Crazy how right Richard was seeing this video now about energy independence.
@botibomaus
8 жыл бұрын
I am German and I had absolutely no idea this was going on in Germany, I learned something new so thanks for that.
@kaybartel6278
8 жыл бұрын
+botibomaus Where are you from? These government-funded energy projects are existing for round about 15 years. =)
@botibomaus
8 жыл бұрын
Kay Bartel Braunschweig tho it isnt really about location, moreso about the news etc I follow (or dont follow) lol
@kaybartel6278
8 жыл бұрын
Das kann natürlich auch sein. Ich dachte nur, dass evtl. in eher ländlichen Gegenden - Und dort wo viele Neubauten entstehen - das Bewusstsein für diese Förderung vielleicht etwas ausgeprägter ist. So habe ich z.B. auf dem Land, im Schwarzwald, wesentlich mehr von diesen Subventionen mitbekommen als hier in Hamburg. Hier vor Ort in der Stadt, hört man nur gelegentlich etwas von Energiebilanzen und Zuschüssen für Fassendämmung von Wohngebäuden. ;)
@patrick_test123
6 жыл бұрын
I guess you didn't build a house.
@stoicprimate4933
6 жыл бұрын
You misspelled "taxpayer-funded".
@jeffreythurnau6796
6 жыл бұрын
I live in Seattle in a 27 year old house, where we have about 10% more sunshine then Germany. We installed an 8 kilowatt Solar PV system. In the last 3 years we have generated about 66% of our electricity usage. On the conservation side of the equation, we replaced our old furnace with a new heat pump/high efficiency backup gas furnace, old hot water heater with a tankless system, new windows, old light bulbs with LED’s, and added more attic insulation. We had some good local and federal tax incentives, but they are being phased out. Visited Germany a year ago and was very impressed with all of the individual and large scale solar PV systems and large wind turbines. Read they are starting to add battery storage to smooth out their energy generation. Our federal, state and local governments need to be taking a longer term approach to U.S. energy independence.
@joebonsaipoland
5 жыл бұрын
Jeffrey Thurnau Germany isn't even spending the required 2% of GDP on its defense. With the money they save by usa subsidies, they can afford to build Eco. let's leave Germany and with the cost saving make the usa 100% solar . Nah, the Russians might invade.
@ronhartle3268
5 жыл бұрын
Jeffrey Thurnau why are you blaming the government? What do they they have to do with anything? Unless maybe mandate building codes then there is that. But if people (individuals) who take responsibility for themselves and don’t blame government or anyone else take a forward thinking approach and do what they can then that is something. Good jeeorb Jeff!👍🏼 P.S. Personally I would like to see more micro hydro since it is the most efficient means to create electricity. Every gutter, storm drain, Anything with moving water with a turbine on it. If you have property with a stream then booya! Free energy and money maker all in one. There are high pressure systems for people that have sufficient head and high flow low head systems for larger streams with low head drop.
@nrbrtmuller
4 жыл бұрын
if I am not mistaking, anything that you over-produce from a grid connected PV system gets fed into the grit at close to market rates. Makes the cost for the system easier to swallow. Someone correct me if I'm wrong please.
@robr7200
4 жыл бұрын
Germany is becoming more energy independent on Russia with each passing year, not less. They even brought up in the video about how they are getting rid of their nuclear power plants. You know those things that generate clean energy 24/7 for millions of people in a safe manner. They may be inventive and creative in making individual homes more energy efficient but they are idiots when it comes to the bigger picture.
@wiedapp
4 жыл бұрын
@@robr7200 The problem we in Germany have is, that we don't know where to store the nuclear waste of these power plants, where it can radiate for 10.000 years to come. Something nobody ever thought of and none of these plants owners ever had to worry about, not even financially. Privatising the profits, socialising the losses - I think you know very well what that means. The russians have a technology that could use the standard nuclear waste and suck the last bit of energy from it that is possible, so it doesn't radiate 10.000 years anymore, but only a few hundred. But nobody talks about that - because it's the russians, that have that technology.
@richardschmid272
8 жыл бұрын
I am German and what I really missed in this video are the passive houses. We build houses, or upgrade old houses to so called passive houses. They don't need heating at all. The isolation of the houses are that strong, that they get warm with only body heat and the electronic devices used in the houses. Additional solar pannels were placed on the roof, so that the electricity is almost only coming from that. Even -20 degree Celsius are no problem for this kind of houses. The downside is that the Isolation or upgrade is very expensive. The upside of it is, that you never have to bother about heating bills and it is energy efficient.
@mkumku7997
8 жыл бұрын
+Richard Schmid Energy plus houses are likewise not mentioned.
@CologneCarter
8 жыл бұрын
+Richard Schmid Just to clarify, you are talking about insulation, not isolation.
@olgahein4384
8 жыл бұрын
+Richard Schmid Yea, I missed that too. Here in Freiburg we have nearly an entire block (Vauban, you pronounce it the french way) of the cities covered with these passive houses. The rents are even more expensive than the rest of the city.
@OpenGL4ever
8 жыл бұрын
+Richard Schmid You forgot the biggest downside. They easily overheat in summer and need air conditioning.
@pcno2832
7 жыл бұрын
That can be a problem, but things like good ventilation, reflective shades and smart refrigerators that direct the heat inside in the winter and outside in the summer can help a lot. With those in place, air conditioning won't be a major power consumer either.
@MasterQuack14
6 жыл бұрын
One of the key elements you completely neglected is the fact that German houses use 2 main features to be so efficient. The first is thick concrete or brick walls with up to 12" of closed cell foam cladding on the outside of the house. This provides a ridiculous amount of insulation as well as preventing any air leakage. The second is the thick stone walls buffer temperature so that during the summer they open their windows to let in the cool air to chill the stone, then in the morning you close up all the windows and drop the window shades to stay cool all day without any A/C. Then during the winter, you open your window shades during the day to let in as much sun as possible to warm the place up and at night the window shades act as another thermal layer for the windows. These same principles can be applied to american houses quite easily. In northern areas where they timber frame houses they use polyurethane structural insulated panels up to 6" thick to provide up to R40 level insulation.
@PaulHenreid
Жыл бұрын
R40? I am from Missouri, the Show-Me State.
@MasterQuack14
Жыл бұрын
@@PaulHenreid The "show me" state, but apparently not the "perform basic google search" state... lol SIP insulation rating is only 2 clicks away!
@PaulHenreid
Жыл бұрын
@@MasterQuack14 I called BS and was right. For the time it took you to write that you could have answered the question. This proves you exaggerate the value of 6” SIP insulation at R40.
@aap71
Жыл бұрын
@@PaulHenreid true. this vid briefly showed the insulated style of brick/block they use in new construction there. made by the giant gmbh company weinerberger, each euro block has honeycomb air pockets sometimes filled with insulation. that stone type thick wall (measured in U value not R) is way better that sips here
@seasonedtoker
5 жыл бұрын
@1:10 it is actually chambered CLAY brick construction. More specifically, no mortar is visible, so probably a dryfix system of some sort (polyurethane foam to serve as mortar). Altough on the outside everything looks the same, on every edge and every 4 meters or so special hollow bricks are used, armature is put in and concrete is poured, to form a vertical reinforcement column that is at the same time anchored into lower and upper slab armature. This is not only in Germany, it is a standard EU building code
@TonyRule
4 жыл бұрын
@Beer400C It's a culture thing. Germans are very much into up-front cost to save in the long term. Americans seem to lean much more towards flashy but dysfunctional - the "We can just buy a new one on finance later" mentality.
@stefangunther8594
8 жыл бұрын
Guys, it's a nice video and you are doing a great job explaining what can be done. One thing you are neglecting entirely and which I think is the most important of all, is insulation. I used to live in SC for a long time and I did own a newly built house there. The way most houses are built in the US are simply a joke. First I thought, insulation would be as it was, because my house was in the South, but during my travels through the country, I realised that the 2x4's with the cardboard on the outside, dry wall on the inside and a bit of rock wool in between is also the standard in cold states like Michigan and Minnesota. When we had a power outage in the summer, it took about an hours to have the same climate inside the house than what it was outside. In my high efficiency house in Germany, the temperature inside the house stays about the same in the winter for almost two days, when the heater is out. I think that's where the most potential lies for energy saving in American homes.
@BobClemintime
6 жыл бұрын
Our houses are built differently for a variety of reasons that mostly center around cost. We have plenty of forested areas and therefore a cheap source of wood. We generally have cheap electricity and therefore additional insulation has less of a financial benefit. We have plenty of space to change or expand on our wooden houses, and therefore they are changed frequently which does not allow long term investments to pay off.
@johngritman4840
6 жыл бұрын
Well, here we go again. I lived in Germany, outside of Hannover, as a student during 1961. The house was built with walls of concrete block and floors of concrete and was heated with hot water fed by coal briquettes; it was not insulated. We wore sweaters and heavy wool pants. At the time, most Germans lived in apartments of about 1,000sf. or less. Eat and sleep there, the parks and woodlands are for exercise and being a social people we would go out for a cup of expresso and good conversation or to the theatre. In 1990 I returned as an executive of a German company, communting between the US and Germany so I spent three months in Germany every year. My five star German hotel; i.e., built for German businessmen was not air conditioned and the rooms were small. Fine, I ate out. I visited a new German home of a German executive. It was small, compact and very comfortable. But few American women would accept a railroad kitchen that was perhaps 7' x 11'! Or a house of 1,400sf. We have a lot of homes in the US that use biomass to aid in heating, I grew up in one. The walls at the base were 48" of stone, tapering to 24" at the second of three floors. Warm in the winter, cool in the summer. What we lack are the small towns where everyone knows one another and instead of spending our money and time maintaining a large house we get together at a pub for whatever and good conversation. No, we have McMansions and mostly keep to ourselves. I sold mine and moved to a house half the size. My bills for electricity, heat, hot water, gas stove and clothes dryer averages about $110/month - less than a third of what I was paying. BTW, the area shown in Franfurt were apartments meant for life long living.
@pickledparsleyparty
6 жыл бұрын
BobClemintime I think that was the OP's point when they said insulation is a "joke" in America. We do what's cheap, and what's cheap here is a joke. The low cost of fossil fuel electricity, for example, encourages us to rely on those fossil fuels in hilarious fashion.
@kasposblazos864
5 жыл бұрын
Its not just the isolation. Its drag, drag from cracks in the walls or around windows/doors and also drag from their large ventilation ducs (from their HVAC systems). Also a bad thing about their HVACs is that they dont recycle the heat from old air before blowing it outside, they always take in new air, heat/cool it then push it out as it is. If the heating pump inside the HVAC stops working or gets slow/bad after a while (which they usually do without proper maintance) it pushes out the warmth really fast. In europe our ventilation systems usually take the heat from the old air before letting the old air our, and then put that heat in the fresh air it takes in.
@leapfrog4561
5 жыл бұрын
Stefan Günther i think if the oil lobby wasn’t so strong in USA we would have better insulated homes also but we know oil runs American.
@TremereTT
8 жыл бұрын
It wasn't concrete block construction, it was porotherm. It's like a clinker with isolating pores.
@WAJK2030
8 жыл бұрын
+TremereTT It´s a Brick-Block-Construction with a lot of holes in it, sometimes filled with insulating material. ;)
@pcno2832
7 жыл бұрын
1:10 Those hollow clay blocks (sometimes called tiles, for some reason) were gaining popularity in the USA about 100 years ago, but they got a bad name in the collapse of the Knickerbocker theater in Washington DC; the real problem was the fact that the roof trusses sagged and the anchoring into the supporting walls fell apart, but the blocks got the blame in most people's eyes. Since then, almost all of the blockwork in the USA has been concrete. They look interesting, but I don't know how easy it would be to make them earthquake resistant, as is required in many parts of the USA; they didn't perform well in the recent Italian quakes, from what I've read.
@Subgunman
6 жыл бұрын
Those building "bricks" provide NO thermal insulation whatsoever. I don't care if you fill them with the best insulating material on the market, you still have a mechanical bond between the two faces made of the same clay. There is NO thermal break. Now you can build the wall with two layers of brick and place thermal insulation between the layers however where ever there is a window or door in the wall, the area is filled with the same brick material to build the frame. This equates to NO herbal break. Now if you were to use a wood and plastic laminate to join the two wall sections together for framing in doors and windows you could create a better thermal break, not the best but better than brick.
@Voodoo-ut6zp
5 жыл бұрын
@Charles Yamamoto jup
@rbcrist
4 жыл бұрын
@@pcno2832 In Germany they can build without a concrete frame because there are no earthquakes. I live in Romania, and we have earthquakes, the frame of the house is built with steel and concrete but the walls are build with bricks like that. The same is also for flats, concrete frame, brick walls.
@harold415
3 жыл бұрын
I love this show. I have been watching for years. Man, I am getting old, but I am learning a lot thanks to this show
@travisbriles76
2 жыл бұрын
That was so great! Love that This Old House is on board with renewables and energy efficiency.
@3gunslingers
8 жыл бұрын
Very nice to see this. At 4:47 I want to add, that it's also very common to use Solar to heat up the main tank, not some additional "shower tanks". Radiators, showers and sinks get their hot water from the same tank (but not from the same pipe system) So it is even possible to shut down the boiler on sunny winter days.
@ApriliaRacer14
6 жыл бұрын
Keyboard runner Schwaba forever! Lol.
@ideoformsun5806
6 жыл бұрын
I'm of German ancestry, so thank you for this visit to Germany! It's so beautiful. I think the best parts of this energy strategy are the high insulation, the use of geothermal and the ability to flexibly use several sources of energy, depending on price and conditions. Adding wind and solar are nice for when those are available, and the use of super insulated water tanks to store the energy is great. This can be used to store any kind of energy. I think in America the main thing we need to do is to build and retrofit much more insulation. Insulation works with any kind of energy. Another way to store some of the energy might be to pump water up into a cistern or water tower. The pump would work slowly and use any surplus energy when it's available, and then you are storing kinetic energy. To regain some of the energy, you could put a water wheel into the water return, and this could be converted easily to electricity. Gravity as an energy well. Energy independence will help America in many ways. And individual energy independence will help Americans be more resilient during energy price fluctuations, and threats to our supply sources during wartime. It would be nice if we could take our utility rooms with us when we move. I think that is what is so attractive about off-grid tiny homes. Someone should invent a utility room that you could rent to own, and drive it up to a house like a storage truck and just hook up the connections. A room that size would look like a storage shed next to the house. Or it could go into a garage or on a porch slab. I always thought it was ridiculous to use electricity to cool a refrigerator in winter. All we need is a temperature-controlled fan with access to outside air in the cold weather. And every home should have an exercise machine connected to the grid.
@wearestardst
2 жыл бұрын
Great ideas, especially the exercise machine, but far more the drive up outside utility room. And have to say living in upper NYS, that outside use of the cold to a refrigerator, genius!
@kokovox
5 жыл бұрын
Insulation, insulation and more insulation. Then the rest could be done with renewable energy.
@svendittmann3105
5 жыл бұрын
and gray!
@benkuxhouse787
4 жыл бұрын
Then why does Germany got to keep burning coal like crazy and their power prices are three and a half times higher than the American average. All the installation in the world's not going to keep your house warm or cool and comfortable you're going to need a heating cooling system.
@svendittmann3105
4 жыл бұрын
kzitem.info/news/bejne/yH6nqHalfXd_hKw kzitem.info/news/bejne/yWyEun6QqpqJeG0 kzitem.info/news/bejne/z26jzYRupmiKe3Y 50% of house buliding costs in germany are 'ecologicall' cost! Costs with no savings for heating or energy, no return of investment. These costs are taxes!!!
@grasonicus
4 жыл бұрын
@@benkuxhouse787 Also, France which gets most of its electricity from nuclear is the world's biggest exporter of electricity. The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
@benkuxhouse787
4 жыл бұрын
@@grasonicus you forgot to mention the power rates are also some of the lowest in Europe for France
@kain0m
4 жыл бұрын
To give some perspective: my three bedroom house has consumed about 3500 kWh last year. I've got a total energy bill of 70€ per month (24€ct per kWh). This is for heating, hot water, and electricity. Triple glazing, 25cm of insulation, heat pump heating system. Standard equipment for any new house in central Europe. Peak room Temperature in a very hot summer (~39/102F for two weeks straight) was about 26C/79F. This is without any AC.
@olafspetzki
8 жыл бұрын
What they don't mention is that the key in consuming less energy for heating is insulation. There, the laws are also very strict in germany. And the insulation - in germany in combination with solid stone walls - helps saving energy also during summer.
@KB4QAA
3 жыл бұрын
Stone is a very poor insulator.
@MaximKachurovskiy
6 жыл бұрын
He might have forgot to mention electricity is 3x more expensive here in Germany :-D
@dosadoodle
5 жыл бұрын
I'm curious -- what's the price? Here in San Francisco it is about $0.25 per kWh, which is notably higher than in many other places in the US.
@EngelinZivilBO
5 жыл бұрын
@@dosadoodle same but in euro... it's not soooo expansive, just compared to our neighbor's
@umerstar
5 жыл бұрын
I'm in Illinois and i pay about 10 cents per kwh
@EngelinZivilBO
5 жыл бұрын
@@umerstar yeah but I pay 20 cents more and I can use 100% green energy and also my house is so efficient I barely need 15€ per month for 4 family members.. And a dog :D
@yvindascanius6061
5 жыл бұрын
@@dosadoodle Denmark: $0.34 per kWh.
@GT-vs2fm
8 жыл бұрын
the houses and landscaping in Germany also looks awesome!
@arvedludwig3584
5 жыл бұрын
@juscurious what??? In what Germany do you live? The Germany of 1950?
@be6388
5 жыл бұрын
@@arvedludwig3584 no - it´s now! She´s right. We do not have enough energy in this way. Mrs Merkels special ideas...
@llothar68
4 жыл бұрын
@juscurious Most people don't even want a simple garden anymore. Stone gardens so that zero time need to be spend on it. I hate this. I have a garden which i just let grow. Neighbours hate it, they are scared in a few years it's my Jumanji trap for their kids.
@3joewj
4 жыл бұрын
Makes me proud to be Part German))
@maxwellwellmax878
4 жыл бұрын
@@arvedludwig3584 Regarding the lack of trees in the neighborhood and houses not having yards, I took the wrong train from Dusseldorf to the Airport and ended up in a little village and there were plenty of trees and houses did have yards, small by US standards but they did have them.
@ArthursHD
5 жыл бұрын
That small scale gas generator was something new for me, when I think about it it should be easy enough to diy one from a gasoline powered car and it could run on biogas easily in a farm, pretty cool!
@volundrfrey896
4 жыл бұрын
Btw: free from nuclear means relying on coal. So they switch from clean energy to not at all clean energy.
@alexanderschoneberg8610
4 жыл бұрын
Yes this is unfortunately very true. Since Germany shut down most of it's nuclear power plants our CO2 Emissions are going up a lot. Really not what you want if you want to fight climate change.
@Sicaine
4 жыл бұрын
@@alexanderschoneberg8610 Thats not true. Get your facts straight. 2000: 10 tons per person now 8.8 tons per person.
@maxnoerenberg6370
4 жыл бұрын
@@alexanderschoneberg8610 but coal will be shut down as well very soon...hopefully....... in rural areas it might not be such a problem with them having access to wind energy, solar but I fear for the big cities, they still heavily rely on energy mostly nuclear!
@AD-1138
4 жыл бұрын
Why not switch to Thorium? It produces less waste, is a lot safer and more abundant. It is a good stop-gap till solar and wind technology can produce enough to sustain the population, not to mention become more affordable.
@Cortesevasive
4 жыл бұрын
@@alexanderschoneberg8610 co2 is fake news
@ra8937
5 жыл бұрын
Wow, I love energy efficiency. I have a great HVAC background, so energy efficiency is a huge part of that. Germany is on level 1000%
@rayamanelly
5 жыл бұрын
Meanwhile here in the us, I'm fighting my hoa for the right to put panels on my roof.
@mexicanracer03
5 жыл бұрын
I'm having the same issue.
@buzzpedrotti5401
5 жыл бұрын
Many divergent intersections in a diverse society.
@buzzpedrotti5401
5 жыл бұрын
@Alden Buyer individual Independence can be a good thing. But my parish priest claims we are all interdependent.
@michellemarie1197
4 жыл бұрын
Ugh I would never own a house that is tied with an HOA
@Sicktrickintuner
4 жыл бұрын
I’d tell them to stick it and do it anyways, try to stop me.
@davidrohrig2718
4 жыл бұрын
The red material is not concrete but rather a certain type of modern brick with lots of holes . Look up “Porotonstein” for further information.
@polomare2027
4 жыл бұрын
If you had ever seen what those roof- mounted panels look like after a major hurricane, you'd know why they're not more popular here in Florida.
@francoisehembert3243
4 жыл бұрын
Polo Mare that is why you adapt the methods to the environment.
@robr7200
4 жыл бұрын
@@francoisehembert3243 So much wisdom, wow I am just in awe of your brain power. Maybe Florida can power their homes from empty slogans.
@francoisehembert3243
4 жыл бұрын
Chuck R at least you have the smarts to recognize genius
@Cortesevasive
4 жыл бұрын
yet still they build houses from cardboard
@derbagger22
Жыл бұрын
Watching this in 2023 is very interesting. Very interesting...
@refusoagaino6824
6 жыл бұрын
No mention of the after gases from burning those pellets or, why they've chosen radiant heating (we use convectional, moving air) and how it works with the house's Thermal Mass and Insualtion configuration. Also, it looks to me like $50k at least went into the "utility" room. That cost doesn't work for most existing houses.
@PeterCarqueville
4 жыл бұрын
In Germany, it does. The way those machines are priced is that you get your ROI through saved energy costs after around 10 years, probably sooner. Energy costs are high in Germany, so it really pays of to invest in this segment. However, pellets present a different problem: They still produce CO2 as much as a coal plant would. Sure, its Energy neutral if you grow back the trees you had to cut down. But that more theoretical than actual reality.
@graceserenachristie2914
6 жыл бұрын
Love this old house! I also have been watching German house building. Look into Huf House. They build the house in a building put it on a truck, set it up mostly finished and beautiful on your property. I watch building shows because I am designing my own house. I started to look at older homes as well. Like pounded earth buildings from China. Viking long houses. Half underground homes in Ancient Europe. And American Indian houses from ice age down to this time. I am glad I live now instead of Ancient time. Thanks for the Energy Tour.
@SilverCymbal
6 жыл бұрын
I need a german boiler!!!! TOH please send me one asap. Hehehehe. Thanks for a great video. Richard RULES!
@mohammadalisuhail9771
4 жыл бұрын
Amazing,I appreciate multiple use our indigenous energy sources available.
@Blakehx
4 жыл бұрын
Cool stuff... I wanna see a tear-down of that generator shown at 6:30!
@Gallus-gallus
4 жыл бұрын
You should googel for "Dachs BHKW" or "Dachs generator", which is a famous one.
@manuelplate6370
2 жыл бұрын
Today is 19th of august 2022. This Video is sie years old now. Here in Germany we are preparing for a winter with nearly no electricity and no heating. Our energypolicy did not work. We wanted to much renewable energy and failed.
@Schlotzinger
8 жыл бұрын
Anyone in Germany owning a house sooner or later calculates heating/electricity/warm water and takes advantage of governmental support for new equipment. This is absolutely normal, the benefits are huge. Long term costs are reduced drastically, and not only independence of the country as a whole, but individual independence increases drastically. So it would fit for America as well, since independence is a high value there...
@WolfHagenSdW
8 жыл бұрын
+Schlotzinger Also adds resell value.
@Puschit1
8 жыл бұрын
Only on paper, though. The US is ruled by the industry and they certainly won't support any technology that would reduce the consumption of their products! Sad but true.
@mahaawaryaa2871
8 жыл бұрын
There is only one problem given that america is such a rich country, you have to understand the influence of big corporations ; when you want to upgrade things like your heating by using special techniques the government will stop you and ask you if you have a license and if you don't you'll probably be paying more for the license than what you would've been saveing otherwise. Since these companies supply the U.S government so much money they simply take away the freedoms of the regular folk in doing so.
@rocket7697
7 жыл бұрын
Bollocks.
@CurtisDensmore1
6 жыл бұрын
From my perspective, the main obstacle in the US is political identity. For some people, energy efficiency is associated with liberalism and is therefore bad. People actually derisively referred to plug-in hybrid cars as "Obama cars".
@ssaxe01s
6 жыл бұрын
The upfront cost is only now being realized to be *prohibitive*.
@kthwkr
6 жыл бұрын
I saw a report on their use of bio mass. To meet the government requirements they had to resort to importing sawdust from mills in the US. The energy expended to ship the sawdust exceeds the energy contained in the saw dust.
@theuglykwan
6 жыл бұрын
The road to hell is paved with good intentions!
@terrencesauve
6 жыл бұрын
I'd like to see it. I'm not sure I agree with their conclusion... The pellets are mostly made with sawmill residues or non-merchantable trees that would not be used otherwise. I am under the impression that sea transportation (and rail for that matter) is inexpensive and energy efficient, so let me know. Thanks!
@bcubed72
6 жыл бұрын
...I also read that they reward solar SO much, that a guy bought panels, shone lights at the panels, and sold the resultant electricity back AT A PROFIT even after deducting the use of electricity! LOL, government incentives just created an [economic] "perpetual motion machine!"
@phiksit
6 жыл бұрын
I imagine that since the US exports so few goods, that it's better to fill the ships with SOMETHING for the return trip to Europe. Of course now were going to try being a petroleum exporter thanks to Trumpty Dumpty / GOP.
@maxbauer1633
6 жыл бұрын
apparently most other countries in the EU consume more wood from the US than germany: energytransition.org/2015/03/germany-is-not-burning-us-forests/ also as long as US businesses have no problem in destroying US forrests to sell for overseas what can you do...
@ShakespeareCafe
3 жыл бұрын
Concrete production is energy-intensive. Lumber is renewable and home can be super-insulated, requiring very little energy to heat, even the people inside and residual heat from appliances and electronics can heat the home.
@vitaliypro8441
4 жыл бұрын
Viessmann boilers in every house!!. These mechanical rooms cost 25K+ in equipment alone add solar tubes, radiators, controls, piping and labor. I’m guessing it will go over 70K. We ain’t going to see it in US in 100 years
@desertguy1362
4 жыл бұрын
Agreed also homes in the US are not built for muti generations or multiple families yes condos and apartments but not homes. In Germany it makes sense due to the lifestyle is so much different in terms like the guy said they just replace or build onto an existing home for hundreds and hundreds of years. Most Americans buy new houses every time they get a promotion.
@ccllvn
4 жыл бұрын
The average american house is garbage compared to these german buildings, if your house is solid and lasts centuries this kind of stuff is worth doing. Not in an american cardboard house that will fall apart in the storm next week.
@johannesm.seifert9507
4 жыл бұрын
You'll find Viessmann Boilers in allmost every house here. Mechanicle rooms are by no way cheap, but desinged to last at least for 20 years. You will not be able to sell a house without that kind of heating installed
@vitaliypro8441
4 жыл бұрын
yandrsupreme never been to Germany, but every single German car has AC in it, so I guess houses do too
@johannesm.seifert9507
4 жыл бұрын
@@vitaliypro8441 you are wrong. AC in german houses is rare. Though ACs are slowly showing up in new builds
@theuglykwan
6 жыл бұрын
I'm from the UK and that mechanical room is something that doesn't even exist here! We have electrical and gas meters, perhaps a water tank in the attic and maybe somewhere else, a boiler and perhaps a couple small things in the garage. That mechanical room is bigger than my kitchen! lol 3 systems in one home seems a bit of overkill but maybe that is what we will have in the future, it's just Germany is so far ahead.
@SalimKhan-gk1fh
6 жыл бұрын
This is a nice video of Germany I love some of the buildings and the architecture ,just look at some of the houses they have Very nice ! That mechanical room looked quite interesting as well I believe all the equipment and the storage tanks , the wood pellet burners et cetera were all made by viessmann ?
@HimyNamesN
2 жыл бұрын
Yes
@bsrhoad
Жыл бұрын
I live in Germany in a new construction apartment. We barely have to turn on our radiators in the winter, the house is so we'll insulated. Downside is condensation, we have to open the windows twice a day to let in fresh air and remove the condensation that has built up.
@kelle500
2 жыл бұрын
We germans call it "Energiewende" - energy transition. And so many people complain that its a nuisance or impossible. Then I see these two americans callig it "Energy Independence!" xD The classical (american?) approach of making the subject a bit patriotic, and I think in this case it would be a great idea to get people in germany more on board with the Energiewende. Thats something where we could, at least in some cases, learn from the americans I think. Nice video :)
@lazmotron
Жыл бұрын
Wood pellets and oil still have to be transported. If rather have gas for my hearing which is still delivered through pipes even if the electric grid goes down.
@Matt-dc8lp
6 жыл бұрын
A HUGE amount of wood pellets come from wood pallets shipped to Germany from the US that originated from China. Still importing their energy, just from a different source.
@LouieCastro3
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah and the deforestation is renewable sure but still a huge ecological problem. Something like 130 acres a day are harvested in Georgia alone for wood pellets.
@KB4QAA
3 жыл бұрын
@@LouieCastro3 The US has more forests than any time in the last 100+ years. Take a look at photos from the 1800's and you will see vast areas denuded and not replanted.
@CastleBomb44
3 жыл бұрын
Great to see these kinds of investments of renewable energy and sustainable home heating
@johnmack1185
5 жыл бұрын
This seems great as a concept but who pays for all of this? Does the government subsidise the cost of installation or is it up to the Builder to pass the cost onto the buyer?
@c31979839
5 жыл бұрын
It's likely up to the builder since it's energy code/building code law. The customer/homeowner would see an immediate payback in not having to pay outrageous fossil-fuel based energy costs there. Pay a bit more upfront, but in the long run its much much cheaper and gives you energy independence in your own home.
@martinliehs2513
4 жыл бұрын
If the government provides a subsidy, eventually the buyer pays anyway. There is no "free lunch".
@marc639
6 жыл бұрын
Yes they are. I build a new house and used underground absorber-mats 120 sq meters and a heat pump and underfloor heating. I can heat my house in the dead of winter for less than 60 euros a month using thermo energy. Plus i have 10 cm of insulation.
@adlerzwei
8 жыл бұрын
WTF. This is my hometown 😂
@johannesm.seifert9507
4 жыл бұрын
Marburg? Mine too
@TamunoOpuboCooksCookeyGam
6 жыл бұрын
Umm, Germany is a HUGE coal (& lignite) consumer. They have new coal plants coming online in a few years.
@noobgamer-qb3gq
4 жыл бұрын
? No the government is sadly closing down all coal plants, so a lot of jobs lost there
@davidjohnson4198
4 жыл бұрын
Lived off base 2 years in Germany long ago while in the Airforce. I swear the sun didn't come out more than 10 days in 2 years. Hard to believe solar is the way to go.
@KollegeKamerad
4 жыл бұрын
well, last year there was a day in summer when solar was almost 60% of the entire grid power alone.
@chaoswarriorbr
4 жыл бұрын
So there's the ugly truth ecotards don't know about German electricity production. They dumped the nuclear expansion, while funded solar and wind. The outcome was subpar, since they couldn't keep up with demand continuously, requiring them to expand their coal thermoelectric system!
@spencerwilton5831
4 жыл бұрын
Kaos Warrior yet in the UK we have managed the opposite. We have less nuclear, we have all but abandoned coal, and we get much of our energy from solar and wind. Remember we were the birthplace of the industrial revolution, a nation built on coal. Looking at gridwatch earlier today 30 percent of our power was coming from solar, not bad for april in a country not exactly known for sunshine.
@diltzm
4 жыл бұрын
If you factor in total cost of any form of power generation, whether it's hydro, wind, solar, nuclear or coal, nuclear still has the overall lowest impact on the environment per kilowatt produced. Too bad most are misinformed about nuclear power.
@spencerwilton5831
4 жыл бұрын
mmmdonuts it may have a small environmental footprint (actually not so sure that that is true!) but the construction, operational and disposal costs of nuclear are astronomical. The lifetime cost of nuclear power is well in excess of both solar and wind now.
@MeatSim9
Жыл бұрын
Checking up on that pledge, Germany still has 3 reactors in operation until April 2023 to offset the reduced gas coming in from Russia (Because you know, WAR.) but have shut down 30 reactors. Pretty impressive.
@kevinperry4551
6 жыл бұрын
I lived in Mainz for three years in the 1970s. I had an "on demand" water heater for the kitchen and bath. Worked flawlessly. I now have one in my home here. Works great but I would have rather had an inside installation, rather than putting it in the garage, Still have the wasted cold water running out of the tap before it gets hot.
@johnames6430
6 жыл бұрын
1:20 this is also why you don't see new houses going up in Germany like he says in 1:05
@fillupfarkus142
5 жыл бұрын
My German house was built in 2006. It is 200 sq. meters and has geothermal floor heating. My electric bill is 130 euros/mo. (no A/C), averaged year'round. The heating system I started with had older technology (Vaillant) so I replaced it 2 years ago with Stiebel Eltron and lowered my utility bill. Cost 13,000 euros of which 4,000 were subsidized by the government.
@1974jrod
Жыл бұрын
Steibel Eletron is a great product.
@Tiberiotertio
8 жыл бұрын
Lederhosen in Frankfurt or in Hessen, and you stick out like a typical tourist. Why do you folks think Bavaria is all of Germany?
@ericwilliams6391
5 жыл бұрын
Same reason that most non-north Americans think that all US-Americans are cowboy hat wearing, gun totin', Trump loving, warmongering environment haters. It's a learned stereotype.
@buzzpedrotti5401
5 жыл бұрын
Octoberfest beer movies of course.
@buzzpedrotti5401
5 жыл бұрын
@@ericwilliams6391 Aren't we? Wait, I just shot the canary.
@TheMVCoho
5 жыл бұрын
I have a large amount of Germans in my city and they wear this on the daily. Shopping at ALDI is the easiest way to find Germans here. If you see a VW in the parking lot, which there are usually several just wait and soon Germans will appear and always in Lederhosen. A few times in summer you may find one on a Harley soaking up the experience but, again full on Lederhosen. On occasion you may see one going towards an Audi again in Lederhosen but, usually also wearing a trendy neck tie.
@the_retag
4 жыл бұрын
@@TheMVCoho they are not real germans i live in germany and i cant remember seeing lederhosen in months
@earthman-br5zi
2 жыл бұрын
Do these guys memorize a script ahead of time? How do they explain things so naturally and quickly on camera?
@rockym2931
Жыл бұрын
I do not know, but it helps when you know and like your work.
@j0b0
4 жыл бұрын
Most people can't afford a house like this! The home ownership rate in Germany is very low and steadily decreasing. Sure we can boast about having the most energy efficient and modern houses on the planet because our building codes are extremely strict, but building up to that high standard is very expensive. Add some of the worlds highest taxes on top of that and you have a situation where a young family won't be able to buy their own house (or even apartment) unless they pay back a mortgage for the next 30 years. Obviously you also have expensive buildings in the US (especially in and around the bigger cities) but at least you have the option to build inexpensive houses, which we in Germany don't have.
@marc639
4 жыл бұрын
1000 percent correct. i lived their and heat my house for 60 euros a month using energy efficient heat pump and 120 sq. meters of absorber mats in the ground collecting earth heat
@torstenbehrendt870
6 жыл бұрын
30% renewabel for ANY new building? That is just not true! I am German, I just built my own home and have none of these on my roof. It brings you some financial benefits if you have but it is not mandatory. And by the way .... most new constructed buildings have even floor heating rather than radiators. ;-) Welcome to the 21st century.
@mins1133
4 жыл бұрын
Floor heating standard in korea since the medieval time😂
@Zurvanox
3 жыл бұрын
Yumin S True for those who could afford it
@joshjones3227
7 жыл бұрын
One of the reasons something like this will never be a widespread phenomena in the US is the low cost of energy and fuel. I liken it to the reasons mass transit and train travel are not big over here either, the country is very large and Americans like their freedom to travel where and when they please. We do have a lot of potential wind energy and this beginning to be built out in places like Iowa, the Dakotas and Texas and solar is also getting some attention as well. The low cost of energy can also be attributed to the somewhat dodgy construction seen here when compared to much of Europe and other countries where energy is a lot more expensive.
@c.m.cunningham1175
4 жыл бұрын
What are the water storage tanks called. 4:10.... I've been trying to find them in the U.S. but I've not been successful so far. Any website would be most helpful. Thanks.
Net Zero and Passive House construction techniques are the future. Saving energy saves money on utilities. Air sealing, great insulation, super efficient heating and air conditioning, LED lighting systems, Triple pane windows and European style triple seal doors, Solar panels with battery storage and an electric vehicle charger in the garage. Air sealing and blower door testing is an under appreciated energy saver.
@KB4QAA
3 жыл бұрын
Batteries are a losing proposition for homeowners. Big money up front and they must be replaced regularly. Not practical.
@KJSvitko
3 жыл бұрын
@@KB4QAA Batteries for the storage of wind and solar energy have a long life span lasting over 20 years or longer. Batteries have come a long way in the last 5 years. Utilities are now using them for peak power loads. They are much better for the environment than a home owner buying a backup gas powered generator like Generac.
@mikeythr99thru2
6 жыл бұрын
I live in the uk, many days of the year we produce enough renewable power for the hole county. Not just for a short while but for the hole day. Enery from solar tends to be in the hands of house owners, roof solar panels. These willproduse electricity even when overcast. This is due to vast increases in efficentcy in recent years. There will always be need for other power sources then the wind doesnt blow and at night. In Wales there is power station which is hydro electric, which can provide almost instant backup. Their is a utube video showing how this is achieved. What i am saying is there are solutions to problems with renewables.
@andrewspence5642
6 жыл бұрын
Mikeythr99 Thru, do a spell check mate,
@frankfarley2480
Жыл бұрын
This needs updating. They’re burning coal and wood like it’s going out of style. They shunned nuclear, they’re lost and way behind.
@petergambier
5 жыл бұрын
We should have solar panels and, if possible, a ground sourced heat pump. My in-laws in Bavaria had a heat pump installed around the garden and got their money back within 5 years because of it's efficiency. Air sourced heat pumps only work if you live in a well sealed and insulated home otherwise your wasting your money installing one. I live in a Cob house with 3 feet thick walls and no foundations, warm (ish) in the winter and really cool in the summer, it's all rendered in lime mortar which also absorbs carbon dioxide.
@WAJK2030
4 жыл бұрын
„You see concrete block construction...“ *shows red bricks*
@johna1160
4 жыл бұрын
red blocks
@micahgoodson9988
4 жыл бұрын
I’m not sure but u dumb as hell
@kaasym1
6 жыл бұрын
New york needs this asap
@insatsuki_no_koshou
8 жыл бұрын
I wonder why they didn't talk about passive houses.
@MrStubbs8157
8 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but a bit of that is dead...but what is left is simply, that germany has one of the highest quality houses with the highest quality insulation and with that many efficient ways for energy consumption...even if it is a hundred year old...the houses still fulfill more i sulation and quality requirement than any house in the US does. What I didnt now: Even rich scandinavian countries like Sweden are not even close to such standards....that is why some german and austrian companies recently expanded there to help them out building more than just wooden houses with huge inefficiencies. I was on holiday and my dogs small house in my garden is similar to their houses...no wonder, that you can buy a house in a swedish village for just some bucks...instead of half a million euros, that a spacey house would cost in germany. Big upper class houses are not built for just 100-200k dollars...the would cost into the millions up to our quality standards. I travel a lot and I never saw any home coming close to what you see in germany or perhaps switzerland and austria.
@MrWhite-pn7ui
6 жыл бұрын
+MrStubbs1981 This is mostly because America doesn't have to contend with socialist europe's outrageous cost for oil and natural gas.
@scwfan08
6 жыл бұрын
Mr. White Well, you realize that's a point for us since we have developed and established new technologies by the time gas & Co. have all been robbed by the holy USA.
@thomaskleinbauer6518
6 жыл бұрын
Mechanical rooms are typically not heated and in the basement, so there isn't really any heat loss to speak off by opening a window wide. But it is a good idea to air out your house every now and then.
@williamschlenger1518
6 жыл бұрын
Looks a little complicated but very efficient 😎
@writereducator
7 жыл бұрын
How much energy does a solar panel require to manufacture compared to how much energy it produces?
@Rick2010100
7 жыл бұрын
Actual models need ca. 1 year by average sunshine.
@dlwatib
6 жыл бұрын
This Old House always likes to showcase fancy, expensive equipment. They just don't get excited about passive strategies and good, efficient designs based on simple solutions like shading the house with deciduous trees and making sure rooms have good cross ventilation.
@pieterbezuidenhout2741
5 жыл бұрын
Intellectually Germans have always been thousands of miles ahead of the rest so this is quite understandable however l personally still see MORE possibilities when using the simple LAWS OF NATURE to your own benefit. Greetings and good wishes from South Africa.
@goodgoyim9459
5 жыл бұрын
get out while you can.
@DragonBuilds
4 жыл бұрын
That's the power of German engineering.
@bokkenrijder172
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, just look at the new airport in Berlin (still not open after ~15 years of construction)...diesel gate...and the holes in the roads and bridges that are falling apart here!
@fvalencia3494
4 жыл бұрын
Richard is a badass, a real pro.
@ok5731
6 жыл бұрын
I want to see Germany- before it's gone
@SammytheStampede
4 жыл бұрын
tim prater I concur.
@adriansmith7104
2 жыл бұрын
Amazing things happen when lawmakers actually work for the people, not big corporations
@Y34HN0
5 жыл бұрын
The amount of lagging/insulation on those water pipes in the utility room is INSANE (in a good way.) Here in the UK we're not even close. You'll still see new-build houses and retrospective work done on existing houses with bare piping ALL OVER the place, even though there are now recent regulations saying that pipes have to be lagged/insulated. These dumbass plumbers will be buying brasso to shine and polish up pipes that should actually be insulated from the start. Sad!
@tomstdenis
4 жыл бұрын
but hey your home builder saved an entire 5 quid by not insulating your pipes. think of all the money you saved!
@jacobhorton9832
3 жыл бұрын
Wait plumbers in the uk polish their pipes?
@georgebishop4941
2 жыл бұрын
Just had to post what a load of nonsense this is. Please stop introducing your anecdotes as facts for the entire nation. and BTW we lead in renewble wind power production and have even enormous fields planned.
@syproful
5 жыл бұрын
Geothermal heatpumps is where it is at. Vaillant also a german brand, makes some killer systems. Efficiency of 5,5 to 1 compared to gas systems.
@rippspeck
5 жыл бұрын
Before you decide to move: check German fuel prices. Yikes.
@dagit11
5 жыл бұрын
You can buy a diesel-wagon in Germany that can do 50mpg that can outrun your 16mpg US-car.
@yvindascanius6061
5 жыл бұрын
@@dagit11 My car routinely does 53mpg, but I'm sure it can't outrun the 16 mpg US-car. But I don't care!
@Bob_Lob_Law
5 жыл бұрын
Diesel is poison. The most nasty fuel on the planet. I would rather be surrounded with inefficient gasoline vehicles than effecient diesel engines. Luckily with the way things are going, I won't have to be surrounded with cars producing emissions at all. EVs are the way to go.
@WEIXELTOWN
4 жыл бұрын
@@Bob_Lob_Law Du bist ein Dummkopf.
@Bob_Lob_Law
4 жыл бұрын
@@WEIXELTOWN Well, I appreciate the sentiment, I know Diesel is a big thing for passenger vehicles in Europe and especially Germany. The particulate matter is quite nasty, and lets not forget VW's ongoing emissions scandal, several times more NOx emissions than the safe legal limit. Diesel is an evil fuel, it is a good thing it is falling by the wayside. I am sorry that you believe I am an idiot.
@ipaddlemyowncanoe.7441
4 жыл бұрын
The Europeans were ahead of us on pretty well everything. Over on this side of the pond it's me me me me.👍👍😀
@shawnstrode3825
6 жыл бұрын
Very interesting. Having grown up in the south of the USA I had lots of solar opportunities. Now I live in Lake Effect Snow area near Lake Michigan. During the winter if we see the sun three days a month it's a good year. The panels would be covered with 3 to 6 inches of snow and ice. Because of Oak trees wind power is intermittent. Are there any other methods available?
@MalWolf01
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, its called natural gas, coal, hydro and nuclear.
@phototristan
4 жыл бұрын
Wow seems very complicated
@dumyjobby
5 жыл бұрын
Not everything is so pink. Germany is energy poor, the cost of electricity for those who can't afford such fancy houses is very high because the government is subsidizing renuables.
@boysrback5690
5 жыл бұрын
The death nail is Solar. Sounds great and all. Look at Cali right know green as you can get. Are strugling with solar no out put when power is down. No batteries to store made energy. Give back to PG&E give your self plenty of options.
@noviceprepper5397
7 жыл бұрын
brilliant Germans. thanks for sharing
@toadamine
4 жыл бұрын
How does a boiler system like that compare to say a propane furnace/water heater in cost to run for the same amount of heat?
@ehhhsteve8582
2 жыл бұрын
Here in Baltimore in a 90 y/o row home. We need to replace our water heater and plan on an indirect heater hooked to an oil fired boiler. When we do a bathroom remodel, would it make sense to install solar for our shower hot water?
@franciscolopez4551
7 жыл бұрын
That looks expensive!
@abaranihei2608
4 жыл бұрын
Quality and Efficiency are not Cheap.
@noobgamer-qb3gq
4 жыл бұрын
It is expensive.
@robertjackson4121
5 жыл бұрын
You did not do an appraisal of capital cost operation cost and fair market cost upon sale of the system. What is cost of over 25 years for fuel and maintenance
@wthomas5697
Жыл бұрын
How'd they get that huge storage tank in a 120 year old building?
@joserock3754
3 жыл бұрын
One more year 👍
@adamhaynes9771
4 жыл бұрын
Germany's cost of electricity has gone through the roof since they eliminated nuclear power plants
@VasilyKiryanov
4 жыл бұрын
That's probably a good thing. Consumer must be aware of what he's paying for.
@KB4QAA
3 жыл бұрын
@@VasilyKiryanov Consumer loses money which otherwise would go into savings, retirement, investment, or deprives family of needed/desired things. What a wonderful way to live. Government knows best how you should spend money.
@delboy7039
3 жыл бұрын
@@KB4QAA Government knows best how to save the planet, will provide you with a decent minimum wage, good healthcare and a good pension when you retire, or 'do it yourself'. I know which I'd choose...!
@robertlaw4073
3 жыл бұрын
@@delboy7039 Government cannot be trusted. It all sounds good on paper, but the moral hazard is to great, and eventually the back-room deals, kick-backs, and decisions based on cronyism take hold and lead to so much waste that the system collapses or degenerates into essentially martial law. We are not so far away from that, only we economic intimidation (super easy to seize all your money in the digital era, with barely a formality to show cause first - burden of proof falls on you) and the fact that there is no functional justice system to indimidate the masses without the need of putting storm-troopers on the street corners with weapons.
@delboy7039
3 жыл бұрын
@@robertlaw4073 That might be an American problem, 'In the Land of the Free' but the rest of the world works quite well...! Like Free Healthcare for all etc..!!
@gaiex
3 жыл бұрын
Interesting... What kind of Viessmann boiler is that on the end of the video? I cannot find boilers that produce electricity on viessmann website
@Dunkelheit667
7 жыл бұрын
As a German... Here you see houses for the rich people (e.g. working for the government). John Doe on the other hand is suffering from absurdly high energy prices (used to subsidize solar- and wind). Btw. as more and more nuclear power plants are shut down, more and more lignite-fired power plants increase production... This video is misleading at least.
@garybiggs9010
6 жыл бұрын
Middle and upper class America could afford to go green more. They just don't want to do it or don't want the upkeep on the systems. Most Americans eat out rather than cook their own food! And if they cook, it's usually processed, microwave garbage. I see 2-3 story massive homes being built that have to be heated and cooled. For that kind of money, I'd go underground.
@Dunkelheit667
6 жыл бұрын
+Joe jay Well, if your family in Frankfurt has solar, pallet heating, heat power coupling or the latest shiny product from this industry - a heat pump, they are most likely upper class. I don't know anyone with at least one of the mentioned investments and consider most of the people I know as middle class (at least they have regular jobs). Fun fact: I know a couple of well paid persons heating their houses with timber from the woods just to get heating costs down...
@ferkeap
6 жыл бұрын
Indeed, germany has increased there pollution by shutting down, the most save and clean energy production and will have to pay €62B.- if i am correct for the process. but needs to become even more friendly with the Russian gas and lignite pollution. And paying consumers at some points to use energy as it peaks.
@Notrocketscience101
6 жыл бұрын
and just how is the fossil fuel industry "keeping people ignorant"? Did they buy the internet? It really drives me crazy when authoritarian socialists allways thing they know what's best for people and if those people disagree with you, THEY must be the ones that are wrong because you are to brilliant in your conclusions.
@unclephil4112
6 жыл бұрын
Joe jay A fire pit IS renewable energy. Solar panels are not renewable, unless you have a method of growing minerals you'd like to share with the class.
@grabir01
4 жыл бұрын
I lived in Germany for years. In 3 years, I remember 2-3 weeks of sunshine.
@Gallus-gallus
4 жыл бұрын
That's when we harvest hot water for the winter.
@integr8er66
5 жыл бұрын
I just got back from Germany, and the house I was in it had none of this stuff. Yes it was hot water heat, but just one boiler for heat and water, hot water heat sucks, you have a radiator in every room, ugly and in the way
@mbogucki1
5 жыл бұрын
How old was the house?
@integr8er66
5 жыл бұрын
@@mbogucki1 I don't know, it was a rental house, but the electrical seemed pretty modern, a fair amount was surface run what looked like SO cord open around corners but in a plastic conduit on straight runs, and what looked like IEC style switches with integral plastic housing, and the service entrance was much different. This particular house did not have solar but many many of them did. The doors were also interesting, they all had a step around the perimeter so the "sealing" edge was a zig zag, I wondered if they all develop film or what :) also they could learn a lot from us about toilet design, they were horrible, every toilet I saw, even in hotels had a cleaning brush next to it, and there was a good reason :)
@ironmantooltime
6 жыл бұрын
Great video! 👍👍👍 omg i want that mechanical room, or call it a plant room 😎
@SteffenReichel
8 жыл бұрын
Sorry guys, you were in Frankfurt, Frankfurt is in hassia, but never was ruled by any hassian landlord - it was allways a town of free trade, and had it's own town laws and rules. In hassia they wore no "Lederhose" - this is a bavarian thing, espacially south bavarian. So if you think a "Lederhose" would be a proper dress for Frankfurt, you would look like wearing a batman costume at the white house reception. Also in Frankfurt you do not have "Biergarten" or "beer garden" - because in the past most drink beer, but Frankfurt is espeically famous for their cider. So these were "cidergardens" - that's why all those trees missing and usually you would not sit in the open, you would sit in the backyard of the pub and enjoying a fresh cider pure, or only mixed with a good dash of sparkling water.
@Vigandun
8 жыл бұрын
The English word for Hessen is "Hesse", and hessisch is "Hessian".
@matthewisthebest
6 жыл бұрын
Well, Actually....
@CurtisDensmore1
6 жыл бұрын
And what did you think of the brief snippet at the end about renewable energy?
@bernardfinucane2061
6 жыл бұрын
Hessia, I think.
@spymaine89
6 жыл бұрын
not history....... energy building. stay w/ point
@pcno2832
7 жыл бұрын
6:45 I like CHP in principle, but who wants to own and have to maintain a generator? I think utilities should offer these things, pay for the fuel, run them 24/7 and keep the electricity (some of which the customer could buy back), then sell the "waste heat" (or what usually ends up being waste heat from large power stations) back to the customer as cheap heating. It would be a win-win for all involved; the utility gets a free generation site and gets to save money on transmission costs; the customer gets cheap heat and free equipment use.
@AlexS-oj8qf
7 жыл бұрын
We have this school build by Germans back in 1960's with turrets and antique stucco pattern. It's such a handsome building and the inside of the building is drastically colder than the outside. No air conditioning required in our sunny and humid city :)
@mrgallbladder
4 жыл бұрын
The only thing Germany can teach us about home energy is how to have more government regulations and mandates. There's nothing innovative about pallet heaters, that's literally going backwards as far as technology goes. Now if they excelled in nuclear power, then we'd have something to learn from them.
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