Paul McNally

Zack for PM, anyone?

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When they announce that there will be a housing shortage until 2045, we need to acknowledge that there is in fact no housing ‘crisis’, (implying a period of intense difficulty), it is a permanent policy of shortage.

well on track for building the TortureNexus

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Picture shows the front facade of a pharmacy in Ireland, the first there to be built to the passive house standard

To 2015 and issue 10 of Passive House Plus for your long read, when work had just finished on architect Paul McNally's super low energy project: a three-storey building in Tipperary that had just become Ireland's first certified #passivehouse pharmacy.

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Italy has moved me to tears for 3 days straight. Bravo ❤️

Maybe we need to examine our neutrality in the light of the threat from our western flank?

It would be great if we were told what is going on here, as in why spinach all of a sudden is a health risk? Or did they just start testing and it was always an unknown risk?

Schools: For generations, clean air in classrooms was used to stop children catching infections

They could do it in the 1850s, there is no excuse not to in 2025 @cleanairie.bsky.social

And he is outside the wrong building, President has nothing to do with the Dail

HR Gieger approves!

Quelle surprise!

The Renewable Illusion: Why Fossil Fuels Keep Winning Global renewables hit records in 2024, but fossil fuel use still rises. Here’s why solar’s surge isn’t enough—and what the latest energy data really shows.

1. This is something I've been saying for 25 years, but it's hard to get many people to listen. What counts is not the new energy sources you add, but the old ones you retire. Unfortunately it's politically easier to build renewables than to shutter fossil fuels.🧵
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Dunfermline school officially world’s largest Passivhaus education building The Woodmill and St Columba’s RC High School in Dunfermline has officially earned the prestigious Passivhaus Classic certification, solidifying its position as the largest Passivhaus education building in the world. 

The Woodmill and St Columba’s RC High School in Dunfermline has officially earned the prestigious Passivhaus Classic certification, solidifying its position as the largest Passivhaus education building in the world. 

I will forever be haunted by this footage.

Trawling has only been filmed underwater a few times in documentary history, and never with such clarity.

What’s so heart-rending about these shots is watching how the animals don’t just get swept up — they swim for their lives.
🌎🦑🧪

Quite possibly the biggest climate story of the year (especially when we look back on this in a few years' time)

For the first time on record, China's emissions are falling due to clean energy growth, not slow power demand...

@rteradio1.bsky.social Colm O Mongain, drone chips; ‘A PackAChips Now’ more like

An important update - we are launching a planning litigation tracker today - still in beta but as far as I am aware the only (semi) reliable source of data on planning litigation in this jurisdiction

Looks like drainage/water supply which might be separate to the super structure foundation? Just guessing

Biggest insider trading market manipulation scheme in history.

They aren't even bothering to hide it.

Good read here in ⁦‪the business post‬⁩ outlining the premium that thoughtful, rigorous passive design adds to building projects ⁦

From the scale in the right it’s only a 1 degree difference from dark to orange? So maybe just normal stratification with the moderately coolest air at floor level chilling (! 1 degree) the legs relative to the seat etc?

the president of the united states stands at a podium Alt: the president of the united states stands at a podium

Please welcome PRESIDENT @barackobama.bsky.social to BlueSky,,, working in my Flaverification,,,

What % is acceptable for straw?

Architects using the magic ‘reference’ word to post-rationalise a vacuous design choice.

A graph showing percentage of building structures made from biobased materials, from 1900 to 2050

It’s like going back (in the choice of materials) to create a better future.

A simple diagram of what designers can do to achieve net zero

Source: Sustainable Building Network

If you’re a UCU member at Cardiff Uni, you should have ballot papers now or very soon: vote for strike action and action short of a strike .
Empower your negotiators to stop the redundancies.
If you’re not yet a member, join us.
#CUFightback
👇✊
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Mass timber parking garage in Germany

Only ramps and stairs are made of concrete. Floors are timber with a layer of asphalt on top

All timber elements can be reused at end of life. Floor heights are tall enough to convert floors to apartments

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Giod read in @businesspost.bsky.social on how comfortable passive homes can be even left without power for days @phplus.bsky.social

I like the articulation of the facade though, creating shade integral to the architecture and with beauty. Very skillful