Nerd Nite Edmonton

(Not related to sovereign citizens)

Miss me with the SSI and hit me with the SSRIs amirite? No? Ok

"not the first time I've spoken about this subject but the first time with sake ... "

Portable weather monitoring stations have to be super quick to put up and take down when they're used to monitor fires, in case the fire shifts and you gotta book

2023 had 2.2 million hectares burn between March and October.

Does anyone remember 2023?

Uh, it's hazy ...

First official weather station in the high Arctic is one of the longest running scientific experiments in the world!

The brewmaster's senses must transcend the data.

"no one's gonna die, you won't go blind, at the worst you get a really gross batch no one's gonna drink"

An infinite number of ways to make sake? What?!

Political will needs to be there to effect meaningful change. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Hopefully the new federal govt will re-invest in the Greener Homes Grant.

Oh and the industry is basically irregulated so definitely check through @solaralberta.ca before hiring just anyone to do your install.

Solar panels are warrantied for 25 years but may last up to 40. They can be paid off in 7-15 years (a lot of things to consider in how long it takes!)

Although it's possible to use solar and go off-grid, this almost never happens in AB. The grid works as a backup and you can earn credits for excess power that you sell back to the grid.

BC and SK each have roughly a third of the solar generation capacity that AB does.

Graaaaaaphs

Of course our government is actively trying to prevent renewable power development in this province.

Can't stop the sun though.

Between 2010 and 2020 the cost of solar decreased 90%.

We got a lot of sun here. Like A LOT.

The solar industry is growing here.

Private solar developers can sell power directly to consumers here. Neat.

Solar in Alberta is different than it is elsewhere... Can't wait to hear how!

@heathermacken.bsky.social let's goooo

Anyway we gotta make people care. Hence,

Anyway what's the point?

In #yeg there were two main approaches to heritage buildings.

One was jingoism (lintels and cornices oh my) and policy wonk speak.

The other was losing the thread and hyping up the architect (classic nerd move)

See @ Dan.unsupervised on Instagram to learn more and see the brackets!

This year was public architecture. This year, the Peter Hemingway leisure centre (1967) won.

2024 has residential buildings. The Cardinal house in Capilano won.

First winner: QE2 observatory

Then they did destroyed buildings (where most of our heritage buildings end up) and the old downtown library won.