Robbie Bellshaw
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Robbie Bellshaw
@robbiebellshaw.bsky.social
Background in design, engineering, low-energy building

Scotland, Highlands
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1/🧵 Over the past decade, misinformation in the popular media & the opinion pages of some journals has promoted the claim that concern over species invasions is overblown, because "most invasions do not cause extinctions".

Here is a brief reminder of what scientific evidence shows...
#bioinvasions
October 11, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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This fact, I think, makes this building utterly unique to the 2020s... Just think about it:

10 years ago this building would not have been built like this.

And in 10 years time, this building could not be built like this.
October 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Today we’re launching Start at Home - a first-of-its-kind scheme to boost the heat pump workforce, by supporting newly-trained installers to access a fully-funded heat pump of their own: StartAtHome.org.uk
June 24, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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When the CWI (Cavity Wall Insulation) installer doesn't inject quite enough insulation, you get this honeycomb pattern. Pretty, but will lead to random cold spots, potentially encouraging condensation...
April 11, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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THE NUMBERS ARE IN!

It’s been a full year since @skillbuilderuk challenged us with a heat pump system that may have proved they don’t work in UK housing stock

A typical UK property that was nearly 150 years old with uninsulated solid brick walls and a heat pump that cost a 2 x more than the boiler
‘Heat Geek House’ Live Data Feed - Skill Builder
About Heat Geek Heat Geek is on a mission to empower everyone to upgrade their home, save money and
skill-builder.uk
February 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Wooden air handling units!
January 31, 2025 at 4:20 PM