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jurajmikurcik.bsky.social
Passivhaus architect @ Architype. Bio-based materials. UK support for ecococon.eu straw panels. Often taking close-up photos of sheds on bike rides Living in a 100% electric passivhaus with zero energy bills, see the blog: oldholloway.wordpress.com
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A classic example of added complexity and cost, but without added value. One for @ecominimalnick.bsky.social

submitted 9 hours ago • 4 comments

Pretty much the perfect bellcurve of PV electricity generation today ☀️⚡ 💡🔌

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Amber heat alert issued across England with warning of ‘rise in deaths’

submitted 1 day ago • 9 comments

This is the right image to use for a heat wave; not one of children playing in the fountain or people frolicking on the beach.

submitted 370 days ago • 3 comments

Is the UK hot right now? YES - it's hot! Live temperature updates hour by hour, every day. istheukhotrightnow.com

submitted 1 day ago • 9 comments

A straw-insulated home does not need to shout - it simply feels right. @jurajmikurcik.bsky.social’s home holds steady at 21°C even in a heatwave. Visit a Passivhaus near you during their Open Days later this month: www.passivhaustrust.org.uk/event_detail...

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Old Holloway won't be open this month but many other projects will. Please check out @passivhaustrust.bsky.social website for details and registration 👇

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Our new report from RCP in Air Quality is out today, on #CleanAirDay. A few thoughts from my perspective on what we show www.rcp.ac.uk/policy-and-c... 1/

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Warm & sunny week ahead - time to put the shading sail up

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

And of course, the best way to lug the straw panel sample around Cambridge was by bike

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Strawbox squarepants went on a trip to Cambridge today. Had a great lunchtime CPD with Mole Architects and even managed to visit couple of their projects.

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

@woodknowledgewales.bsky.social have publised a paradigm shifting report in how we think about buildings: Welcome to a new era where we have expanded our notion of what buildings are. They are carbon assets - a place to store carbon. woodknowledge.wales/using-wood-i...

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

"In the United States, #BiCRS has the potential to exceed 800 million tonnes of CO2 removed from the atmosphere per year at a net cost less than $100/tonne CO2, with no impact on food production." [Biomass Carbon Removal and Storage] roads2removal.org/wp-content/u...

submitted 9 days ago • 2 comments

If anyone is sad enough to remember the neo-gothic Grand Design, it's up for sale in the village next door 🕷️ www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...

submitted 11 days ago • 4 comments

Heading to Cambridge later in the week. What are the most photogenic places?

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

Really pleased the government has listened to my and others' long-standing campaigning and will require solar panels on all new homes—a no-brainer policy. Now we must go further: ensure new homes have proper insulation, flood resilience, and protection from overheating.

submitted 14 days ago • 18 comments

This is @jurajmikurcik.bsky.social wonderful and wonderfully documented(!) #strawhouse. See his Blog! It's even available as a kit from @ecococon.bsky.social

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One of the more user friendly EV chargers at Tebay services

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Not all insulation materials are equal

submitted 15 days ago • 2 comments

Brutal juxtaposition @ecococon.bsky.social x Forton

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

An update, getting closer to production

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

Bikes seem to be a popular choice of transport at @hayfestival.bsky.social 👌

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Bees love comfrey

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

We need to stop buying ruSSian gas & oil

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

Good news today for people in terraced houses in particular - they can now install a heat pump anywhere they want in their garden. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 22 days ago • 3 comments

London 🇬🇧 to Tallin 🇪🇪 by train Lovely 👌

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment