Sean
@seanmills91.bsky.social
Consultant in sustainable construction and renovation.
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Sean
@seanmills91.bsky.social
· Aug 11
Pleased to share my article 'Climate change and the new building regulations: Limitations and urgent opportunities for construction and building design over the next 25 years' from the Journal of Building Survey, Appraisal & Valuation.
www.linkedin.com/posts/sean-m...
www.linkedin.com/posts/sean-m...
Read today that it's been a record breaking year for roof top solar panel installs. 203,125 so far - bringing the UK total to 1.85 million certified installations. Great to see some good news out there. 🌍 👍
mcscertified.com/uk-rooftop-s...
mcscertified.com/uk-rooftop-s...
UK rooftop solar installations hit record high - MCS
Read more on record solar installations across the UK in 2025. Hear from Ed Miliband on a commitment to the Future Homes Standard.
mcscertified.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Read today that it's been a record breaking year for roof top solar panel installs. 203,125 so far - bringing the UK total to 1.85 million certified installations. Great to see some good news out there. 🌍 👍
mcscertified.com/uk-rooftop-s...
mcscertified.com/uk-rooftop-s...
Treated myself to this absolute beauty of a book. 14 case studies showing that available energy has always been the biggest impact on architecture and built form. 🤓🌍
Goes to show that todays questions about embodied carbon, the energy transition, passive performance, etc have always existed.
Goes to show that todays questions about embodied carbon, the energy transition, passive performance, etc have always existed.
October 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Treated myself to this absolute beauty of a book. 14 case studies showing that available energy has always been the biggest impact on architecture and built form. 🤓🌍
Goes to show that todays questions about embodied carbon, the energy transition, passive performance, etc have always existed.
Goes to show that todays questions about embodied carbon, the energy transition, passive performance, etc have always existed.
Look what arrived on my doormat. Lovely to see a paper copy. 🎉
September 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Look what arrived on my doormat. Lovely to see a paper copy. 🎉
Love this National Electricity Grid visual. As recently as 2010, 70% of UK generation was from coal. As of last winter, it's gone for good!
In its place: 37.5% renewables, 14.3% nuclear, 7.4% biomass. Less than a third to go now from fossil fuels (gas power plants).
grid.iamkate.com
In its place: 37.5% renewables, 14.3% nuclear, 7.4% biomass. Less than a third to go now from fossil fuels (gas power plants).
grid.iamkate.com
August 22, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Love this National Electricity Grid visual. As recently as 2010, 70% of UK generation was from coal. As of last winter, it's gone for good!
In its place: 37.5% renewables, 14.3% nuclear, 7.4% biomass. Less than a third to go now from fossil fuels (gas power plants).
grid.iamkate.com
In its place: 37.5% renewables, 14.3% nuclear, 7.4% biomass. Less than a third to go now from fossil fuels (gas power plants).
grid.iamkate.com
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I’m 100% into A.I. (Adding Insulation)
August 17, 2025 at 5:56 AM
I’m 100% into A.I. (Adding Insulation)
Look at this slide from 2023 showing European countries phasing out fossil fuel heating. We (UK) are probably joining them for new homes as soon as next year. It's not that radical! 🌍👷
August 15, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Look at this slide from 2023 showing European countries phasing out fossil fuel heating. We (UK) are probably joining them for new homes as soon as next year. It's not that radical! 🌍👷
Pleased to share my article 'Climate change and the new building regulations: Limitations and urgent opportunities for construction and building design over the next 25 years' from the Journal of Building Survey, Appraisal & Valuation.
www.linkedin.com/posts/sean-m...
www.linkedin.com/posts/sean-m...
August 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Pleased to share my article 'Climate change and the new building regulations: Limitations and urgent opportunities for construction and building design over the next 25 years' from the Journal of Building Survey, Appraisal & Valuation.
www.linkedin.com/posts/sean-m...
www.linkedin.com/posts/sean-m...
This is something I'm really delighted we're working on - mainstream, future proof, net zero ready, new build homes with no energy costs. Always knew it was possible, often doubted the conversation would ever get there, fantastic to now see it in action. 👷 🌍 👇
Excited by our partnership with @octopus.energy on their Zero Bills homes. Heat pumps, solar PV, clever tariffs & battery storage are centre stage for net zero. But here are the wins for developers & home buyers - desirable, future proof homes with no energy outlay: octopus.energy/zero-bill-ac...
June 30, 2025 at 11:22 AM
This is something I'm really delighted we're working on - mainstream, future proof, net zero ready, new build homes with no energy costs. Always knew it was possible, often doubted the conversation would ever get there, fantastic to now see it in action. 👷 🌍 👇
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As we await the Future Homes Standard, time and again we find ourselves reaching for this excellent guide by our friends at LETI, to help show how heat pumps, not hydrogen boilers, will help us transition our buildings to net zero. Vital context for future changes to the regs:
www.leti.uk/hydrogen
www.leti.uk/hydrogen
Hydrogen | LETI
Hydrogen as a means to deliver energy is often touted as a viable solution to assist in meeting the UK’s net zero carbon target. In this short discussion paper, LETI have sought to investigate this…
www.leti.uk
June 6, 2025 at 8:09 AM
As we await the Future Homes Standard, time and again we find ourselves reaching for this excellent guide by our friends at LETI, to help show how heat pumps, not hydrogen boilers, will help us transition our buildings to net zero. Vital context for future changes to the regs:
www.leti.uk/hydrogen
www.leti.uk/hydrogen
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Morning Bluesky. Ever wondered what making a coffee looks like under a surveyors thermal camera? Wonder no more. ☕
May 29, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Morning Bluesky. Ever wondered what making a coffee looks like under a surveyors thermal camera? Wonder no more. ☕
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This is quite impressive from one of the UK’s largest house builders
They should roll it out across the whole country
www.businessgreen.com/news/4413943...
They should roll it out across the whole country
www.businessgreen.com/news/4413943...
May 26, 2025 at 7:06 AM
This is quite impressive from one of the UK’s largest house builders
They should roll it out across the whole country
www.businessgreen.com/news/4413943...
They should roll it out across the whole country
www.businessgreen.com/news/4413943...
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In 1330, a French Commune started using thermal springs to sustainably heat their buildings. Wooden pipes served each home from a central main. They're still doing it today. What can this founding heat network tell us about heating todays cities?
www.buildenergy.co.uk/tips-and-ins...
www.buildenergy.co.uk/tips-and-ins...
What is a Heat Network? A Brief Guide to District Heating - Build Energy
A heat network, or district heating, distributes heat generated at a central location to individual premises for space heating and hot water.
www.buildenergy.co.uk
May 20, 2025 at 10:59 AM
In 1330, a French Commune started using thermal springs to sustainably heat their buildings. Wooden pipes served each home from a central main. They're still doing it today. What can this founding heat network tell us about heating todays cities?
www.buildenergy.co.uk/tips-and-ins...
www.buildenergy.co.uk/tips-and-ins...
More than half of new homes are still being fitted with gas boilers even today. As well as these higher bills, all will need to be retrofitted and reconfigured at the cost of thousands within the next couple of decades or sooner. 👇 💰
Poor building standards add £1,000 to energy bills of new homes, analysis finds
Poor building standards add £1,000 to energy bills of new homes, analysis finds
About £5bn more spent than if rules for low-carbon new-builds had not been scrapped in 2016, ECIU thinktank finds
People living in newly built homes are being hit with energy bills that are nearly £1,000 a year higher than need be because of the poor standards to which they have been constructed.
Occupants of homes built in the past seven years have paid about £5bn more in energy bills than they would have if regulations requiring new homes to be low-carbon had not been scrapped in 2016, according to analysis seen by the Guardian. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 16, 2025 at 8:45 AM
More than half of new homes are still being fitted with gas boilers even today. As well as these higher bills, all will need to be retrofitted and reconfigured at the cost of thousands within the next couple of decades or sooner. 👇 💰
Had the pleasure of visiting an EV charging superhub recently. No petrol in sight, 44 rapid chargers, some for busses and HGV's. Solar PV generation and storage all on site. Feels like the future. Always fun to see a project from work in the wild too: www.buildenergy.co.uk/projects/ins...
May 7, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Had the pleasure of visiting an EV charging superhub recently. No petrol in sight, 44 rapid chargers, some for busses and HGV's. Solar PV generation and storage all on site. Feels like the future. Always fun to see a project from work in the wild too: www.buildenergy.co.uk/projects/ins...
I wrote a short summary of where we are with the Future Homes Standard five years on - in short, nowhere fast. But we know what a future home looks like - well insulated, powered by an electric heat pump, and with as little energy demand from the grid as possible: www.linkedin.com/pulse/whats-...
April 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I wrote a short summary of where we are with the Future Homes Standard five years on - in short, nowhere fast. But we know what a future home looks like - well insulated, powered by an electric heat pump, and with as little energy demand from the grid as possible: www.linkedin.com/pulse/whats-...
Sending this to anyone asking when the Future Homes Standard comes in. 👷♂️🏠🌍
March 31, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Sending this to anyone asking when the Future Homes Standard comes in. 👷♂️🏠🌍
Everyone should join bluesky - a gentler, friendlier space for kind and curious souls to exchange ideas. 👷♂️
For Fucks Sake! We keep producing this over processed, climate ignorant, low density, design deficient, noddy box shit year after year, and call it housing supply.
March 13, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Everyone should join bluesky - a gentler, friendlier space for kind and curious souls to exchange ideas. 👷♂️