The #LomaPrieta earthquake was stronger and shallower than the Morocco earthquake and the #Morocco quake is seeing hundreds of times more death.

A fair bit of our local sales tax in the #SFBayArea goes to #infrastructure #retrofitting for #quake #safety and I don't want to hear a single peep of complaint about that. It really matters.

I don't blame Morocco one bit, they aren't especially wealthy and earthquakes like this are rare there. But I think the illustration is relevant.

#solar power is a growing industry and taking big bucks away from the #coal based #electric industry. But it still depends on the existing #electricGrid and financed by private loans. It initially doubles your electric bill for a year from what I understand. In fact, calculating its financing is so complicated at the start that you need serious thinking. This puts off many people off. It should be simplified and part of a general #climate change #retrofitting policy.

RT @FuelPovEvidence
For @AimeeAmbrose at @sheffhallamuni the target of #insulating 300k properties is drop in ocean when 27mil properties need #retrofitting. Households will be living with the misery of unaffordable #heating costs & thermal #discomfort (1/2) https://twitter.com/FuelPovEvidence/status/1641442485108088835

For @AimeeAmbrose at @sheffhallamuni the target of #insulating 300k properties is drop in ocean when 27mil properties need #retrofitting. Households will be living with the misery of unaffordable #heating costs & thermal #discomfort (1/2)
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RT @FuelPovEvidence
We find the #PoweringUpBritain strategy is a missed opportunity to combine #emissionsreduction with eradication of #fuelpoverty. The report largely rebrands existing plans …
https://twitter.com/FuelPovEvidence/status/1641442485108088835

"Retrofitting the UK’s historic buildings, from Georgian townhouses to the mills and factories that kickstarted the Industrial Revolution, could generate £35bn of economic output a year, create new jobs and help the government achieve its climate goals, according to a new report jointly authored by the National Trust, the housing trust Peabody, Historic England, the crown estate and Grosvenor"

#EmbodiedCarbon #Retrofitting #Building #Housing #ClimateEmergency

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/mar/11/old-walls-new-life-britains-builders-embrace-the-retrofit-revolution

👋Meet the people behind SIRENE project!

We are SHINE 2Europe, AFEdemy, European Connected Health Alliance, F6S, FABER - Fabbrica Europa (ISRAA) and Tecnalia!

🔗Joining forces to connect experts and ecosystems in 27 EU countries, co-create a workable social innovation framework for promoting large-scale #investment in #building , #retrofitting and #adaptation of the #housingmarket.

Stay tuned!

#sireneproject #horizoneu #smartaging #ict #housing

#EnergySavings achieved by insulating #UK #homes appear to be cancelled out within a few years by an increase in energy use, according to a study by the #UniversityOfCambridge.

The study, which analysed the #gas-use patterns of more than 55,000 homes across #England and #Wales, found that the fall in gas consumption achieved by #retrofitting #WallInsulation was voided within four years.

https://www.dezeen.com/2023/01/20/home-insulation-study-cambridge-university/ #Sustainability via #dezeen

Daily #learning started by looking at whether upgrading double glazing to triple glazing is a good idea.

Quickly disappeared into thermal conductivity and U-values, #passivhaus, #EnerPHit, #insulation #retrofitting

https://paul.fawkesley.com/learning/

Cut #VAT to encourage retrofit of historic buildings, says UK parliamentary report which calls for a cut in VAT when #retrofitting historic buildings and a presumption against #demolition in the #planning process. #RetroFirst #climate #embodiedenergy.
https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/cut-vat-to-encourage-retrofit-of-historic-buildings-says-parliamentary-report

Hey, here's an open question: do you ever think of things you would have to do to live in a #CarbonNeutral dwelling? Would you try retrofitting where you currently live, or try and move to a place that already is carbon neutral?

Examples of #retrofitting would be exchanging windows, adding extra insulation, installing a clean electricity source, exchanging appliances, and so on.

A place that's already carbon neutral could be a freshly built house/apartment building that uses the right materials, an #earthship something else.

Now after a lot of planning - the property is #CarbonNegative. My dad is actively sharing the story with others in the community. I asked him how much time and effort this took. Probably years. This is costly. Not everybody has the knowledge so its vital to share and benefit.

The local press has covered the story

https://www.swp.de/lokales/ulm/weg-vom-oel-in-ulm-wie-vater-und-sohn-aus-lehr-die-energiewende-voranbringen-67913201.html

You can follow my research on the UK #Retrofitting #EnergyTransition #EnergyCrisis here:

http://www.trfetzer.com/energy-crisis-research/

#Retrofitting and #Building upgrades are the easiest way to align three societal objectives: it can help people save money, it can help safe the environment and its a nice way of "not giving it to #Putin".

I want to share the story of my amazing dad, who has spent the past 20 years optimizing my family home to become #CarbonNegative.

He is an #engineer, so this comes much more natural to him as me being an #economist, but I think this story is an #inspiration to others.

So lets get on...

@aarnegranlund it sounds like Finland is more conducive to #climatepolicies that work hand in hand with #housing than many other countries. In the UK, housing accounts for more than 1/4 of #carbonemissions. That’s the result of a policy of doing nothing about #insulation or #retrofitting.
Likewise my first post’s point is that the #aviation sector is so #subsided that it undermines the #rail sector. Another policy decisions.

Today I was part of the team launching the #Norwich for Warm Homes campaign at St Mary Magdalene Church Hall, Silver Rd. We were thrilled by the turn out! Lots of ideas from all age groups about how we overcome the barriers to #retrofitting our city and put an end to the misery of #FuelPoverty . #UnitedForWarmHomes
#EnergyCrisis
#CostOfLivingCrisis

For folks with gas hot water heaters this "plug-in hybrid" (#heatpump water heater) does look promising. More soon as I build out my #retrofitting #sustainwhat series. We've upgraded insulation & added heat pumps in our new old home in Maine. Water next. https://revkin.substack.com/?sort=search&search=retrofitting%20energy%20heat%20maine
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RT @ChrisDudley85
@energysmartwv @revkin Interesting news on making things easy:
https://cle…
https://twitter.com/ChrisDudley85/status/1598312596309958656

'Started badly, tailed off in the middle, ended disastrously.'
Edmund Blackadder.

He could've been talking about Thamesmead. Very sad story here, as is the case with many 60's London estates:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/nov/30/cockney-riviera-botched-regeneration-brutalist-utopia-thamesmead

And there seems to be no real effort to consider #retrofitting and leaving the embodied carbon where it is.

#brutalism #Architecture #planning #London

RT @Miatsf: We need a national #retrofitting drive!

As well as making our homes warmer, insulating the UK's leaky housing stock would bring down our energy bills and carbon emissions.

It's a true win-win: there's no reason to delay, or to be drilling for more deadly #fossilfuels instead.

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/CarolineLucas/status/1592463654502662144

Proteste gegen Abriss in London. Bauen im Bestand wird aus Klimaschutzgründen immer bedeutender. #climatecity #retrofitting https://time.com/6205376/green-architecture-europe-retrofitting-buildings/

📢SUMMER READING🌴🏖️😎

👀@HorizonMagEU article on the @cinea_EU #EU funded #H2020Energy #EnergyEfficiency @eSAFEbuildings #RenoBooster #retrofitting projects helping making housing more energy efficient & Europe carbon neutral!

https://ec.europa.eu/research-and-innovation/en/horizon-magazine/banish-retrofit-blues-one-stop-shop-and-better-living?pk_campaign=energy&pk_source=twitter&pk_medium=social
@Stadt_Wien @unict_it

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/cleanenergy_eu/status/1564912126430363648

RT @EPAH_EU: The REELIH project run by @HabitatEMEA develops an investment market for #retrofitting to improve the health and quality of life of low-income homeowners living in multi-apartment buildings in Central & Eastern Europe. More in the #EPAH report➡️https://energy-poverty.ec.europa.eu/discover/practices-and-policies-toolkit/publications/epah-report-tackling-energy-poverty-through-local-actions-inspiring-cases-across-europe…

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/Energy4Europe/status/1530091243321032704