Paul Brannen 🇺🇦 @PaulBrannenNE@respublicae.eu

Fears of fire after the Grenfell tragedy are holding back the switch to sustainable building materials like engineered timber, architect says https://news.sky.com/story/fears-of-fire-after-grenfell-tragedy-are-holding-back-switch-to-sustainable-building-materials-like-engineered-timber-architect-says-12802760 @CEIBois @TimeForTimber @Build_in_Wood @TimberDevUK

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EU 'Parliament adopts position on law to green EU houses by 2050'. Step in the right direction but we also need to remember the significant CO2 emissions from building materials. A shift to nature-based materials such as wood can help here. @KiraTaylor15 https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/parliament-adopts-position-on-law-to-green-eu-houses-by-2050/

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@zkun1971 @ForestDefence @skyddaskogen @LBurnelius @Fern_NGO Who said it was a primary forest?

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@zkun1971 @ForestDefence @skyddaskogen @LBurnelius @Fern_NGO If you oppose cutting trees why not also oppose cutting cereal crops? Both are 'clear cuts'. Trees once every 30-50yrs (ie not very often), cereals once every year (ie very often in comparison). Both followed by replanting = sustainable/circular. Don't we need both wood & food?

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Agree, we don't want Russian athletes involved in the Paris Olympics.
RT @ZelenskyyUa: Against the backdrop of continued Russian aggression and devastating war crimes, the IOC is “exploring ways” to permit Russian athletes to participate in the Paris Olympics. We urge partners to join our marathon of honesty, counter these efforts, and protect the Olympic Charter.

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@GuidoFawkes Plum as in 'Plumb the depths'?

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@andyheald @Wrexham_AFC Living the high life! Enjoy.

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In case you missed this article: ‘I want to caress the lift!’: the eco office block miracle made entirely from wood @CEIBois @Wood4Bauhaus @TimberDevUK @Build4Climate @BauhausEarth @pcanfin https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/jan/30/caress-lift-eco-office-block-miracle-wood-timber-black-white?CMP=share_btn_tw

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£370m timber neighbourhood plans revealed https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/370m-timber-neighbourhood-plans-revealed-06-02-2023/

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@bo66ie29 Not sure why the reporter doesn't mention there is also a full orchestra to entertain the train passengers - you can clearly hear it playing in the background.

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@GraemeDemianyk @johnmcternan You would have thought she would have realised that this was a question she would inevitably be asked?

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RT @Nigel_Gamble: If you need to leave the ECHR in order to do be able to do something, then whatever it is you shouldn’t be doing it anyway.

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@RichardOnSafari @capabilitycharl It’s potentially confusing. Embedded is good ie carbon stored in wood.
Embodied problematic, it’s the carbon released to make the product ie high if steel or concrete.
Wood in a building high in embedded carbon, low in embodied. Difference between two is the true climate measure.

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The European woodworking industries @CEIBois are support this call to MEPs in the European Parliament to consider the embodied carbon from constructing buildings (ie emissions) not only the carbon emissions from running (heating/cooling) buildings. @SeanKellyMEP @miapetrakumpula
RT @WorldGBC: With Europe’s buildings accounting for 36% of carbon emissions, EU politicians must support measures to drive building renovation and address ‘whole life carbon’ while delive…

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In the global race to dominate green technology, Britain is still tying its shoelaces https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/05/global-race-dominate-green-technology-britain-still-tying-its-shoelaces?CMP=share_btn_tw

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I don't understand.
Why do you need planning permission to build an imaginary hospital? https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/feb/04/only-10-of-boris-johnson-promised-40-new-hospitals-have-full-planning-permission?CMP=share_btn_tw

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@capabilitycharl They are not ‘zero carbon’ as regards their construction because the are not made from low carbon materials eg wood, hemp etc. They may be ‘zero carbon’ to run but otherwise they are full of embodied carbon/energy which is the result of burning fossil fuel to make the materials.

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If only there was a left-wing economic establishment 😆
RT @KevinASchofield: Well, I suppose that's one way of looking at it ...

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@CarbonGap @EU_Commission Agree we need new technological ways of carbon dioxide removal but we shouldn't overlook the existing & significantly under utilised option of removing CO2 via trees & plants which can then be made into construction materials to store CO2 in buildings https://bit.ly/3jsbP4V

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RT @ForestryCom: Wind turbine towers of wood: The expansion of wind power has been big during the last few years in Sweden. In 2021 alone, over 450 new windmills were built in Sweden. So far all have been built of steel but now wood is available as an optional material.… https://www.forestry.com/editorial/wind-turbine-towers-of-wood-is-it-possible/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

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