Marianne Heaslip

It seems the thing that I thought would happen has happened in exactly the way I thought it would happen.

Anyone denied a council service can do a FOI to see if the AI summary misrepresented them and then, if it did, sue for being subjected to discrimination.

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Oil and gas in net zero transitions – The Oil and Gas Industry in Net Zero Transitions – Analysis - IEA The Oil and Gas Industry in Net Zero Transitions - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.

The carbon in proposed oil and gas fields (such as Jackdaw and Rosebank) should stay and needs to stay underground. Indeed, the International Energy Agency says "In the NZE Scenario, falling demand means that no new long lead time conventional oil and gas projects are approved for development"

“The ‘grown women’ of Ireland remember very well what erasure and control and lack of bodily autonomy feel like and it’s for this very reason that we stand so passionately with the trans community today”

#TransRightsAreHumanRights @independent.ie

People prefer trains to planes. 👇🏼

The trick is you actually have to build them instead of dicking around for decades then pulling the plug to focus on road building and airport expansions.

Graph of (monthly) electricity consumption and PV generation data for my house. Includes break-down of consumption into hot water, space heating and EV charging.

Here is 6yrs worth of electricity consumption and PV generation data for our household.

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Ah right! I try to never assume on this app especially!

RetroFirst – A campaign by The Architects' Journal A campaign to promote retrofit and reuse in the built environment.

UK context but this might be of interest: www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/retrofi...

Not intending to be rude. Apologies.
This just happens to be a subject i know a fair amount about and there are live debates on right now, esp on climate.
For me a lot of the usefulness of these apps is as a place to share info and understanding - I get a lot from it, and share what I can back.

Yeah, it's deffo not straightforward - depends on the state of the existing building and its context. But as a general rule decent designers and contractors can solve those problems - and reuse being preferred is necessary if we're going to stand a hope in hell of not maxing out carbon budgets.

Access to daylight is generally the biggest problem in conversions of deep floorplan commercial building conversions.

It might cost more in some cases to refurb rather than rebuild - but that's mostly down to it being fiddly, so there is more thinking and labour involved (especially doing it properly) and stupid tax rules (VAT in the UK).
But it uses fewer materials - so generally much better environmentally.

Commercial buildings are usually designed for higher structural loads than domestic - so would mostly be fine.

There is also the upfront carbon issue - most of the carbon emissions from building are in the superstructure - so reusing that is almost always better than building new.

Householders with heat pumps more satisfied than those with gas boilers – study — ITV News Homeowners with heat pumps are more satisfied with their home heating system than those with gas boilers or any other technology, research suggests.

You wouldn’t think so from many news outlets but a recent study of 3k householders with heat pumps indicate they are more satisfied than those with gas boilers

94% satisfied or extremely satisfied v 85% for gas.

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Have been trying - as someone old enough to have just had the single measles shot rather than MMR and living with somone who works in a school.

But it means getting through my GPs online appointment form.....

Effects of uncoordinated electrification on energy burdens for natural gas customers - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Effects of uncoordinated electrification on energy burdens for natural gas customers

Interesting new paper from @energymorgan.bsky.social et al. "Households that dont electrify may bear a 46% increase in gas bills on average over the next 15 years (relative to current costs). Targeted electrification may help to alleviate energy burdens." #enegrySky www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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The Regs: Building control is broken – here’s how you can help fix it The Regs: Building control is broken – here’s how you can help fix it

Every architecture practice should respond to the government’s consultation on building safety regulation, says Geoff Wilkinson

Sorry if you've already seen this but here's the statement from the Allotment Society. As suspected the Telegraph story is b*llocks.

Thank you very much for responding. If you could please send your details as per the advert - one of my other colleagues is leading on this.

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Quite a lot of people in mid-life also either work in or near public services and are responsible and stressed trying to make them work (using goodwill and bits of string).

e.g. I regularly use local authority planning and building control. I would happily pay higher taxes to make them better.

Yeah, I seriously debated about jibbing it because many of the 'thought leader' type posts make my skin itch.

But for heat pump nerdery and properly gory building surveyor updates it is still better than here.

I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts.

The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.

Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.

The first time I experienced anti-Irish sentiment in a work setting was from someone with a good education and upper middle class background who self-described as a 'progressive'.

There were always NF meatheads back home - but they're not the only bigots. This stuff goes right through society.

The Good Building Book The Good Building Book reimagines design and construction for optimal performance and value while minimising environmental impacts.Accessible yet thorough, this…

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Drunk girl yelling at nonplussed guy meme

the reason we don’t have discourse about a crisis of femininity is that any attempt to construct one would collapse under the absurdity of its outmoded gender essentialism, suggesting that masculinity is not so much in crisis as the uncritical belief that masculinity even exists is itself the crisis

Roger Casement: “A nation is a very complex thing. It never does consist; it never has consisted solely of men of one blood or one single race – it is like a river, rising in the hills with many sources, many converging streams, that become one great stream.” (1905)

Turns out the 20mph limit was great idea! Two years on from the controversial policy, it's becoming increasingly clear that the doubters were wrong

Great piece on the Welsh government’s 20mph policy by @willhaycardiff.bsky.social

“What is great about evidence based policy is that it has a wonderful habit of working”

Inspiration for England as DfT work on the promised road safety strategy.