Alan Clarke

@alanclarke.bsky.social

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Energy & buildings engineer, Passivhaus, mountain biker, veg gardener/rewilder

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Alan Clarke @alanclarke.bsky.social · 3d

The girls skipping should have feet on the ground at that point

The bicycle front wheel isnt between the fork blades

Is trouser clip not on chain side a mistake when sat backwards on the bike?

And i dont know but suspect the street lamp is upside down

Reposted by Dorothy Bishop, Alan Clarke

Eleanor Morton @eleanormorton.bsky.social · 4d

Tourguide welcomes you to Scotland in January
youtube.com/shorts/vbtmA...

tourguide welcomes you to Scotland in January

YouTube video by Eleanor Morton

youtube.com

Reposted by Steve Peers, Alan Clarke

Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 5d

Isn't this a telling aspiration? To want robots to look after your kids, so you can do stuff, rather than robots to do stuff, so you can spend time with your kids?

The darkness inside these shrivelled men must be like a gaping unfillable void.

NOW - Musk: "My prediction is there'll be more robots than people... everyone on Earth is going to have one and going to want one... who wouldn't want a robot to... watch over your kids, take care of your pets... we are in the most interesting time in history."

4:08 PM Jan 22, 2026
223.8K Views

Alan Clarke @alanclarke.bsky.social · 5d

But that is my professional understanding of how IR heating works efficiently - by heating the occupant directly when required and not being left in continuously, which is going to cost more than virtually any alternative.

Alan Clarke @alanclarke.bsky.social · 6d

That makes good sense - do the standard EPCs give you enough information to work out import/export/onsite use, or is that something you add?

Alan Clarke @alanclarke.bsky.social · 6d

So probably used a default-for-age cavity wall in the model - if you actually have solid wall then possibly the survey was at fault

Alan Clarke @alanclarke.bsky.social · 6d

I've just looked at EPC of a newbuild some relatives just bought - actually not bad at all on fabric, I think about 45 kWh/m2.a in PHPP, with gas combi - EPC 84, a solid B

With passivhaus designs we've usually got a B (provided MVHR is on the "list") - need PV to reach A

Alan Clarke @alanclarke.bsky.social · 6d

Does that include PV?

Reposted by Alan Clarke

Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 6d

How much #AirPollution is created when you burn wood?

👉 Defra approved/#Ecodesign stove = 400 times more polluting than a gas boiler.
👉 Open fire = 4000 times more polluting than a gas boiler.

Please think twice about burning if you don't need to.
#WoodBurning

A visualisation of lungs, showing that a wood stove can be 450 times more polluting than a gas boiler.

Reposted by Andrew Scott, Jonathan Wolff, Diane Ravitch , and 7 more Andrew Scott, Jonathan Wolff, Diane Ravitch, Alan Lester, Alan Clarke, Trevon D. Logan, Gerald Friedman, Seth Masket, Vaughan S. Roberts, Karen O’Leary

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6d

Another proud day for America.

Alan Clarke @alanclarke.bsky.social · 8d

What have you replaced dropbox with?
And how do you deal with project collaboraters who still use it?

Alan Clarke @alanclarke.bsky.social · 8d

I dont know - there are clearly some efficiencies for users of a more or less universal interface and common file format

Web browsers might be first place for this but I understand firefox has v small user base (2.5%) - Chrome has majority, presume cos included in android

Alan Clarke @alanclarke.bsky.social · 8d

I think there is actually a separate version but I havent tried yet, and will be a pain to convert existing files between two formats all the time

Alan Clarke @alanclarke.bsky.social · 8d

Just seen greenlands eurovision entry
youtu.be/hS0wFiWpU4U

Greenland Defense Front - The Hungry Giant (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by demonflyingfox

youtu.be

Reposted by Alan Clarke

Juraj Mikurcik @jurajmikurcik.bsky.social · 8d

🌾 Some spaces still left for Wednesday's lunchtime CPD about EcoCocon straw wall system, aimed at construction professionals.

Free to attend but registration required 👇

New EcoCocon Straw Wall System CPD

Who it is for:This training is aimed at professionals from all disciplines of building design and the construction industry; specifically, those who are interested in sustainable, healthy and high per...

www.ecologicalbuildingsystems.com

Alan Clarke @alanclarke.bsky.social · 8d

But we seem a bit stuck with microsoft for office software, I tried open office at weekend but it wouldnt open my PHPP spreadsheets

Alan Clarke @alanclarke.bsky.social · 8d

Also nokia make a current 4g model, and there's Doro from sweden (I just got one of their intentionally simple phones for my aunt)

Reposted by Brigitte Nerlich, Leigh Sparks, Alan Clarke , and 1 more Brigitte Nerlich, Leigh Sparks, Alan Clarke, Christina Pagel

Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 8d

Just for the record, and it’s insane that the mad king made me look this up, there is documentation of the US giving up all claim to Greenland to Denmark when we bought the Virgin Islands from them in 1916.

history.state.gov/historicaldo...

DECLARATION
In proceeding this day to the signature of the Convention respecting the cession of the Danish West-Indian Islands to the United States of America, the undersigned Secretary of State of the United States of America, duly authorized by his Government, has the honor to declare that the Government of the United States of America will not object to the Danish Government extending their political and economic interests to the whole of Greenland.
ROBERT LANSING
New YorK, August 4, 1916.
[Page 701]

Alan Clarke @alanclarke.bsky.social · 8d

You might find it needs 4g

Alan Clarke @alanclarke.bsky.social · 9d

seemed pretty saturated to me

Alan Clarke @alanclarke.bsky.social · 9d

Don't blame steve - it's just another windows 11 update

Reposted by Peter Thorne, Alan Clarke

Juraj Mikurcik @jurajmikurcik.bsky.social · 9d

Updated for 2026

Alan Clarke @alanclarke.bsky.social · 11d

Last week gloucester to edinburgh and back (west coast line closed) - just glad they weren't crowded as I'm too big to fit in a single seat for that long

Alan Clarke @alanclarke.bsky.social · 13d

I worked in projects with OMA when I was at Arup (karlsruhe museum and eurolille). My memory is they were quite annoying, and liked to send thick-lined sketches by fax

Alan Clarke @alanclarke.bsky.social · 14d

Feels like grok CSAM might be a bit of a test case of how much illegality you can blame on the machine - and Hesgeth is looking interested as his idea of military attacks turns out to basically be murder

Alan Clarke @alanclarke.bsky.social · 14d

So the "wells" in the name is just marketing hype then?

Alan Clarke @alanclarke.bsky.social · 15d

They weren't all people either - I don't know that Honey here has closed her account but she doesnt tweet anymore

Alan Clarke @alanclarke.bsky.social · 16d

Easiest ventilation to fit is continuous extract - can be single fan per wet room - or ducted to one fan.

This will ensure sufficient ventilation however airtight the house is. There's sonetimes an assumption this is just for medium tight houses but is good for any feasible level of retrofit seaing

Reposted by Alan Clarke

Graeme Swanson @swansonian.bsky.social · 16d

It took us too long to realise when Musk called that cave rescuer a "pedo guy" he meant it as a compliment.

Alan Clarke @alanclarke.bsky.social · 17d

Subtle age bracket there - you cant be old enough to have watched jim'll fix it or rolf harris every week, but old enough to know about their offenses and that they had been on telly

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