Prof Nick Cowern 🌍
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Prof Nick Cowern 🌍
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We're beginning to see the true sensitivity of climate to greenhouse gases, and it's bigger than almost anyone expected. A huge challenge to us all to avoid runaway climate. Energy transition, justice, sustainable buildings / agriculture / horticulture.
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Time waits for no man 😂
September 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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The only thing scarier than green policies is not acting fast enough on climate.
Illustrating the costs of going, and not going, green
March 5, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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One of the great things about modern heat pump systems is the availability of neat fan-assisted radiators instead of the large unsightly rads used in the past. This enables efficient heating, even in restricted spaces like our kitchen.
A fan assisted radiator can fit neatly in a small space, yet provide ample heating, for example, for a long, narrow room like a galley kitchen
January 15, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Great to see the historic carpenter's marks that showed (pre-assembly) which horizontal timber should slot into which vertical timber. Elegant simplicity 400y before Ikea!
Image of mortice & tenon joint between vertical and horizontal oak timbers, with carpenter's marks (here three marks, I I I, indicating that the timbers are intended for the third section of the wall). Also visible is the oak peg pinning the joint in place.
January 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Excited to own an air source heat pump, now heating our 16th/17th century solid-walled house in chilly Shropshire, England to a cosy 20-21°C, with plenty of heating power to spare when needed. We're zero carbon ready and finally free of the noise and stink from that obsolete oil boiler #heatgeeks
Air source heat pump tucked in a quiet corner where the oil boiler used to be housed.
November 25, 2024 at 8:07 AM