geographile · @geographile
100 followers · 3831 posts · Server sfba.social

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

A fair bit of our local sales tax in the goes to for 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.

#lomaprieta #morocco #sfbayarea #infrastructure #retrofitting #quake #safety

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Murat Cem Mengüç · @mcmenguc
201 followers · 1367 posts · Server mstdn.social

power is a growing industry and taking big bucks away from the based industry. But it still depends on the existing 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 change policy.

#retrofitting #Climate #electricGrid #Electric #coal #solar

Last updated 1 year ago

Lucie Middlemiss · @luciemiddlemiss
218 followers · 156 posts · Server sciences.social

RT @FuelPovEvidence
For @AimeeAmbrose at @sheffhallamuni the target of 300k properties is drop in ocean when 27mil properties need . Households will be living with the misery of unaffordable costs & thermal (1/2) twitter.com/FuelPovEvidence/st

#insulating #retrofitting #heating #discomfort

Last updated 2 years ago

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

#insulating #retrofitting #heating #discomfort #poweringupbritain #emissionsreduction #fuelpoverty

Last updated 2 years ago

JuneSim63 💚 · @junesim63
712 followers · 3764 posts · Server mstdn.social

"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"

theguardian.com/business/2023/

#ClimateEmergency #housing #building #retrofitting #embodiedcarbon

Last updated 2 years ago

SIRENE · @sirene
1 followers · 2 posts · Server mastodon.social

👋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 in , and of the .

Stay tuned!

#investment #building #retrofitting #adaptation #housingmarket #sireneproject #horizoneu #smartaging #ict #housing

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Itamar Medeiros · @designative
393 followers · 2202 posts · Server mastodon.social

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

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

dezeen.com/2023/01/20/home-ins via

#energysavings #uk #homes #universityofcambridge #gas #england #wales #retrofitting #wallinsulation #sustainability #dezeen

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Paul Fawkesley · @paul
112 followers · 194 posts · Server mastodon.me.uk

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

Quickly disappeared into thermal conductivity and U-values, , ,

paul.fawkesley.com/learning/

#learning #Passivhaus #enerphit #insulation #retrofitting

Last updated 2 years ago

Walter Menteth · @WalterMenteth
219 followers · 302 posts · Server mas.to

Cut to encourage retrofit of historic buildings, says UK parliamentary report which calls for a cut in VAT when historic buildings and a presumption against in the process. .
architectsjournal.co.uk/news/c

#embodiedenergy #climate #RetroFirst #planning #demolition #retrofitting #vat

Last updated 2 years ago

Marta Paciorkowska · @pyrite
148 followers · 66 posts · Server climatejustice.social

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

Examples of 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 something else.

#CarbonNeutral #retrofitting #earthship

Last updated 2 years ago

Thiemo Fetzer · @fetzert
1828 followers · 1054 posts · Server econtwitter.net

Now after a lot of planning - the property is . 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

swp.de/lokales/ulm/weg-vom-oel

You can follow my research on the UK here:

trfetzer.com/energy-crisis-res

#carbonnegative #retrofitting #energytransition #energycrisis

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Thiemo Fetzer · @fetzert
1825 followers · 1048 posts · Server econtwitter.net

and 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 ".

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

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

So lets get on...

#retrofitting #building #putin #carbonnegative #engineer #Economist #inspiration

Last updated 2 years ago

· @sheislaurence
115 followers · 334 posts · Server mastodon.green

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

#climatepolicies #housing #carbonemissions #insulation #retrofitting #aviation #subsided #rail

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Juggling With Eggs · @JugglingWithEggs
421 followers · 624 posts · Server mstdn.social

Today I was part of the team launching the 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 our city and put an end to the misery of .

#Costoflivingcrisis #energycrisis #unitedforwarmhomes #fuelpoverty #retrofitting #norwich

Last updated 2 years ago

Andy @Revkin · @revkin
1060 followers · 214 posts · Server mastodon.green

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

#heatpump #retrofitting #sustainwhat

Last updated 2 years ago

Tom Jameson · @alembic
79 followers · 289 posts · Server artisan.chat

'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:

theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/n

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

#retrofitting #brutalism #architecture #planning #london

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Caroline Lucas · @CarolineLucas
5250 followers · 1575 posts · Server respublicae.eu

RT @Miatsf: We need a national 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 instead.

🐦🔗: nitter.eu/CarolineLucas/status

#retrofitting #FossilFuels

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Torsten Meise · @climatecity
9 followers · 16 posts · Server mastodon.green

Proteste gegen Abriss in London. Bauen im Bestand wird aus Klimaschutzgründen immer bedeutender. time.com/6205376/green-archite

#retrofitting #climatecity

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Energy4Europe 🇪🇺 · @Energy4Europe
262 followers · 1077 posts · Server respublicae.eu

RT @EPAH_EU: The REELIH project run by @HabitatEMEA develops an investment market for to improve the health and quality of life of low-income homeowners living in multi-apartment buildings in Central & Eastern Europe. More in the report➡️energy-poverty.ec.europa.eu/di

🐦🔗: nitter.eu/Energy4Europe/status

#retrofitting #EPAH

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