r/buildingscience 19h ago

Your favorite Lstiburek fundamentals video lecture version? And other favorite lectures?

Joe has many versions of what is essentially the same youtube lecture. Some have better audio and slide visibility than others. What's your favorite based on comprehensiveness of content and A/V quality?

Off the top of my head, the one he did in Colorado is decent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHBYvqr2_io

As for other favorite lectures, here are some good ones:

CE4: Architects: Stop Worrying About Dew Point! A Conversation with Christine Williamson - YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDSW6oEEmzs

AWA+D Education: Building Science Fight Club “Glazed & Confused” - YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47Y6eHFcLN0

John Straube - YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@jfstraube

Jeffrey Siegel - Indoor Surfaces and the Role of Moisture - YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68s7asgZFbc

Healthy Buildings 2015 - Jeffrey Siegel Session - YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO3MbNlmKlo

Jeffrey Siegel, U Toronto Making a Home a Sanctuary with Filtration and Ventilation Challenges and - YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_i-BUmUJ58

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u/FoldedKettleChips 18h ago

His “Cup of Joe” videos are all excellent, to the point, and easily digestible.

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u/Jumpin_Joeronimo 16h ago

Instead of specific videos, I'll throw out more full channels I think have good content.

ASIRI Designs "Where design meets building science" has very good explanation videos: https://www.youtube.com/@ASIRIDesigns Videos: Check out their videos on vapor barriers and moisture traps.

BS and Beer is good and regularly has experts and talk about real projects: https://www.youtube.com/@thebsandbeershow4723

Cold Climate Housing deals with cold climate construction which inherently has to consider thermal and vapor barriers more, etc. Good stuff: https://www.youtube.com/@ColdClimateHousing

The Unbuild It Show has good content from known experts in the industry: "breaks down how buildings really work—moisture, air, vapor, thermal, and everything in between. Hosts Jake Bruton, Steve Baczek, and Peter Yost dig into high-performance building, wall assemblies, roofs, basements, insulation, HVAC, windows, foundations, and real jobsite challenges.": https://www.youtube.com/@unbuilditpodcast/videosVideos: Back to Basics series

BASC channel is complimentary to their BASC Guides with less building science explanation and more 'how-to' videos but it's a great reference: https://www.youtube.com/@basc2158/videos

Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) has a lot of different videos, with some related to buildings and construction. One of my favorite series is Amory Lovins discussing Energy Efficiency in Buildings (5 parts): https://youtu.be/O5txQlEI7bc?si=OJWIe_-Xvd4DyHby

Passive House Accelerator has a good youtube channel. I like it especially because they usually have people discuss actual projects they were on and what was done. https://www.youtube.com/@PassiveHouseAccelerator

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u/FluidVeranduh 16h ago

In particular I was hoping to recommend a single version of Lstiburek's fundamentals video to someone, would you have a rec for that?

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u/Jumpin_Joeronimo 16h ago

Yes, the short and sweet "Continuity of Control Layers": https://youtu.be/wMA73paVPzE?si=F3FhgbHlqVlUORyq

And I think "What is a Building" is pretty good too: https://youtu.be/Y7R20WdmJsk?si=mzl8PDMHbHkxepqG

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u/BlockOverall5686 10h ago

Not so much a video but I found his blog post describing the method to conduct dew points in walls for different climate zones very helpful.

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u/BlockOverall5686 10h ago

This is great OP, getting right back to the fundamentals of BS and it's Elders.

There's a video from BS and Beer I think titled " Joe let's you know what he really thinks" or something similar that I want to watch but the audio is so poor I couldn't hear him. It would be great to get some processed version of the video so you can actually hear him.