Video Presentations
The following presentations on energy efficiency and renewable energy were originally given at the 2008 I-Renew Energy & Sustainability Expo in Cedar Falls. The presentations were videotaped and distributed via a grant from the Iowa Office of Energy Independence.
Renewable Energy BasicsWould you like to generate electricity for your home from wind or solar power? Kara Beauchamp of Cornell College talks about what equipment you need, how much electricity you can produce, and what decisions you need to make about your system. |
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Household Energy EfficiencyCurt Atkins of Waverly Light & Power discusses what you can do to lower your monthly energy bills, including tips on installing insulation, changing light bulbs, and conducting an energy analysis of your home. |
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Energy Efficient Building ConstructionBill McAnally of Iowa Central Community College discusses how he and his students build energy efficient homes using structural insulated panels, advanced framing techniques, frost free foundations, insulated concrete forms, and drainage planes. |
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Alternative Energy Revolving Loan ProgramBill Haman of the Iowa Energy Center covers the basics of the Alternative Energy Revolving Loan Program, including new case studies developed from AERLP financed projects. |
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Residential Wind PowerTom Hurd of Spatial Designs discusses wind features, site evaluation, turbine rated power versus wind speed, power needs versus wind power availability, loan/grant programs, maintenance, renting your power versus owning, paybacks and more. |
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PhotovoltaicsJohn Root of the Root Cellar provides an overview of the photovoltaic industry, including a history of PV, a description of cell manufacturing technology, and how PV is a value-added product for utilities. |
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InvertersDennis Pottratz of GoSolar explains the issues you need to consider in choosing an inverter, whether you use solar or wind power and whether or not you have batteries in your system. |
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New Solar Thermal TechnologiesProfessor Jane Davidson discusses the latest in solar thermal technologies, including her own research of mixed and natural convection heat transfer in thermal storage systems. |
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Understanding Climate Change: An IntroductionCharles Stainier of the University of Iowa explains the scientific basis for climate change, its possible impacts, and an introduction to some measures for dealing with climate change. Includes an interactive "Climate Millionaire" quiz. |
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Climate Change & an All-Electric EconomyElectric car pioneer Wally Rippel discusses the problem of climate change and how we can respond by building an economy that displaces oil for electricity in the transportation sector. |
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Running the World on RenewablesBill Leighty of the Leighty Foundation discusses how the use of hydrogen and ammonia fuels, transmission pipelines, and annual scale-firming energy storage could power the world. |
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ECOpreneuringInnkeepers and organic growers John Ivanko and Lisa Kivirist examine how small, sustainable, and place-based businesses and the ecopreneurs who run them are becoming the very foundation of the emerging new green economy of the 21st Century. |
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