Paul Brannen 🇺🇦 @PaulBrannenNE@respublicae.eu
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Director Public Affairs @CEIBois, EOS & @TimberDevUK
Former MEP, Agri & Envi Committees
Joined Apr 2022
RT @DebbieAnadapta: “Designing buildings that work for people and planet – that is Architype’s ethos.” @TimberDevUK accurately describes @ArchitypeUK, “a practice that puts sustainability at the heart of everything”.
https://timberdevelopment.uk/architype-puts-sustainability-at-the-heart-of-their-practice/
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I wonder if they've seen this video https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/cement-concrete-minute-earth The less concrete we use the better for the climate.
RT @ConcreteDialog: The #construction sector is a value chain with many players. To reach our common #sustainability goals, dialogue with our partners is key. We join our voices to support #concrete as the backbone of our society & transition to low-carbon economy. Let's keep the dialogue alive! 🙌
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@theGCCA @EuropeanPrecast @DigitalCameraW But remember: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/cement-concrete-minute-earth
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@ROCKWOOLGroup Maybe its time, in the interests of transparency, you started stating physically on your products how much embodied carbon they contain. From a whole life carbon perspective you don't look so good when compared to nature based insulations such as hemp, straw and wood fibre.
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@FFC_Commission @BelindaGordon49 @RSPBNews @NFFNUK @ORFC Don’t forget the trees needed for commercial timber, wood fibre and biodiversity plus recreation & carbon removal.
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@jimbomania @BarnabasCalder @FT We are talking about using less concrete, not no concrete. Add to which wooden wind turbines now exist:
https://electrek.co/2022/11/16/wind-turbines-made-entirely-of-wood-are-coming/#:~:text=In%20addition%20to%20its%20collaboration,%2C%20Sweden%2C%20in%20May%202020.
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@TheYouthsCat1 @tan123 @AOC We are talking less concrete, not no concrete eg https://www.dezeen.com/2022/08/03/ascent-tower-milwaukee-worlds-tallest-timber-building/ which has concrete foundations, lift shaft etc
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@Steve_King777 @tan123 You could try the BBC instead, or do they not do facts either? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-46455844
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@tan123 You're quite right Tom - total madness. It's a bit like those crazy people who think smoking tobacco leaves can give you cancer!
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@tan123 Your own opinions by all means Tom but not your own facts: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/feb/25/concrete-the-most-destructive-material-on-earth
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In 2006 when Christian Aid launched its climate campaign the cement industry was considered as a target (I wrote the proposal). We should all be very sceptical of "low-carbon concrete". Even if emissions were 50% lower (unlikely) it would still be responsible for 4% of global CO2
RT @SustainableTall: Can construction cut carbon and keep its love affair with concrete?
This building material is tough, affordable — but heavy on GHG emissions
https://www.ft.com/content/b10d20b8-3b02-496d-8238-4d6cdab40e11
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@BarnabasCalder @FT The fact that concrete is 'heavy on emissions' is actual the answer to the question 'Is it affordable?' The reality is that in a climate crisis concrete is no longer 'affordable' given it generates 8% of global carbon emissions ie along with USA & China its one of big 3 emitters.
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@canadawoodgroup Any indication yet as to whether occupancy rates may be lower compared to hospitals built from concrete & steel due to the biophilic qualities of wood? Big financial savings if this proves the case!
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An important new book for anyone who takes seriously the impacts caused by the global built environment to ecosystems, biodiversity, climate emissions, land use, energy demand, social shifts & implications for the lives of millions @ceibois @TimberDevUK https://www.buildingsandcities.org/insights/reviews/carbon.html
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RT @agile_homes: At Agile we unlock land that’s free & hidden in plain sight! We deliver affordable, low carbon homes, for people in housing need.
This home for @TorbayCouncil, supports young single mothers. Built in the garden of council’s offices, it ensures a sure start for mother & baby.
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Totally agree with this comment. Across Europe agroforestry accounts for around 9% of farming but much less in the UK however it's growing. Lots of information here: https://www.agforward.eu/
RT @SmallholdersUK: Agroforestry, or ‘farms with trees’, if you prefer, is the best kept secret in agriculture. Yet this is how humans farmed for thousands of years. “Where did it all go wrong?” I hear you cry. We’ll look into that tomorrow.
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Australia's Clean Energy Finance Corporation have funded: https://www.cefc.com.au/where-we-invest/case-studies/t3-collingwood-puts-the-timber-in-high-rise/
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In Australia the Clean Energy Finance Corporation is working with the government to transform the approach to medium & large building construction, with a new $300 million program to encourage mass timber construction across the property sector. @CEIBois https://www.cefc.com.au/media/pknahl5c/cefc-timber-buildings-program.pdf
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Unofficial automated mirror. No copyright asserted. ∎ Working to decarbonise built environment
Director Public Affairs @CEIBois, EOS & @TimberDevUK
Former MEP, Agri & Envi Committees
Joined Apr 2022
