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Industry Processes: Case Studies in Extreme Energy Efficiency - Lecture 3

Explore industry efficiency case studies showcasing how existing technologies can achieve the same results with less energy, time, and risk through integrative design and whole systems thinking.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Electricity Part 1: Drivers of Transformation - Extreme Energy Efficiency

Explore how shifting from fossil fuels to renewable electricity competes with efficient end use while increasing system efficiency, with insights on distributed generation, decreasing costs, and grid flexibility.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Context for Extreme Energy Efficiency in Industry - Lecture 1

Explore industrial energy efficiency opportunities with Amory Lovins, learning integrative design principles for breakthrough results. From reducing energy demand to lean thinking and innovation charrettes, discover practical approaches to achieve extrem…

• YouTube
• 1 hour 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Industry Equipment for Extreme Energy Efficiency - Lecture 2

Explore natural capitalism principles for extreme industrial energy efficiency, focusing on pipe systems, pumps, motors, and biomimetic design to achieve dramatic resource productivity improvements.

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

Mobility Part 1: Light Duty Vehicle Efficiency - Extreme Energy Efficiency

Explore integrative design principles for extreme energy efficiency in vehicles with Amory Lovins, focusing on innovative approaches to light-duty vehicle design, ultralighting, and electrification to overcome automotive inefficiencies.

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

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

Explore the future of mobility with Amory Lovins as he delves into electric vehicles, heavy transport, and transformative mobility systems, highlighting energy efficiency solutions and the changing landscape of oil demand.

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

Buildings Part 3: Passive Techniques for Superefficient Buildings - Extreme Energy Efficiency

Explore passive cooling techniques, HVAC systems, integrative building design, and efficient equipment with Amory Lovins, learning how to achieve extreme energy efficiency and multiple benefits through whole-systems thinking.

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

Integrative Design for Extreme Energy Efficiency - Lecture

Explore integrative design methodology and whole systems thinking to achieve extreme energy efficiency, with insights on economic growth, natural systems, and the transition from fuel commodities to energy technologies.

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

Passive-Solar Banana Farm Tour - Extreme Energy Efficiency

Explore Amory Lovins' energy-efficient home and passive-solar banana farm in Snowmass, CO, featuring innovative heating, insulation, water systems, and integrative design principles for extreme resource efficiency.

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

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

Discover integrative design principles for creating superefficient buildings through whole-systems approaches that maximize energy savings while reducing costs. Learn from real examples, retrofitting strategies, and innovative business models for extreme…

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

Geothermal Energy: Importance, Technology, and Economics

Explore geothermal energy fundamentals, technology, economics, and future trends with Dawn Owens, covering how it works, development processes, market dynamics, and promising innovations.

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

Applied Hope: Inspiring the Next Generation of Thinkers and Doers

Discover how Amory Lovins inspires the next generation through parables and a positive vision of the future in this commencement address to Olin College's engineering graduates.

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

Medicare and Employer Health Insurance: Navigating Coverage While You Work

Discover how Medicare interacts with employer health plans when working past 65, including transition strategies, avoiding HSA contribution issues, and COBRA coordination to ensure informed healthcare decisions.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Robotics in a Human-Centered World

Discover cutting-edge robotics research from Stanford experts, exploring novel training methods using YouTube videos, faster shirt-folding techniques, and benchmarks for household activities in virtual environments.

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

Robotics in a Human-Centered World - Recent Advances and Future Directions

Discover the latest AI robotics advancements from Stanford Robotics Center, exploring recent achievements and future directions in human-centered robotics with Professor Oussama Khatib.

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