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
Pinned
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...
Reposted by Michael Burchert
Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
February 16, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
Reposted by Michael Burchert
2019:
Me: gas car
Brother 1: gas car
Sister 1: gas car
Brother 2: gas car
Sister 2: gas car
Sister-in-law: gas car
Nephew: gas car
2026:
Me: used EV
Brother 1: used EV
Sister 1: used EV
Brother 2: used EV
Sister 2: used EV
Sister-in-law: used EV
Nephew: used EV
Less talk.
More action.
Me: gas car
Brother 1: gas car
Sister 1: gas car
Brother 2: gas car
Sister 2: gas car
Sister-in-law: gas car
Nephew: gas car
2026:
Me: used EV
Brother 1: used EV
Sister 1: used EV
Brother 2: used EV
Sister 2: used EV
Sister-in-law: used EV
Nephew: used EV
Less talk.
More action.
February 16, 2026 at 6:52 PM
2019:
Me: gas car
Brother 1: gas car
Sister 1: gas car
Brother 2: gas car
Sister 2: gas car
Sister-in-law: gas car
Nephew: gas car
2026:
Me: used EV
Brother 1: used EV
Sister 1: used EV
Brother 2: used EV
Sister 2: used EV
Sister-in-law: used EV
Nephew: used EV
Less talk.
More action.
Me: gas car
Brother 1: gas car
Sister 1: gas car
Brother 2: gas car
Sister 2: gas car
Sister-in-law: gas car
Nephew: gas car
2026:
Me: used EV
Brother 1: used EV
Sister 1: used EV
Brother 2: used EV
Sister 2: used EV
Sister-in-law: used EV
Nephew: used EV
Less talk.
More action.
Reposted by Michael Burchert
The current best practice, ... say DGNB gold, platin, think of the e.g. best EU practice Holzbau school, is not even inside todays limits. It's only getting worse in the future, the budget shrinks. We need to step up significantly (retrofit + renewable materials + sufficiency) or -stop- building.
February 16, 2026 at 9:53 AM
The current best practice, ... say DGNB gold, platin, think of the e.g. best EU practice Holzbau school, is not even inside todays limits. It's only getting worse in the future, the budget shrinks. We need to step up significantly (retrofit + renewable materials + sufficiency) or -stop- building.
Reposted by Michael Burchert
The 2023 article that created these graphs posits 3 causes: English-speaking countries disproportionately
1. dislike living in or near apartments/condos/row houses
2. do not do "proactive public engagement at the policy-setting stage"
3. now have less land for building due to a legacy of sprawl
1. dislike living in or near apartments/condos/row houses
2. do not do "proactive public engagement at the policy-setting stage"
3. now have less land for building due to a legacy of sprawl
February 16, 2026 at 5:55 PM
The 2023 article that created these graphs posits 3 causes: English-speaking countries disproportionately
1. dislike living in or near apartments/condos/row houses
2. do not do "proactive public engagement at the policy-setting stage"
3. now have less land for building due to a legacy of sprawl
1. dislike living in or near apartments/condos/row houses
2. do not do "proactive public engagement at the policy-setting stage"
3. now have less land for building due to a legacy of sprawl
functional vs dysfunctional (for the average people at least)
Great piece from @dsquareddigest.bsky.social, which touches on one of the big theories for why English-speaking countries do especially badly at housebuilding:
Adversarial and litigious common law systems (Anglo) vs judge-led civil law systems elsewhere.
samf.substack.com/p/build-the-...
Adversarial and litigious common law systems (Anglo) vs judge-led civil law systems elsewhere.
samf.substack.com/p/build-the-...
February 16, 2026 at 2:57 PM
functional vs dysfunctional (for the average people at least)
"Entsprechend ist es durchaus erfreulich, dass sich der Kulturkampf ums #GEG in den Kommunen nicht abbildet, sondern dort insgesamt wesentlich pragmatischer und zielorientierter diskutiert wird. Klimaschutzaspekte nehmen zunehmend eine untergeordnete Rolle ein,..." (1/2)
Entgegen der hitzigen Debatten, bleibt der #"Heizungshammer" auf lokaler Ebene aus. Auf Basis vergleichender Fallstudienzeigt sich: Die Konfliktintensität vor Ort ist überraschend niedrig. Zeit bleibt der entscheidende Faktor für das Gelingen der #Wärmewende.
www.rifs-potsdam.de/de/blog/2026...
www.rifs-potsdam.de/de/blog/2026...
Wärmewende in Kommunen: Konfliktarm, aber langsam
www.rifs-potsdam.de
February 16, 2026 at 2:44 PM
"Entsprechend ist es durchaus erfreulich, dass sich der Kulturkampf ums #GEG in den Kommunen nicht abbildet, sondern dort insgesamt wesentlich pragmatischer und zielorientierter diskutiert wird. Klimaschutzaspekte nehmen zunehmend eine untergeordnete Rolle ein,..." (1/2)
The current best practice, ... say DGNB gold, platin, think of the e.g. best EU practice Holzbau school, is not even inside todays limits. It's only getting worse in the future, the budget shrinks. We need to step up significantly (retrofit + renewable materials + sufficiency) or -stop- building.
February 16, 2026 at 9:53 AM
The current best practice, ... say DGNB gold, platin, think of the e.g. best EU practice Holzbau school, is not even inside todays limits. It's only getting worse in the future, the budget shrinks. We need to step up significantly (retrofit + renewable materials + sufficiency) or -stop- building.
Reposted by Michael Burchert
Not many people are aware of the fact that "The building sector is responsible for 21% of global greenhouse gas emissions, but has so far shown limited progress towards the significant reduction in emissions and related temperature targets set by the Paris Agreement."
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...
January 8, 2026 at 10:10 AM
Not many people are aware of the fact that "The building sector is responsible for 21% of global greenhouse gas emissions, but has so far shown limited progress towards the significant reduction in emissions and related temperature targets set by the Paris Agreement."
Reposted by Michael Burchert
REP. @aoc.bsky.social : “It’s important to remember there’s more of us than them — every one of us can be sand in the gears of an injustice.”
February 16, 2026 at 3:42 AM
REP. @aoc.bsky.social : “It’s important to remember there’s more of us than them — every one of us can be sand in the gears of an injustice.”
Chaos A.D.
Disorder unleashed
Starting to burn
Starting to lynch
Silence means death
Stand on your feet
Inner fear
Your worst enemy
Refuse
Resist
Refuse
Resist
Or Smooth Operator.
Disorder unleashed
Starting to burn
Starting to lynch
Silence means death
Stand on your feet
Inner fear
Your worst enemy
Refuse
Resist
Refuse
Resist
Or Smooth Operator.
What’s the best song lyric in history?
February 16, 2026 at 5:40 AM
Chaos A.D.
Disorder unleashed
Starting to burn
Starting to lynch
Silence means death
Stand on your feet
Inner fear
Your worst enemy
Refuse
Resist
Refuse
Resist
Or Smooth Operator.
Disorder unleashed
Starting to burn
Starting to lynch
Silence means death
Stand on your feet
Inner fear
Your worst enemy
Refuse
Resist
Refuse
Resist
Or Smooth Operator.
It annoys me to have to repeat myself, but why are progressive people still acting as tools on this propaganda platform? Your resistance there is working fantastically well.
It's galling to contemplate but I really think you have to admit that Musk buying X was an unqualified victory. It can't be exaggerated just how much prominent journalists, pundits, business type, etc. mistake the vibe on X for "how the country is feeling."
February 16, 2026 at 4:51 AM
It annoys me to have to repeat myself, but why are progressive people still acting as tools on this propaganda platform? Your resistance there is working fantastically well.
Reposted by Michael Burchert
Ukrainian blogger Yaroslav, known online as Savage Sage, showed Marinka, Donetsk region, before and after the Russian invasion.
📹: savagesage_eng / Instagram
📹: savagesage_eng / Instagram
February 15, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Ukrainian blogger Yaroslav, known online as Savage Sage, showed Marinka, Donetsk region, before and after the Russian invasion.
📹: savagesage_eng / Instagram
📹: savagesage_eng / Instagram
Transporter is loaded for the Repaircafé . Bring it on.
February 15, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Transporter is loaded for the Repaircafé . Bring it on.
Reposted by Michael Burchert
"Es gibt einen moralischen Imperativ, wenn wir über Klimamaßnahmen diskutieren, denn es geht darum, Häuser und Gemeinschaften zu schützen, die Natur zu bewahren, für zukünftige Generationen zu liefern.
February 15, 2026 at 8:16 AM
"Es gibt einen moralischen Imperativ, wenn wir über Klimamaßnahmen diskutieren, denn es geht darum, Häuser und Gemeinschaften zu schützen, die Natur zu bewahren, für zukünftige Generationen zu liefern.
Ugh, look at the wall thicknesses, it's so cold in there. These buildings are everywhere and are considered romantic today, but they were never finished; insulation was always lacking here. Nicht neu, known for a long time.
Lawren Stewart Harris (Canadian, 1885–1970)
"Grey Day in Town", 1923.
Oil on Canvas, 113.7 × 101.6 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Grey Day in Town", 1923.
Oil on Canvas, 113.7 × 101.6 cm.
Private Collection.
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
February 15, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Ugh, look at the wall thicknesses, it's so cold in there. These buildings are everywhere and are considered romantic today, but they were never finished; insulation was always lacking here. Nicht neu, known for a long time.
There are numerous lobby studies disguised as scientific works that discredit renewable materials in favor of mineral /synthetic business as usual construction. One strategy is to compare the worst timber product with the best unicorn mineral products. And of course play with the End of Life stage.
MISLEADING: A new academic paper by @qmul.bsky.social has attracted significant media attention by claiming that EVs & heat pumps deliver no proven carbon savings in UK ahead of 2030 clean power target - and should therefore be postponed.
Here is why this paper should never have been published.🧵
Here is why this paper should never have been published.🧵
February 14, 2026 at 10:00 AM
There are numerous lobby studies disguised as scientific works that discredit renewable materials in favor of mineral /synthetic business as usual construction. One strategy is to compare the worst timber product with the best unicorn mineral products. And of course play with the End of Life stage.
Reposted by Michael Burchert
Our task as humanity is to achieve lower energy demand without fossil fuels. As well as reducing resourcevextraction / consumption, reaching a circular sufficient economy. However, the response of high-tech companies is always to build additional structures.
Find the mistake.
Find the mistake.
February 14, 2026 at 6:57 AM
Our task as humanity is to achieve lower energy demand without fossil fuels. As well as reducing resourcevextraction / consumption, reaching a circular sufficient economy. However, the response of high-tech companies is always to build additional structures.
Find the mistake.
Find the mistake.
Reposted by Michael Burchert
Bei Sicherheit, aber auch bei Digitalisierung und bei Energie. Doch in Deutschland und Europa erhöht der Kanzler durch seine Entscheidungen, die fossile Abhängigkeit Europas. Das ist nicht nur schlecht fürs Klima, das ist auch sicherheitspolitisch falsch. 2/3
February 13, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Bei Sicherheit, aber auch bei Digitalisierung und bei Energie. Doch in Deutschland und Europa erhöht der Kanzler durch seine Entscheidungen, die fossile Abhängigkeit Europas. Das ist nicht nur schlecht fürs Klima, das ist auch sicherheitspolitisch falsch. 2/3
Reposted by Michael Burchert
#TaxTheRich we need more common sense, common like in commons. AI enterprises base their profits on common knowledge, public infrastructure & destroying common wealth (climate, water consumption, causing pollution through mining…) not paying back. That’s backlash in early Industrial Revolution.
650 billion this year?
In the midst of a climate crisis and the sixth mass extinction, it should be the bare minimum of responsibility to build data centers climate-neutral. This applies not only to their operation, of course, but also to their construction.
www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt...
In the midst of a climate crisis and the sixth mass extinction, it should be the bare minimum of responsibility to build data centers climate-neutral. This applies not only to their operation, of course, but also to their construction.
www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt...
Google, Meta und die 650 Milliarden Dollar KI-Wette
Die vier großen US-Techkonzerne wollen in diesem Jahr 650 Milliarden Dollar in KI-Rechenzentren investieren. Hat es ähnlich hohe Infrastrukturinvestitionen schon mal gegeben? Eine Spurensuche.
www.faz.net
February 14, 2026 at 7:11 AM
#TaxTheRich we need more common sense, common like in commons. AI enterprises base their profits on common knowledge, public infrastructure & destroying common wealth (climate, water consumption, causing pollution through mining…) not paying back. That’s backlash in early Industrial Revolution.
650 billion this year?
In the midst of a climate crisis and the sixth mass extinction, it should be the bare minimum of responsibility to build data centers climate-neutral. This applies not only to their operation, of course, but also to their construction.
www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt...
In the midst of a climate crisis and the sixth mass extinction, it should be the bare minimum of responsibility to build data centers climate-neutral. This applies not only to their operation, of course, but also to their construction.
www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt...
Google, Meta und die 650 Milliarden Dollar KI-Wette
Die vier großen US-Techkonzerne wollen in diesem Jahr 650 Milliarden Dollar in KI-Rechenzentren investieren. Hat es ähnlich hohe Infrastrukturinvestitionen schon mal gegeben? Eine Spurensuche.
www.faz.net
February 14, 2026 at 6:48 AM
650 billion this year?
In the midst of a climate crisis and the sixth mass extinction, it should be the bare minimum of responsibility to build data centers climate-neutral. This applies not only to their operation, of course, but also to their construction.
www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt...
In the midst of a climate crisis and the sixth mass extinction, it should be the bare minimum of responsibility to build data centers climate-neutral. This applies not only to their operation, of course, but also to their construction.
www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt...
Reposted by Michael Burchert
I think what people miss is that straw panels are so much more modern and efficient (in operation and production) already than most high emission - standard building methods👋
www.strotec.nl
www.strotec.nl
February 13, 2026 at 12:38 PM
I think what people miss is that straw panels are so much more modern and efficient (in operation and production) already than most high emission - standard building methods👋
www.strotec.nl
www.strotec.nl
Reposted by Michael Burchert
Madness in the world is peaking again.
Time for something real. Photosynthesis. Boring?
It takes 100-200 billion tons of carbon annually and turns it into approximately 450 billion tons of biomass.
Renewable. Enough for everyone to eat + live on. If you don't burn it, also sustainable.
Time for something real. Photosynthesis. Boring?
It takes 100-200 billion tons of carbon annually and turns it into approximately 450 billion tons of biomass.
Renewable. Enough for everyone to eat + live on. If you don't burn it, also sustainable.
February 13, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Madness in the world is peaking again.
Time for something real. Photosynthesis. Boring?
It takes 100-200 billion tons of carbon annually and turns it into approximately 450 billion tons of biomass.
Renewable. Enough for everyone to eat + live on. If you don't burn it, also sustainable.
Time for something real. Photosynthesis. Boring?
It takes 100-200 billion tons of carbon annually and turns it into approximately 450 billion tons of biomass.
Renewable. Enough for everyone to eat + live on. If you don't burn it, also sustainable.
Reposted by Michael Burchert
Now, a study from University of East London looks at ways to restore some of the "sponginess" the city has lost, protecting vulnerable homes & businesses.
share.google/2iw1I5qDkKA7...
share.google/2iw1I5qDkKA7...
February 13, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Now, a study from University of East London looks at ways to restore some of the "sponginess" the city has lost, protecting vulnerable homes & businesses.
share.google/2iw1I5qDkKA7...
share.google/2iw1I5qDkKA7...
Reposted by Michael Burchert
Ineffcient straw building is fun as well though. I bet you cannot waste time better than doing this with friends and family.
February 13, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Ineffcient straw building is fun as well though. I bet you cannot waste time better than doing this with friends and family.
I think what people miss is that straw panels are so much more modern and efficient (in operation and production) already than most high emission - standard building methods👋
www.strotec.nl
www.strotec.nl
February 13, 2026 at 12:38 PM
I think what people miss is that straw panels are so much more modern and efficient (in operation and production) already than most high emission - standard building methods👋
www.strotec.nl
www.strotec.nl