Suggested preparation: Introductory energy systems knowledge is helpful.
Optional preparation: Free MIT Course: Energy Technology for Sustainable Development.
About this course
Understand how buildings can share ground-source heating and cooling infrastructure. The sessions discuss geothermal networks, heat pumps, implementation experience and the social questions surrounding thermal-energy transitions.
Topics and lesson examples
- Session 1-3: Health Impacts of Methane ("Natural") Gas Systems
- Session 2-3: How GENs Arose out of Moms Organizing to Protect Their Children's Future
- Session 3-3: The (Geo) Thermal Energy Networks: U.S. Policy Landscape
- Session 6-2: Emerging Code & Standards for Ambient Temperature Loops
- 8-4: Intro to the MIT Thermal Energy Networks Plan for Rapid, Cost-Effective Campus Decarbonization
Course at a glance
| Provider | MIT |
|---|---|
| Platform | YouTube · MIT OpenCourseWare |
| Access | Free Video |
| Level | Intermediate — WikiFree study-level assessment |
| Language | English |
| Available lessons | 26 |
| Video duration | 6h 7m · self-paced |
| Details checked | 10 October 2026 |
Preparation and study approach
Suggested preparation: Introductory energy systems knowledge is helpful.
Follow the available videos in sequence, pausing to summarize the main argument or reconstruct a worked example. Keep a short list of assumptions, unfamiliar terms and questions to revisit. Additional reading, problem solving and practice will take time beyond the listed video duration.
Using this video classroom
Select a lesson from the list, or search for a topic. Previous and Next move through the sequence. You can mark lessons complete; progress is stored in this browser without a WikiFree account.
Free access and course scope
The public MIT OpenCourseWare videos in this classroom are free to watch. This listing provides the available playlist recordings, which may include selected lectures, recitations, demonstrations or supporting discussions rather than every component of the original campus course. Textbooks, equipment, software licenses, supervised labs, graded assignments and instructor feedback are not supplied by WikiFree. No purchase is required to watch the videos or use the note-based study approach above.
WikiFree independently organizes these resources for self-paced study. Watching does not award an MIT certificate, academic credit or admission to MIT.
Video provider and credit: MIT OpenCourseWare on YouTube. WikiFree titles, descriptions and cover artwork are independently prepared.
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Compare course focus, level and study time
| Course | Level | Focus | Study time |
|---|---|---|---|
| This course — Free MIT Course: Geothermal Heating and Energy Networks | Intermediate | Session 1-3: Health Impacts of Methane ("Natural") Gas Systems · Session 2-3: How GENs Arose out of Moms Organizing to Protect Their Children's Future · Session 3-3: The (Geo) Thermal Energy Networks: U.S. Policy Landscape | 6h 7m of video; practice time is additional |
| Free MIT Course: Solar and Thermal Energy Conversion | Professional | MIT Course: Solar and Thermal Energy Conversion | 12h 29m of video; practice time is additional |
| Free MIT Course: Energy Technology for Sustainable Development | Beginner | 1. Introduction to Energy · 3. Lighting; Trip Introduction · Lab 4: Wiring Solar Panels, Part II: Activities | 16h 19m of video; practice time is additional |
Provider: MIT. Videos play from the MIT OpenCourseWare channel on YouTube.
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