discuss best practices for saving energy with water heating systems.
This webinar, titled "What is Good Design?," was originally presented by the US Department of Energy's Sam Rashkin as part of the 2019 Design Challenge. In this webinar, Rashkin discusses how to consistently provide good designs for projects.
In this video, we discuss plug process and other miscellaneous loads in a building, and why they are an important part of the design problem.
Design strategies for systems where a heat pump is being added as a partial load, instead of the whole system. Details the benefits and shows cost saving calculations. Target audience is heat pump installers.
Video describing a technique to insulate walls to a higher R-value using a foam board on the exterior side.
This video describes how to calculate thermal conductivity and thermal resistance of building components.
A presentation that teaches about thermostats and their controls.
Video on how to address total duct leakage tests. Provided by Department of Energy, Building America Solutions Center
Trunk and branch: Large central pipe and smaller pipes to each fixture
Factsheet for the different types of air source heat pumps.
This video is for anyone who works with heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment, water heaters, insulation, windows, and electrical in homes, and wants to learn about home energy efficiency and electrification incentive programs. It focuses primarily on single-family homes, but...
This series of videos explains everything from basic types of windows, to the physics associated with cold and warm weather window performance.