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Power grid, heating & buildings Videos Recommended on Hacker News (68)
Power grid, heating & buildings is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 68 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2012 and 2026 — 196 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
Electric power systems: power grid failures, Texas ERCOT, transmission, utilities, heat pumps, HVAC, home electrification, building efficiency, insulation, energy at home.
Why HN keeps sending people here — on Heat Pumps: the Future of Home Heating: “Start here for a good introduction to heat pumps and how they are so efficient” — an HN commenter, 2021.
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15 mo on HNHeat Pumps: the Future of Home Heating
Technology Connections
17 HN recommender · 2021–2026
11 mo on HNJames Burke Connections, Ep. 1 "The Trigger Effect"
DRS_Education
12 HN recommender · 2019–2026
8 mo on HNWhy Heat Pumps are Immensely Important Right Now
Technology Connections
9 HN recommender · 2022–2023
7 mo on HNWhat Really Happened During the Texas Power Grid Outage?
Practical Engineering
6 HN recommender · 2021–2026
7 mo on HNIt’s Time To Break Up With Our Gas Stoves | Climate Town
Climate Town
10 HN recommender · 2021–2025
6 mo on HNGround Source / Geothermal Heat Pumps and Other Info
Technology Connections
6 HN recommender · 2021–2026
5 mo on HNHeat Pumps are Not Hard: Here's what it will take to start pumping
Technology Connections
5 HN recommender · 2022–2023
5 mo on HNConnecting Solar to the Grid is Harder Than You Think
Practical Engineering
4 HN recommender · 2024–2025
5 mo on HNWhy don't Americans use electric kettles?
Technology Connections
5 HN recommender · 2022–2025
5 mo on HNWhat Is A Black Start Of The Power Grid?
Practical Engineering
6 HN recommender · 2022–2025
4 mo on HNBest fan placement to move air through the house
Matthias random stuff
4 HN recommender · 2021–2025
4 mo on HNWorld's Largest Batteries - (Pumped Storage)
Practical Engineering
4 HN recommender · 2020–2024
4 mo on HNWhy Air Quality Matters
David Heinemeier Hansson
3 HN recommender · 2018–2024
4 mo on HNHow To Make Infrared Cooling Paint (Electricity Free Air Conditioning)
NightHawkInLight
4 HN recommender · 2022–2025
4 mo on HNJames Burke Legend Connections 1 The Trigger Effect
Tim Callinan
4 HN recommender · 2022–2026
4 mo on HNElectric car chargers aren't chargers at all – EVSE Explained
Technology Connections
4 HN recommender · 2021–2024
4 mo on HNPortable Air Conditioners - Why you shouldn't like them
Technology Connections
5 HN recommender · 2020–2026
4 mo on HNHumidifiers: Simpler is better?
Technology Connections
5 HN recommender · 2021–2026
4 mo on HNBritain peak power demand (from BBC TV series: Britain from Above)
fiddyschmitt
4 HN recommender · 2013–2026
4 mo on HNThe Problem with Solar Energy in Africa
Real Engineering
4 HN recommender · 2021–2024
4 mo on HNPerhaps the weakest link in the US electrical system
Technology Connections
4 HN recommender · 2021–2025
4 mo on HNNebraska retiree uses earths's heat to grow oranges in snow
Kirsten Dirksen
4 HN recommender · 2019–2026
4 mo on HNCalifornia's Renewable Energy Problem
Real Engineering
4 HN recommender · 2019–2022
4 mo on HNThe US electrical system is not 120V
Technology Connections
4 HN recommender · 2021–2026
3 mo on HNThe Liquid Metal Battery: Innovation in stationary electricity storage
School of Convergence Science
3 HN recommender · 2019–2021
3 mo on HNExposing The Dark Side of America's AI Data Center Explosion | View From Above | Business Insider
Business Insider
2 HN recommender · 2025–2026
3 mo on HNVertical Bifacial Solar Panel Performance Results Part 1
Projects With Everyday Dave
3 HN recommender · 2024–2025
3 mo on HNGSMT - Dan Holohan, Author: "The Lost Art of Steam Heating"
The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen
3 HN recommender · 2018–2021
3 mo on HNWhy I Cook With Induction
Jon Kung
3 HN recommender · 2022–2023
2 mo on HNEarth-cooled, shipping container underground CA home for 30K
Kirsten Dirksen
2 HN recommender · 2018–2021
2 mo on HNDistinguished Lecturer Series: Building Science - Adventures in Building Science
Berkeley Lab
2 HN recommender · 2019–2021
2 mo on HNThis Is Your Brain On Stale Air
Tom Scott
2 HN recommender · 2019–2025
2 mo on HNSolar Powered Air Conditioner!
Tech Ingredients
2 HN recommender · 2021–2023
2 mo on HNProblems with gas stovetops | weak, dirty and dangerous
Adam Ragusea
2 HN recommender · 2021–2023
2 mo on HNThermoelectric cooling: it's not great.
Technology Connections
3 HN recommender · 2025–2025
2 mo on HNPower is not energy: why the difference matters
Technology Connections
2 HN recommender · 2025–2026