DIY test of thermal insulation of an alternative building material

Construction wood prices are rising dramatically spring 2021 and there are supply problems. But wood prices for other applications, such as this material, are falling slightly.

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If you plan for total mass production, you need to factor in the availability and price trends of all materials as demand increases, right from the start.

00:00 Start
00:34 Maximum targets Germany 2040 and worldwide 2050
03:21 Development of timber prices
03:59 Only suitable as firewood or for the paper industry
04:32 Pellet Price Development
05:01 A 250 year old house
05:51 Thermal insulation from a 1/2 meter brick
07:31 A Viennese municipal building from the 60s
08:16 DIY measurement of thermal insulation experimental setup
10:00 DIY measurement of thermal insulation implementation experimental setup
11:12 Filling hot water as thermal inertia
13:20 Calculating surface temperature using Ubakus.com
15:25 Measurement of temperature decrease
16:11 Conventional wall construction
18:02 Wall construction with new building material
20:23 End

Music: Andy Mangele

Historical development and current statements

This subdomain GEMINIs.pege.org and the subdomain Invests.pege.org shows the historical development of the project. GEMINI-next-Generation.house shows current statements of GEMINI next Generation AG.

GEMINI next Generation - energy + food + living comfort
	What can housing cost? Where can you build? How much Energy should a house produce? How much building material is needed? GEMINI n.G. is looking for completely new answers to these questions.

Prehistory of the GEMINI next Generation project
	It started in autumn 1991 with the GEMINI habitable solar power plant, 2011 with the initiative Solar Building Land and 2018 with GEMINI 66 - we build our house ourselves.

Where can and should GEMINI next Generation be built?
	Using existing land better and building where conventional houses cannot or are not allowed is an important objective of the GEMINI next Generation project.

How much energy should a house generate?
	As much as possible! Because we need to get out of oil, coal, biofuel, natural gas and uranium. Our houses should contribute as much as possible.

Project GEMINI next Generation 2019
	Security, Production hall near Bleiburg, Study Jordan, Flyer for lectures 2020, Cyclist vs commuter, Press release December,

Project GEMINI next Generation 2020
	ORF Salzburg, Lecture, , No. thanks!, Food, Electricity Distribution 2.0, RE unleashed, From the factory,

Project GEMINI next Generation 2021
	, Rethinking cities, , Rethinking energy transition, Summer/Winter, Energy Social Food transition, , 100% solar?, Ventilation system, Heat pump, Disruption, Optic,

Project GEMINI next Generation 2022
	Housing counseling, Cheaper than rental apartment, Salzburg Heute, , Off-Grid Augsburg,

The heat pumps have arrived
	On December 16, 2020 paid, on January 27 the ship arrived in the Slovenian port of Koper. On February 19, the 3 heat pumps could be picked up at a forwarding agency near Salzburg.

Rethinking cities
	The Green parliamentary group in the German Bundestag is hosting the online conference “Rethinking Cities” on March 19, 2021. We are participating in the virtual exhibition.

The LiFePo4 batteries have arrived
	Ordered in mid-December, arrived on March 19. Low costs for electricity storage are a decisive factor for a real energy transition.

Summer / winter balancing of solar power — seasonal storage
	Different approaches to summer/winter balancing compared. Seven different locations, from Oslo to Cairo, are examined for seasonal balancing.

Energy change — Food change — Social change
	Everyone is only talking about the energy transition for climate protection, but we also need a change in food production and in the social sphere. A solution for all 3 changes.

Ventilation system with heat and moisture recovery
	On May 13, the last of the ordered units is ready for pickup at a forwarding company. The trip was nearly for nothing, because the device only barely fit through the tailgate.

Rethinking the energy transition: The price lie
	The demand for “more money for climate protection” is based on the price lie. But we need more motivation, credit and opportunity for a real effective energy transition.

Would Germany be possible with 100% solar electricity?
	The expansion of wind energy is faltering. Is wind energy really indispensable for the energy transition or would it even work with exclusively 100% solar power?

Ventilation systems with heat and moisture recovery
	Extremely economical and quiet, yet large power reserves to have the best indoor air quality even at a large party. Is of course part of the basic equipment.

More efficiency in heating, cooling and hot water by 3 new patents
	How can you achieve a higher COP with an air-source heat pump than with a ground-source heat pump, and how can you drastically reduce the amount of electricity needed to heat water?

Disruption at houses
	The market for homes is in as horrifying a state as the electric car market was in 2003: in the year Tesla was founded, the Peugeot 106 was a top electric car.

A visual misunderstanding,
	or how a house shrank to 2/3 of its size. Because of this visual misunderstanding, the video “Disruption in Houses” was published again with improved graphics.