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goiḃniu<p>The ground temperature in <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a> is around 15ºc, which is a pretty good temperature for a bedroom. In an old, two-storey house, if you only insulate the ground floors from the external walls and go for an "upside down" arrangement, with the bedrooms downstairs and the living rooms upstairs, would that mean you'd never really need to heat the rooms downstairs? 🤔 <br><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Retrofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retrofit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Architecture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Renovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Renovation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Housing</span></a></p>
Mark Burton<p>Retrofitting homes for net zero - report</p><p>Energy Security and Net Zero Committee</p><p><a href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cmselect/cmesnz/453/report.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">publications.parliament.uk/pa/</span><span class="invisible">cm5901/cmselect/cmesnz/453/report.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NetZero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetZero</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/retrofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrofit</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EnergyDescent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyDescent</span></a></p>
Juggling With Eggs<p>‘Equipping new homes with heat pumps, solar panels and high-grade insulation at the time of construction would have cost between £5,000 and £8,500 for most of the period since 2016. </p><p>Housebuilders, however, have long claimed building to such standards would be prohibitively expensive.’</p><p>Europe manages to do this, even US have higher rate of take up of heat pumps than UK.</p><p>It’s a dirty race to the bottom in the UK because of lobbying. </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/housebuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>housebuilding</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Retrofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retrofit</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EnergyEfficiency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyEfficiency</span></a></p>
Juggling With Eggs<p>A <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WealthTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WealthTax</span></a> to support a comprehensive <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/insulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insulation</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/retrofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrofit</span></a> programme would be very welcome…but I would say that as I work to insulate social housing.</p><p>My concern is that any huge sum raised needs to be spent in such a way that it makes real impact on homes and is delivered well and at pace. That requires a skilled, dedicated workforce and less fragmentation and bureaucracy around the finance and process of it. </p><p>But that would require a serious look at the class tensions of the industry.</p>
Juggling With Eggs<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Farage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Farage</span></a> thinks he can create DOGE style cuts at UK local authority level to remove those working in relation to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> and diversity. </p><p>As the article suggests, there is not much left to cut.</p><p>Curious whether it will it include those working on social housing <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/retrofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrofit</span></a> decarbonisation projects? </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/may/03/unison-chief-tells-staff-at-reform-controlled-councils-to-sign-up-to-union" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ay/03/unison-chief-tells-staff-at-reform-controlled-councils-to-sign-up-to-union</span></a></p>
Minoru Saba<p>&quot;[UK&#39;s] Network Rail is planning to remove traditional lineside colour light signals in favour of in-cab signalling systems along key routes. No steam locomotive in the world had ever been run with in-cab digital signalling – until now&quot;<br />&quot;Clouston said her team also had to factor in the placement of the screens to avoid being hit by a fireman ­swinging a shovel around...&quot;<br /><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/apr/19/nobody-has-done-this-before-britains-beloved-steam-trains-trial-pioneering-technology" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/a</span><span class="invisible">pr/19/nobody-has-done-this-before-britains-beloved-steam-trains-trial-pioneering-technology</span></a><br /><a href="https://toad.social/tags/steam" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>steam</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/locomotive" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>locomotive</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IT</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/retrofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>retrofit</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>UK</span></a></p>
Juggling With Eggs<p>Many institutions and companies don’t invest in solar pv because they think it will take decades to recover the cost…but really they are missing a trick.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Norwich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Norwich</span></a> University of the Arts have just had a big install (186 panels) that is projected to pay for itself within just 7 years. </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SolarPV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPV</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SolarPunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPunk</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Retrofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retrofit</span></a></p><p><a href="https://norwichuni.ac.uk/news/the-big-switch-on-norwich-university-of-the-arts-powers-up-with-solar-energy/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">norwichuni.ac.uk/news/the-big-</span><span class="invisible">switch-on-norwich-university-of-the-arts-powers-up-with-solar-energy/</span></a>?</p>
IT News<p>A New Mechanical Keyboard for an Old Computer - As computers age, a dedicated few work towards keeping some of the more interestin... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/04/10/a-new-mechanical-keyboard-for-an-old-computer/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/04/10/a-new-</span><span class="invisible">mechanical-keyboard-for-an-old-computer/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/mechanicalkeyboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mechanicalkeyboard</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/commodore64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>commodore64</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/3dprinted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3dprinted</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>commodore</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/keyboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>keyboard</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/retrofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrofit</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/pcb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pcb</span></a></p>
Juggling With Eggs<p>Spent most of the day looking at photos which suggest retrofit designers have little idea of the practicalities of installing internal wall insulation into social housing properties…</p><p>- Fitted wall to wall wardrobes <br>- Ornate coving and cornicing <br>- Wallpaper <br>- Skirting boards with beading that perfectly match wooden floorboards <br>- Radiators on external walls </p><p>The idea that tenants will let you strip away all of this and put it back together on a shoestring is for the birds.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Retrofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retrofit</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/IWI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IWI</span></a></p>
Eric Branse-Instone<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/@marjolica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>marjolica</span></a></span> A lot of the problem is also that few installers understand that much of the county's housing stock deals with moisture differently to new builds. Historic England has good advice on retrofiting older buildings.<br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Retrofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retrofit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/EnergyEfficiency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyEfficiency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Insulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Insulation</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://historicengland.org.uk/advice/technical-advice/retrofit-and-energy-efficiency-in-historic-buildings/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">historicengland.org.uk/advice/</span><span class="invisible">technical-advice/retrofit-and-energy-efficiency-in-historic-buildings/</span></a></p>
Juggling With Eggs<p>I’m all for getting private landlords to increase the the EPC rating of their properties to a ‘C’…that’s where we were supposed to be by 2025, but the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Tories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tories</span></a> never legislated for it. </p><p>Despite the puff of their press release, this is just another <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> consultation with an ambition to achieve it by 2030. </p><p>Less talk, more action needed. </p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Retrofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retrofit</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Housing</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EnergyEfficiency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyEfficiency</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/warm-homes-and-cheaper-bills-as-government-accelerates-plan-for-change" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gov.uk/government/news/warm-ho</span><span class="invisible">mes-and-cheaper-bills-as-government-accelerates-plan-for-change</span></a></p>
Juggling With Eggs<p>Currently exploring opportunities within the field of domestic <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/retrofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrofit</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sustainability</span></a> within <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Norfolk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Norfolk</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Suffolk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Suffolk</span></a>. Would consider remote working as well. </p><p>If you are aware of potential project coordinator/administrator roles coming up in these fields please let me know. </p><p>Have experience from local council, housing association, private installer and activist perspective. </p><p>Particular area of interest and knowledge: retrofit in social housing and low income households. </p><p>Please boost!</p>
Peter Riley<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@RAHU" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>RAHU</span></a></span> </p><p>Public Housing - Everybody’s Business rallies on Thursday 6th, 13th, 20th &amp; 27th February from midday - 1:00pm on the steps of Parliament House.</p><p>Followed by lunch at: Paramount Food Hall - 101 Little Bourke St, Melbourne</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/housingcrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>housingcrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/landlords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landlords</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publichousing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publichousing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/repair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>repair</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Retrofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retrofit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reinvest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reinvest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/upgrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>upgrade</span></a></p>
Peter Riley<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@RAHU" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>RAHU</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/demolition-should-be-the-last-resort-for-melbournes-44-public-housing-towers-retrofit-and-upgrade-instead-246327" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/demolition</span><span class="invisible">-should-be-the-last-resort-for-melbournes-44-public-housing-towers-retrofit-and-upgrade-instead-246327</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/housingcrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>housingcrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/landlords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landlords</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rent</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publichousing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publichousing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrofit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/upgrade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>upgrade</span></a></p>
Daniel Thomas<p>Loco Home Retrofit is hiring for 3 roles in or near Glasgow: Marketing and community engagement, Technical leadership (retrofit), Innovation Programme Manager. These are senior roles and this is a good company to work for (I am on the board HR committee and the employee handbook is good). Astonishingly competently run. It has real values that it is really accountable to and is a coop owned by its workers and customers. <a href="https://locohome.coop/vacancies/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">locohome.coop/vacancies/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Job" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Job</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Retrofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retrofit</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Glasgow</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/LocoHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LocoHome</span></a></p>
Daniel Thomas<p>Really pleased with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.green/@Chris_Carus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Chris_Carus</span></a></span> explanation of all the interesting and innovative things that Loco Home Retrofit is doing on this podcast: <a href="https://zeroambitions.transistor.fm/170" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">zeroambitions.transistor.fm/17</span><span class="invisible">0</span></a> (warning some fruity language from the hosts, Chris is professional though). Also we are hiring. <a href="https://social.coop/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/HomeRetrofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HomeRetrofit</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Retrofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retrofit</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Glasgow</span></a></p>
Juggling With Eggs<p>But working in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/retrofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrofit</span></a> in social housing, I have one massive bugbear about how those in power judge those whose homes are damp. </p><p>Postwar social housing was meanly and poorly built in cities. If you live in a cramped flat, with no outdoor space or very little on low income, how are you expected to dry your clothes outdoors? </p><p>Dehumidifiers are great if you can afford one. Going to the laundrette is fine if you have time and one nearby - they are few and far between even in my city.</p>
Juggling With Eggs<p>I spend about a third of my day typically talking about <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ventilation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ventilation</span></a>. It’s the least sexy part of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/retrofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrofit</span></a>, but it’s vital if you increase insulation.</p><p>I got into this industry because I care about carbon emissions, lowering fuel bills…but also I hate what mould and damp does to people’s homes and lungs.</p><p>Condensation sounds less scary than black mould…but that’s what this article is really about preventing! </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/jan/28/how-to-reduce-condensation-in-your-home" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/money/2025/jan</span><span class="invisible">/28/how-to-reduce-condensation-in-your-home</span></a></p>
Juggling With Eggs<p>I believe we need a civil service, but what Bingham says about BEIS rings very true in my experience of it from a completely different field of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/retrofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrofit</span></a>, for which it also had responsibility.</p><p>How do we get the civil service we actually need?</p><p>This is an important question because it really matters at times of crisis…and climate breakdown is just as bigger crisis as <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Covid</span></a>, if not more so.</p>
IT News<p>Pico Pal Puts RP2350 Into Game Boy Color Shell - While modern gaming systems deliver ever more realistic experiences, there’s still... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/01/03/pico-pal-puts-rp2350-into-game-boy-color-shell/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/01/03/pico-p</span><span class="invisible">al-puts-rp2350-into-game-boy-color-shell/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/microcontrollers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microcontrollers</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/handheldshacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>handheldshacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/nintendohacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nintendohacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/gameboycolor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gameboycolor</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/retrofit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrofit</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/rp2350" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rp2350</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/gbc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gbc</span></a></p>
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