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Debbie M (Anadapta)
@debbieanadapta.bsky.social
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Supporter of #ClimateAction for construction. I am part of the amazing team at ASBP @asbpuk.bsky.social (part of Sustainable Development Foundation).
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The Exemplar Sustainable Buildings Awards was such a great opportunity to see how buildings should be conceived, designed, built and refurbished - and using sustainable building products. All the finalists deserved to be in with a chance of winning, but those taking the votes on the day are . .
June 25, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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Join @asbpuk.bsky.social, @passivhaustrust.bsky.social, and the SDF for the Exemplar Sustainable Buildings Awards Finals online! Meet the finalists as they make their final pitches to win! Who will you vote for? www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exemplar-s....

#SDF2025 #ASBPawards #PHTawards
Awards Ceremony. 24th June 2025 Sponsors: Ecological Building Systems, Lamilux, Mead, natureplus, FutureBuild. Finalists: LARGE PROJECTS: - The Enterprise Centre, Norwich - Architype - Goldsmith Street, Norwich - Mikhail Riches - WorkStack, Greater London - dRMM SMALL PROJECTS: - Abhainn, Hamilton - Paper Igloo - Long Four Acres, North Norfolk - LinkTreat (Martin Ingham) - The Seed Co-housing, Dundee - Kirsty Maguire RETROFIT PROJECTS: - Entopia Building, Cambridge - Architype - Niddrie Road, Glasgow - John Gilbert Architects - Ward Grove, Greater Manchester - Progress in Practice Ltd PRODUCTS: - Diasen Diathonite Thermactive - Ecological Building Systems - EcoCocon Straw Panels - EcoCocon - Glass Skylight FE Passivhaus - LAMILUX INITIATIVES: - Coaction Training - Coaction Training CIC - MDF Fibre Recovery - MDF Recovery - PACER (Planning Application Carbon Evaluation and Reduction) - Preoptima
June 20, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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And here’s another example of something designed and made by the people learning skills while working at CLiCs. (The models - Ele and Iris - are members of the BioLadies Network, testing it out during a visit to this amazing facility).
June 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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In my #AnadaptaDiary: #ReUseNow webinar on the important #CircularEconomy step - moving from demolition to deconstruction!

11 June 2025 @ 14:00 BST
asbp.org.uk/events/decon...

@asbpuk.bsky.social + RICS event with @lowcarbonsimon.bsky.social, @debbieward16.bsky.social, @kathbuildcirc.bsky.social,
June 11, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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In my #AnadaptaDiary today: the launch of the Early Stage Embodied Carbon Tool, developed by @woodknowledgewales.bsky.social, @good-homes.bsky.social, @asbpuk.bsky.social

22 May 2025 | 11:00 BST | online asbp.org.uk/events/webin...
May 22, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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Upcoming online events flagged up by @asbpuk.bsky.social.
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Upcoming online events by our Members/Partners https://asbp.org.uk/partner-member-events. 14/05 11:00-12:00. One Click LCA: How timber and MMC are reducing carbon and construction time. ASBP’s CEO, Simon Corbey, joins Seán McCaughey of WSP in the UK & Ireland, and Peter McCaughey of IJM Timber Engineering Ltd. for a webinar exploring how modern methods of construction (MMC) and timber-framed buildings are transforming the construction industry. 14/05 13:00-14:00. Timber Development UK designTimber webinar: Koto House. The designTimber 2025 series continues with Koto House – a beautiful modular home built on the Outer Hebridean island of North Uist. Made from seven prefabricated timber units, this innovative project progresses modular construction by making high-value use of UK-grown timber to create a quality home in a wild and distant location. 15/05 11:30-12:30. RetrofitWorks with Lime Green: Internal Wall Insulation in Practice – Using Warmshell. Warmshell offers a natural, cost-effective, and highly efficient insulation solution, using woodfibre insulation and lime mortars. 16/05 Mike Wye: A slice of Lime. A CPD introducing you to the history of lime, the “lime cycle”, types of building limes available, benefits, and example specifications. With Peter Rollinson, Sustainable Insulation Team (& lime guru!)
May 14, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Coming up this week from @asbpuk.bsky.social - Pioneering Circularity in Construction.

More info via the ASBP newsletter mailchi.mp/asbp/asbpnew...
May 5, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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More on “fabric first” or “heat pumps” in an upcoming webinar by Toby Cambray
@greengaugebec.bsky.social (mentioned in the article by @lloydalter.bsky.social).

asbp.org.uk/events/green...
April 13, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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The Exemplar Sustainable Buildings Awards will spotlight the best PROJECTS, PRODUCTS & INITIATIVES

Don’t miss out on this great one-off opportunity to showcase your work at the celebrations of the 20th anniversary of the Sustainable Development Foundation.

The clock is ticking - enter now esba.uk
The Exemplar Sustainable Buildings Awards. These awards have been developed to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Sustainable Development Foundation (SDF).  The categories are Large Newbuild, Small Newbuild, Retrofit, Products, and Initiatives. The awards are delivered in partnership between the Passivhaus Trust (@passivhaustrust.bsky.social), Alliance for Sustainable Building Products and SDF.
April 10, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Bookings open for this informative ACAN webinar!

Find out how you CAN build to #Passivhaus standard using #biomaterials. 29 April 2025, 7-9pm BST - less than £5 per ticket!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/plant-base...
“Plant Based Passivhaus” Tuesday, 29th April at 7-9pm BST, Online. Speakers: 🔸 Janna Laan Lomas (Grain Architecture) 🔸 Seb Laan Lomas (Architype) embedding low-carbon strategies 🔸 Andy Hales (Grain Architecture) 🔸 Tabitha Binding (Passivhaus Trust) 🔸 Jonathan Davies (Spring Design)
April 8, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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The @designcouncil.bsky.social Homes Taskforce report, proposes a new design agenda for government to massively improve the design quality and sustainability of British housing. www.designcouncil.org.uk/our-work/pol...
Cover of the report: Design for Neighbourhoods - A design agenda for the new government
March 26, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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Just 4 weeks left to submit your building project, product or initiative.

The Exemplar Sustainable Buildings Awards combines the esteemed #PHTawards @passivhaustrust.bsky.social and #ASBPawards @asbpuk.bsky.social to celebrate the SDF 20th Anniversary.

Enter these prestigious awards now esba.uk
Exemplar Sustainable Buildings Awards - 4 categories Large new build projects, Small new build projects, Retrofit projects, Products, and Initiatives
March 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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In my #AnadaptaDiary: today’s webinar on biogenic construction material, from the IOM3 Natural Materials Group. With Michael Ramage, Robert Hairstans. and Ele George of @asbpuk.bsky.social members, IndiNature.
20 February 2025, 13:00-14:30. asbp.org.uk/events/nmg-l...
February 20, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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In my #AnadaptaDiary @ 13:00 online. Why choose glulam for a construction project (in addition, of course, to the stunning & versatile projects they can produce).
Simon @asbpuk.bsky.social chats with Buckland Timber MD Robin Nicholson - followed by your Q&A opportunity!
asbp.org.uk/events/talki...
February 13, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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#ReUseNow webinar.
Free for ASBP members.
£10 for @aecb.bsky.social, ACAN, BWF, CIBSE, CIOB, CIRIA, FitForTheFuture, FIS, @Good-Homes.bsky.social, IDE, Interior Design Declares, NFDC, natureplus, @passivhaustrust.bsky.social, SuperHomes, STBA, @thegreenregister.bsky.social, TDUK, Woodknowledge Wales
January 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Check out the recordings from these informative 2024 @asbpuk.bsky.social webinars. asbp.org.uk/webinar-reco...

#BioMaterials #ReUse #MassTimber #EPD #NFI #Retrofit #WholeLifeCarbon #MaterialPassports #NaturalPaints #LowCarbon #CircularEconomy #BiogenicCarbon #MTIP #LCA #PreDemAudits #ReUseNow
January 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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The latest newsletter from @thermafleece.bsky.social is out. Catch up with news from this UK natural fibre wool insulation manufacturer.
mailchi.mp/63a60dbae2be...
December 12, 2024 at 3:50 PM
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Excellent webinar today, featuring some of the ideal products for use in retrofit. Why wouldn’t you want to use the materials that are the best fit for purpose!

Next up in the natureplus retrofit with natural materials series: case study of a school building. 10 Dec 2024 asbp.org.uk/events/2024-...
December 3, 2024 at 3:59 PM
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In my #AnadaptaDiary: the natureplus series of webinars on the amazing attributes of natural building materials, and why we should be using them to #refurbish our homes (and other buildings). Starting on 2 Dec 2024 with this one at 14:00 GMT ⤵️
December 1, 2024 at 11:00 AM
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Vote for your RIBA #HouseOfTheYear favourite.
For once it’s difficult to choose the one I like best. But after watching the videos (that radically changed my order of favourites!) I’ve voted! www.architecture.com/awards-and-c...
November 23, 2024 at 11:22 AM
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November 10, 2024 at 8:32 AM
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Join us at #ReuseSummit2024 in London 14 Nov. asbp.org.uk/events/2024-...

Hear an exciting keynote from RICS President, Tina Paillet, and enjoy an afternoon of knowledge sharing from those already driving adoption of #reuse practices in construction.

#ReUseNow #Reclamation #CircularEconomy #ReUse
November 8, 2024 at 9:12 AM
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2 informative webinars coming up soon. asbp.org.uk/upcomingevents

5/11 at 12:30 Environmental Product Declarations - with top tips on why and how to make the best use of #EPD.

6/11 at 13:00 Can #lowcarbon natural building products still be embraced whilst complying with the Building Safety Act?
November 4, 2024 at 11:00 AM
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EPD have the data needed to assess the environmental impact of building products, but extracting the required data is often challenging.

Learn about the top 10 things to look at and what metrics are included in an EPD (it’s not just carbon) @asbpuk.bsky.social 5 Nov 2024 asbp.org.uk/events/epd101
October 27, 2024 at 12:08 PM
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#RegenerativeDesign.
Free webinar on the Social, Environmental & Economic Value of Renewable Materials. 24 Oct at 13:00 (London time).

One of the @asbpuk.bsky.social lunchtime webinars coming up soon - followed by “Environmental Product Declarations 101” on 5 Nov 2024.
asbp.org.uk/upcomingevents
October 23, 2024 at 9:47 AM