Michael Burchert
@michaelburchert.bsky.social
🇪🇺 Educator, Speaker, Builder, Activist. Regenerative construction.
That #strawhouse guy.
Fixing mistakes @ built environment. Independent #Bauwende construction revolution advocacy, english & german word salad, enjoy! https://linktr.ee/michaelburchert
That #strawhouse guy.
Fixing mistakes @ built environment. Independent #Bauwende construction revolution advocacy, english & german word salad, enjoy! https://linktr.ee/michaelburchert
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Our project looked at climate neutrality 🇩🇪 2045.
Buildings built in '25 have an operational greenhouse gas emission budget of 6.86 kg CO2e/(m²*a) + embodied 6.41 kg CO2e/(m²*a).
By 2045, these budgets will be reduced to 1.05 and 0.79 kg CO2e/(m²*a), respectively.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Buildings built in '25 have an operational greenhouse gas emission budget of 6.86 kg CO2e/(m²*a) + embodied 6.41 kg CO2e/(m²*a).
By 2045, these budgets will be reduced to 1.05 and 0.79 kg CO2e/(m²*a), respectively.
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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Try to do this without timber, straw, hemp, earth.
You are welcome.
You are welcome.
January 7, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Try to do this without timber, straw, hemp, earth.
You are welcome.
You are welcome.
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We’re at the point where we need to regulate, by whatever means possible, that all new builds and renovations of *everything* need to be net-zero emitting or on their way there through learning.
February 12, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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Guys, let's be honest.
What is left over for new construction is basically the timber, straw, earth - realm + reuse of components, using existing buildings as foundations.
There are like 5 people openly saying + practicing this. Give them all the support you can.
Remember: bsky IS a retweet game.
What is left over for new construction is basically the timber, straw, earth - realm + reuse of components, using existing buildings as foundations.
There are like 5 people openly saying + practicing this. Give them all the support you can.
Remember: bsky IS a retweet game.
December 22, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Guys, let's be honest.
What is left over for new construction is basically the timber, straw, earth - realm + reuse of components, using existing buildings as foundations.
There are like 5 people openly saying + practicing this. Give them all the support you can.
Remember: bsky IS a retweet game.
What is left over for new construction is basically the timber, straw, earth - realm + reuse of components, using existing buildings as foundations.
There are like 5 people openly saying + practicing this. Give them all the support you can.
Remember: bsky IS a retweet game.
Reposted by Michael Burchert
I'm partial to ignoring NDCs and SSPs.
The derivative of global annual emissions seems like a more honest metric.
Dorling's book Slowdown has phase diagrams that plot the emission series with absolute change. It's leaning in the wrong direction atm.
The derivative of global annual emissions seems like a more honest metric.
Dorling's book Slowdown has phase diagrams that plot the emission series with absolute change. It's leaning in the wrong direction atm.
February 11, 2026 at 10:49 PM
I'm partial to ignoring NDCs and SSPs.
The derivative of global annual emissions seems like a more honest metric.
Dorling's book Slowdown has phase diagrams that plot the emission series with absolute change. It's leaning in the wrong direction atm.
The derivative of global annual emissions seems like a more honest metric.
Dorling's book Slowdown has phase diagrams that plot the emission series with absolute change. It's leaning in the wrong direction atm.
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From a garden office in Sheffield to a market cold room in Kenya, straw applied in very different contexts.
theconversation.com/why-im-build...
#construction #strawbuilding #biobasedmaterials #embodiedcarbon #bioeconomy
theconversation.com/why-im-build...
#construction #strawbuilding #biobasedmaterials #embodiedcarbon #bioeconomy
Why I’m building an office out of straw
Straw bales are a cheap building materials and they are great for insulation.
theconversation.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:45 AM
From a garden office in Sheffield to a market cold room in Kenya, straw applied in very different contexts.
theconversation.com/why-im-build...
#construction #strawbuilding #biobasedmaterials #embodiedcarbon #bioeconomy
theconversation.com/why-im-build...
#construction #strawbuilding #biobasedmaterials #embodiedcarbon #bioeconomy
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While others are stepping back on climate, Project Drawdown is stepping up!
We’re proud to announce the Climate Science Serving America Fellowship to support U.S.-based Ph.D.-level scientists & engineers focused on climate solutions for the public good.
drawdown.org/news/project...
We’re proud to announce the Climate Science Serving America Fellowship to support U.S.-based Ph.D.-level scientists & engineers focused on climate solutions for the public good.
drawdown.org/news/project...
Project Drawdown launches Climate Science Serving America Fellowship to support scientists working in the public good
Fellowship seeks early- to mid-career researchers based in America who are committed to science and public expertise
drawdown.org
February 12, 2026 at 5:34 PM
While others are stepping back on climate, Project Drawdown is stepping up!
We’re proud to announce the Climate Science Serving America Fellowship to support U.S.-based Ph.D.-level scientists & engineers focused on climate solutions for the public good.
drawdown.org/news/project...
We’re proud to announce the Climate Science Serving America Fellowship to support U.S.-based Ph.D.-level scientists & engineers focused on climate solutions for the public good.
drawdown.org/news/project...
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You want more? OK.
We have this sample in the office since 2018. Yes construction transformation is that slow. All these climate neutral stuff is held back by the system we made.
We have this sample in the office since 2018. Yes construction transformation is that slow. All these climate neutral stuff is held back by the system we made.
March 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
You want more? OK.
We have this sample in the office since 2018. Yes construction transformation is that slow. All these climate neutral stuff is held back by the system we made.
We have this sample in the office since 2018. Yes construction transformation is that slow. All these climate neutral stuff is held back by the system we made.
Does it activate you or is this a form of entertainment?
At the same time 'Oatly banned from using word ‘milk’ to market plant-based products in UK'...
At the same time 'Oatly banned from using word ‘milk’ to market plant-based products in UK'...
‘Point-of-no-return’: Lock-in of a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, warn scientists
- Continued global heating could set an irreversible course by triggering tipping points, but the public and politicians are largely unaware
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Continued global heating could set an irreversible course by triggering tipping points, but the public and politicians are largely unaware
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Point of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say
Continued global heating could set irreversible course by triggering climate tipping points, but most people unaware
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Does it activate you or is this a form of entertainment?
At the same time 'Oatly banned from using word ‘milk’ to market plant-based products in UK'...
At the same time 'Oatly banned from using word ‘milk’ to market plant-based products in UK'...
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We can move beyond the capitalist model and save the climate – here are the first three steps, write @jasonhickel.bsky.social and @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social
- democratise our economy and a better world is within our grasp
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- democratise our economy and a better world is within our grasp
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We can move beyond the capitalist model and save the climate – here are the first three steps | Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis
Capitalism cares about our species’ prospects as much as a wolf cares about a lamb’s. But democratise our economy and a better world is within our grasp, say Jason Hickel and Yanis Varoufakis
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:41 PM
We can move beyond the capitalist model and save the climate – here are the first three steps, write @jasonhickel.bsky.social and @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social
- democratise our economy and a better world is within our grasp
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- democratise our economy and a better world is within our grasp
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I have been inherited this rather unattractive wall model of a building with typical German double-layered masonry. It has aerated concrete on it. I think you know that I don't usually like that very much. 😏
I'm going to remove it. Do you have any ideas for a climate-cool replacement?
I'm going to remove it. Do you have any ideas for a climate-cool replacement?
February 12, 2026 at 5:20 PM
I have been inherited this rather unattractive wall model of a building with typical German double-layered masonry. It has aerated concrete on it. I think you know that I don't usually like that very much. 😏
I'm going to remove it. Do you have any ideas for a climate-cool replacement?
I'm going to remove it. Do you have any ideas for a climate-cool replacement?
Reposted by Michael Burchert
Es gibt in Deutschland:
🌾5-geschossiges Strohhaus✅
🌾Zulassung✅
🌾Baustrohballen✅
🌾Einblasstroh✅
🌾Strohbauplatten✅
🌾Strohwärmedämmverbundsystem✅
🌾Strohbaurichtlinie fasba.de✅
🌾Stroh-Dorf✅
🌾genug Stroh✅
🌾Weiterbildung✅
🌾Förderung von CO2-Senken❌
🌾5-geschossiges Strohhaus✅
🌾Zulassung✅
🌾Baustrohballen✅
🌾Einblasstroh✅
🌾Strohbauplatten✅
🌾Strohwärmedämmverbundsystem✅
🌾Strohbaurichtlinie fasba.de✅
🌾Stroh-Dorf✅
🌾genug Stroh✅
🌾Weiterbildung✅
🌾Förderung von CO2-Senken❌
November 3, 2024 at 6:41 PM
Es gibt in Deutschland:
🌾5-geschossiges Strohhaus✅
🌾Zulassung✅
🌾Baustrohballen✅
🌾Einblasstroh✅
🌾Strohbauplatten✅
🌾Strohwärmedämmverbundsystem✅
🌾Strohbaurichtlinie fasba.de✅
🌾Stroh-Dorf✅
🌾genug Stroh✅
🌾Weiterbildung✅
🌾Förderung von CO2-Senken❌
🌾5-geschossiges Strohhaus✅
🌾Zulassung✅
🌾Baustrohballen✅
🌾Einblasstroh✅
🌾Strohbauplatten✅
🌾Strohwärmedämmverbundsystem✅
🌾Strohbaurichtlinie fasba.de✅
🌾Stroh-Dorf✅
🌾genug Stroh✅
🌾Weiterbildung✅
🌾Förderung von CO2-Senken❌
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NACHWACHSENDER BRUTALISMUS
Lasst uns das endlich machen. Hier werden z.B. Wohnungen im Bestand gefunden, regenerativ.
Bau muss nicht Scheiße sein. #BaukeinenScheiss
#stroh #holz #lehm #bambus #Bauwende #Architektur
Fotos: Atelier Schmidt: www.atelierschmidt.ch/complemedis-...
Lasst uns das endlich machen. Hier werden z.B. Wohnungen im Bestand gefunden, regenerativ.
Bau muss nicht Scheiße sein. #BaukeinenScheiss
#stroh #holz #lehm #bambus #Bauwende #Architektur
Fotos: Atelier Schmidt: www.atelierschmidt.ch/complemedis-...
January 22, 2024 at 10:25 AM
NACHWACHSENDER BRUTALISMUS
Lasst uns das endlich machen. Hier werden z.B. Wohnungen im Bestand gefunden, regenerativ.
Bau muss nicht Scheiße sein. #BaukeinenScheiss
#stroh #holz #lehm #bambus #Bauwende #Architektur
Fotos: Atelier Schmidt: www.atelierschmidt.ch/complemedis-...
Lasst uns das endlich machen. Hier werden z.B. Wohnungen im Bestand gefunden, regenerativ.
Bau muss nicht Scheiße sein. #BaukeinenScheiss
#stroh #holz #lehm #bambus #Bauwende #Architektur
Fotos: Atelier Schmidt: www.atelierschmidt.ch/complemedis-...
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Found a little gem from 2000(!) while looking for a workshop place: Wooden diamond vault, made on site by bending & nailing together spruce boards.
#earthplaster, #greenroof.
#Holzbau Brettstapelgewölbe Coswig, Sachsen. Evang. Gemeindesaal. Reiter Architekten 📸Lothar Sprenger
#earthplaster, #greenroof.
#Holzbau Brettstapelgewölbe Coswig, Sachsen. Evang. Gemeindesaal. Reiter Architekten 📸Lothar Sprenger
September 24, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Found a little gem from 2000(!) while looking for a workshop place: Wooden diamond vault, made on site by bending & nailing together spruce boards.
#earthplaster, #greenroof.
#Holzbau Brettstapelgewölbe Coswig, Sachsen. Evang. Gemeindesaal. Reiter Architekten 📸Lothar Sprenger
#earthplaster, #greenroof.
#Holzbau Brettstapelgewölbe Coswig, Sachsen. Evang. Gemeindesaal. Reiter Architekten 📸Lothar Sprenger
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Structural design using reclaimed wood.
"process based on species identification was sufficient but led to underutilization of structural members. ... method which uses adjusted functions that relate mechanical properties to specific gravity is proposed."
#Altholz #Wiedernutzung #Bauwende #Holzbau
"process based on species identification was sufficient but led to underutilization of structural members. ... method which uses adjusted functions that relate mechanical properties to specific gravity is proposed."
#Altholz #Wiedernutzung #Bauwende #Holzbau
Structural design using reclaimed wood – A case study and proposed design procedure
Applying circular economy principles through the structural reuse of reclaimed wood in new construction can reduce the climate impact of the construct…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 5, 2023 at 9:05 PM
Structural design using reclaimed wood.
"process based on species identification was sufficient but led to underutilization of structural members. ... method which uses adjusted functions that relate mechanical properties to specific gravity is proposed."
#Altholz #Wiedernutzung #Bauwende #Holzbau
"process based on species identification was sufficient but led to underutilization of structural members. ... method which uses adjusted functions that relate mechanical properties to specific gravity is proposed."
#Altholz #Wiedernutzung #Bauwende #Holzbau
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The Querbeet #Strawbuilding #Baugruppe project just won the Lower Saxony #Holzbau Preis 👏
I visited the construction site a while ago. I hope you can see how normal this tech is.
I visited the construction site a while ago. I hope you can see how normal this tech is.
November 12, 2024 at 8:39 AM
The Querbeet #Strawbuilding #Baugruppe project just won the Lower Saxony #Holzbau Preis 👏
I visited the construction site a while ago. I hope you can see how normal this tech is.
I visited the construction site a while ago. I hope you can see how normal this tech is.
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Gegen die Dämmarmut in Deutschland.
#NawaRo #Strohbau #Hanfbau #Holzbau #Mehrfamilienhaus
Gibt es hier #Bauwende-Interessierte (die Wende, die Klimaziele einhält)?
#NawaRo #Strohbau #Hanfbau #Holzbau #Mehrfamilienhaus
Gibt es hier #Bauwende-Interessierte (die Wende, die Klimaziele einhält)?
October 3, 2023 at 8:51 AM
Gegen die Dämmarmut in Deutschland.
#NawaRo #Strohbau #Hanfbau #Holzbau #Mehrfamilienhaus
Gibt es hier #Bauwende-Interessierte (die Wende, die Klimaziele einhält)?
#NawaRo #Strohbau #Hanfbau #Holzbau #Mehrfamilienhaus
Gibt es hier #Bauwende-Interessierte (die Wende, die Klimaziele einhält)?
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Holzbau addition. No surprise, logic.
April 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Holzbau addition. No surprise, logic.
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It's the year 2017, Hanno Otzen delivers straw bales for insulation grown directly near the construction site to his 6 family Baugruppen Holzbau home with an electrified GDR Framo truck with a wooden Chassis.
Now it is almost 2025, construction is still running headless into a zero emission world.
Now it is almost 2025, construction is still running headless into a zero emission world.
December 13, 2024 at 10:07 AM
It's the year 2017, Hanno Otzen delivers straw bales for insulation grown directly near the construction site to his 6 family Baugruppen Holzbau home with an electrified GDR Framo truck with a wooden Chassis.
Now it is almost 2025, construction is still running headless into a zero emission world.
Now it is almost 2025, construction is still running headless into a zero emission world.
Reposted by Michael Burchert
Reposted by Michael Burchert
Call your state representative today and politely demand they pass a balcony solar law like Utah’s. Just plug it into your outdoor outlet and start saving $$ immediately. No permits or electrical work required. Millions have already done it in Germany, proving it is safe and effective.
States Weigh Bills to Allow You to Make Your Own Electricity
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Call your state representative today and politely demand they pass a balcony solar law like Utah’s. Just plug it into your outdoor outlet and start saving $$ immediately. No permits or electrical work required. Millions have already done it in Germany, proving it is safe and effective.
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Congratulations, American taxpayers: You just financed yet another coal bailout
Gift link:
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Gift link:
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
The Pentagon’s Coal Contract Will Be Just Another Bailout
When politicians struggle to explain some action, they often reach for the catch-all of “national security.” The Trump administration has now taken this a step further in its ongoing campaign to reviv...
www.bloomberg.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Congratulations, American taxpayers: You just financed yet another coal bailout
Gift link:
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Gift link:
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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I wonder if this was the previous "climate story of the century"... 😉
February 12, 2026 at 8:49 AM
I wonder if this was the previous "climate story of the century"... 😉
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‘It would be hard to design a more menacing building if you tried.’
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
An eco obscenity: Norman Foster’s steroidal new skyscraper is an affront to the New York skyline
It contains enough steel to go round the world twice – and even has a fake breeze to flutter the stars-and-stripes flag in its lobby. If this $4bn colossus is just the first of a new breed of bulky su...
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:43 AM
‘It would be hard to design a more menacing building if you tried.’
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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"China's CO2 has now been 'flat or falling' for 21 months
* Down in 2025
* Still below Mar 2024
* Clean energy wave a key factor
If this is China's peak (TBC) it's the climate story of the century so far…" -- @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org
@katemac.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/lili...
* Down in 2025
* Still below Mar 2024
* Clean energy wave a key factor
If this is China's peak (TBC) it's the climate story of the century so far…" -- @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org
@katemac.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/lili...
February 12, 2026 at 8:48 AM
"China's CO2 has now been 'flat or falling' for 21 months
* Down in 2025
* Still below Mar 2024
* Clean energy wave a key factor
If this is China's peak (TBC) it's the climate story of the century so far…" -- @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org
@katemac.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/lili...
* Down in 2025
* Still below Mar 2024
* Clean energy wave a key factor
If this is China's peak (TBC) it's the climate story of the century so far…" -- @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org
@katemac.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/lili...
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Sorry, I installed the straw insulation so high up that you can't reach it with your curious hands.
The fire extinguisher is also nearby. /smugface
Honestly, could have done an entire house wall today.
The fire extinguisher is also nearby. /smugface
Honestly, could have done an entire house wall today.
February 11, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Sorry, I installed the straw insulation so high up that you can't reach it with your curious hands.
The fire extinguisher is also nearby. /smugface
Honestly, could have done an entire house wall today.
The fire extinguisher is also nearby. /smugface
Honestly, could have done an entire house wall today.