RetrofitRuss

Great news indeed. But honestly, how did it get this far without being noticed?!

Warm and Safe Homes Summit slide deck 01.04.25 | Russell Smith Placing a Social Housing conference on the first day of the financial year was a bold step, but proved inspired yesterday. Inside Housing's #retrofit focused Warm and Safe Homes Summit gathered an...

It was a very productive day. Here is my write up: www.linkedin.com/posts/russel...

Looking forward to the @insidehousing.bsky.social #warmhomessummit tomorrow - unveiling our new brand in person, seeing how we can help #ukhousing with #warmhomes and more with our new SaaS: Asset Manager Workspace, and hearing from @retrofitruss.bsky.social on managing #repairs alongside #retrofit

The first people in the UK who owned a heat pump?

The Telegraph hasn’t got its facts right once again.

The first heat pump in the UK was installed in Norwich in 1945 by John Sumner.

finn-geotherm.co.uk/the-history-...

For #retrofit followers, of me & @retrofitruss.bsky.social after #ParityProjects acquisition last year we’re now rebranding as @cotalityuk.bsky.social. The work, and urgency, continues. First outing under new brand is the @insidehousing.bsky.social #warmhomessummit next week. See you there?

‘An internet stranger helped solve my heat pump puzzle’ Gadgets can monitor heat pumps and reveal their workings

Great new piece on heat pump monitoring and optimisation from @chrisbaraniuk.com
open.substack.com/pub/thereeng...

Cameo from heat pump Bsky aficionado @acjsissons.bsky.social

Good news for you though; client in Bromley with mid-terraced property, grey render over previously lovely brick - doesn't need planning permission for EWI because of it. New planning hack?

This is a fantastic angle, Jan. I'm still find myself struggling with the 'prosumer' term though...

Agreed. The mini-cabins are a great idea.

Here's one example I authored (short read) .......https://www.constructionleadershipcouncil.co.uk/news/national-retrofit-strategy-v2-launches/

Fair enough! 🙂

But what did the world think in 1961 when this came out?

And is the concept car so wacky? What do you think people thought of the E-type when it came out at the Geneva Motor fair on March 15, 1961 ??
This approach actually feels like a tried and tested path for Jaguar!

Jaguar's Type 00 electric concept car divides opinion - BBC News The carmaker's new look is praised as "exciting" but others say it should "go back to the drawing board"

I'm loving the Jaguar Cars rebrand, shift to all-EV and new concept car. IMO they are doing everything we all need to move forward to a net zero society; they've stirred debate, set a standard and made it relevant. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Fantastic animation 👌

I had to read that twice
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Energy bills: The difficulty of making your home energy efficient It can be hard to find good advice on how to make homes more energy efficient.

NEW: I have been speaking to homeowners about how hard it can be to make their homes more energy efficient. There IS good advice out there - but you may not always find it easily... 🏠🤔

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Energy bills: The difficulty of making your home energy efficient It can be hard to find good advice on how to make homes more energy efficient.

Did you see us on #BBC News today? People don’t know who to turn to for advice on #retrofit, it’s deterring action. Help us get the word out - our #energyefficiency service takes homeowners from independent advice to quality assured install. We can help your customers, residents, staff, readers…

Welcome. I'm quite new too. It's rather nice.

If you look very, very closely, you may detect just the slightest hint of a trend.

Many congratulations, Becky! That's really great news.

If you ever wondered what it's like to live in a passivhaus, there's still time to book for a @passivhaustrust.bsky.social open day and visit one (or more) passivhaus buildings this weekend:

passivhaustrust.org.uk/event_detail...

#dontlookup

Looking forward to this - I’ll be there Saturday. Best bit is hearing “you’re exactly what we’ve been looking for!” from
people trying to make sense of #retrofit #energyefficiency, so do help us get the word out 🙏

If you're considering an #eco #renovation, come and see us at #everythingelectricSOUTH this weekend.
We'll be showcasing our service, and @retrofitruss.bsky.social will be talking powering up the #supplychain and engaging homeowners. See you there!
uk.everythingelectric.show/south

Stone the crows!

Did the planning application go in? Did you test the particular resistance?

Indeed. Existing rads were acceptable after the air test, but also, my more accurate u-value calcs reduced the size of the heat pump!!

Screenshot of an app with graphs

I am in discovery of holy grail territory here having found and installed the NetZero app, which reads the Agile Octopus upcoming electricity pricing and *automatically* sets my Tesla Powerwall utility rate dynamically, more accurately replacing my daily manual adjustment routine. Woop!

After years and years of media reports that coal is having a comeback in the UK the last coal plant will go offline in just 2 weeks.

Coal in the UK is no more.

Credit for graph to @ketanjoshi.co