Paul Brannen 🇺🇦 @PaulBrannenNE@respublicae.eu

@PhilippaNuttall @georgeeaton @NewStatesman Not only are old & new homes poorly insulated, 99% of the insulation we do use is fossil fuel based with a high level of embodied carbon. Yes, we need an insulation plan but it needs to be done with nature-based materials such as wood fibre which can store carbon:

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RT @RuthReichstein: The #NewEuropeanBauhaus Festival is around the corner. Register now to join & discuss with our great speakers like @avilarenata @NakabuyeHildaF @PhilippeClose @elkevdbrandt @StefanoBoeri Francis Kéré @SDDecleve @mrossemp
@MEP_Ehler @mariatad @anneliesbeck
https://www.thefestival.brussels/home

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RT @Woodrise2022: 🔊🔊 #Woodrise2022 EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION

📅 𝐔𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟎 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐

Join us in Slovenia for the world’s preeminent conference in taller wooden buildings.

➡️➡️ https://woodrise2022.eu/registration/

#TallTimber #WoodConstruction #construction #sustainability @InnoRenewCoE

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It’s that time of year.
Can you spot the bee?

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Is this greenwash? Insulation marketed as GreenGuard but scoring only 1 out 3. Reduces fossil fuel use? Yes. Stores carbon? No. Embedded carbon = high = not green. Time for clear customer information on packaging. ⁦@jonburkeUK⁩ ⁦@SustainableTall⁩ ⁦@1alexmason⁩

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RT @SlowMoneyGreen: I remember driving from Sunnyvale, to the Grand Canyon, in the 80s, and having a thick paste of bugs on the front of the VW camper.

I made a similar drive in 2019, and barely had to clean the windshield, round trip.

The biodiversity loss is staggering.

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RT @queenofpeat: Urgent reminder that peat is 50% carbon. When you remove peat from its protective boggy ecosystem and spread it in your garden, that carbon ends up in the atmosphere. Peat in bogs not bags. Spread the word. Go #peatfree.

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RT @jonburkeUK: ‘The greenest building is the one that already exists.' - Carl Elefante, former president of the American Institute of Architects

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Lots of innovation in the world of wood, for example wood based tubes to replace metal equivalents - lots of construction uses, see:
https://www.woodtube.se/
@asbp_uk @CEIBois @TimberDevUK @Wood_for_Good

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@WattPatrick Are we on the same Eurostar to Brussels?

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We’ve a new colleague in the wonderful world of wood. Together we will work to decarbonise the built environment via an increased use of sustainable timber in both new build & renovation @CEIBois @europanels_EPF @TimberDevUK @Wood_for_Good @asbp_uk
RT @amanda_sturgeon: Very excited to be joining #builtbynature

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Spot on. It also delivers Renovate Europe. Insulation drives down fossil fuel use and hence helps tackle climate change BUT it must be done with nature based materials such as wood NOT with carbon intensive materials like stone wool, glass wool etc. @CEIBois @europanels_EPF

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RT @deankirby_: The results are shocking and show the first evidence of a major operation to spread Ukrainians across Russia – at sites stretching across the Ural Mountains as far east as the remote Kamchatka Peninsula. 3/

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Still time to register for this event today, Thursday.
RT @asbp_uk: Join us today for the free launch of the Timber Accelerator Hub report - Mass Timber: Challenges & Potential Solutions. Meet the stakeholders overcoming barriers to building with mass timber.

Thursday 5 May 2022 @ 13.00. Free to attend https://t.co/1OKdAhHTft

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@pworms

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Steady rise in production of Cross Laminated Timber. CLT stores carbon, substitutes for carbon intensive concrete & steel and enables the construction of high density, tall urban buildings. It = climate hope. ⁦⁦@WaughThistleton⁩ ⁦⁩ ⁦⁩⁦@CEIBois⁩ #wffc2022

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Illustrating why concrete is such a problematic building material (cause of 8% of global carbon emissions). Only wood can replace concrete as a structural building material that can both store carbon & substitute for carbon intensive materials. @TimberDevUK @STAtimber @WHurst1
RT @SustainableTall: A United Nations report calls for urgent action to avert a "sand crisis" — including a ban on beach extraction — as demand surges to …

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Good to hear. DEFRA sniffy about agroforestry for a long time but there has been movement but then the science doesn’t lie. Agroforestry is a win-win for farmers, biodiversity, soils & tree crops including wood & biomass @agricology @Clanrivers @Ben_Raskin @EnergyCropsUK @pworms
RT @chesshire_helen: Great to hear RtHon George Eustice confirm he supports a high uptake of agroforestry to tackle climate & nature crisis @soilAssocia…

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IMPORTANT: huge potential to store carbon in the built environment both in new build & in renovation especially insulation AND at the same time substituting for high carbon alternatives eg concrete, rock wool, stone wool, steel etc @asbp_uk @ArchitectsCAN @CEIBois @Wood_for_Good
RT @jonburkeUK: Looking forward to discussing the role that urban environments can play in carbon sequestration, primarily through the displacement of s…

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