English Courses

Integrative Design for Extreme Energy Efficiency - Lecture

Explains how whole-systems integrative design can unlock severalfold energy and resource savings by optimizing systems for multiple benefits.

• YouTube
• 59 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Passive-Solar Banana Farm Tour - Extreme Energy Efficiency

A room-by-room tour shows how passive-solar design, insulation, efficient plumbing, and integrated household systems support an exceptionally energy-efficient home and banana farm.

• YouTube
• 56 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Buildings Part 1: Integrative Design for Superefficient Buildings - Extreme Energy Efficiency

Whole-systems design can make buildings dramatically more energy efficient while lowering costs.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Geothermal Energy: Importance, Technology, and Economics

Trace geothermal energy from its underground fundamentals and development technologies to market economics and emerging growth opportunities.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 4 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Hydropower 10-Minute Take - Introduction to Hydropower Technology and Grid Applications

A quick look at how hydropower works, supports the electric grid, and affects the environment, including pumped storage.

• YouTube
• 13 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Introduction to Deep Learning - Lecture 1

An opening lecture introduces deep learning through examples of deep learning projects.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Industry Decarbonization - Reducing GHG Emissions from Iron, Steel, and Cement

A short overview of opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across major industrial subsectors, including iron and steel and cement.

• YouTube
• 12 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Energy Transition Implications - Nuclear Power, Climate Protection, and Global Security - Part 2

Examines nuclear power’s costs, safety, and security implications within the energy transition, including comparisons with renewables and emerging small modular reactors.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Implications Part 1 - Hydrocarbon Exits, Renewable Challenges, and Energy Resilience

Examines how extreme energy efficiency changes the outlook for hydrocarbons and renewables, and how energy systems can withstand disruptions.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 43 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Mobility Part 1 - Light Duty Vehicle Efficiency

See how reducing vehicle weight and integrating design choices can make cars and light trucks use energy far more efficiently.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 11 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Mobility Part 2 - Electric and Heavy Vehicles - Extreme Energy Efficiency

Explores how electrification and system-wide changes can make passenger, urban, freight, air, and sea mobility more efficient and less dependent on oil.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 47 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Buildings Part 3 - Passive Techniques for Superefficient Buildings

Explore passive cooling and integrative building design techniques that make buildings dramatically more energy efficient.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 19 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Integrative Design for Superefficient Buildings - Part 1

Explains how integrative, whole-systems design can make buildings much more energy efficient while reducing costs, from new construction to retrofits.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Carbon Management - 10-Minute Take

A short introduction to carbon management’s natural and technological solutions and their potential role in decarbonization.

• YouTube
• 13 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Fusion Energy - Fundamentals, Fuels, and Technology Overview

A clear introduction to fusion energy, from fuel choices and ways to harness it to the machines being researched.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video