Prof. Rob McLeod
@robscot.bsky.social
Professor of Building Physics and Sustainable Design at TU Graz 🇪🇺
Everything is connected...
#IndoorAirQuality #Ventilation #BuildingPhysics #EnergyPolicy
#LowCarbonBuildings #Resilience
#ClimateCrisis #Health&Wellbeing #SocialJustice #ED&I/DEI
Everything is connected...
#IndoorAirQuality #Ventilation #BuildingPhysics #EnergyPolicy
#LowCarbonBuildings #Resilience
#ClimateCrisis #Health&Wellbeing #SocialJustice #ED&I/DEI
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Prof. Rob McLeod
@robscot.bsky.social
· Jun 30
Air Quality Matters - Podcast Page
The Air Quality Matters Podcast is a weekly conversation with leaders in air quality and ventilation from across the globe.
www.airqualitymatters.net
It was a real pleasure to speak to @airqualitymatters.bsky.social about our recent #ImpAQS report on air quality in #Austrian #schools, and the wider implications of this study for the future of ventilation and air quality in schools everywhere.
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www.airqualitymatters.net/podcast
shorturl.at/FAoGy
www.airqualitymatters.net/podcast
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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. - Margaret Mead
Pic of the day
#photography
Pic of the day
#photography
January 15, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. - Margaret Mead
Pic of the day
#photography
Pic of the day
#photography
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Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
January 22, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
Bored of peace...
then you've come to the right place!
then you've come to the right place!
The Board of Peace comprises leaders from 18 of the world's least democratic states (plus the US) and its charter pledges $1 billion from each of them to be used at the discretion of the board's chairman (you already know who it is) www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
January 22, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Bored of peace...
then you've come to the right place!
then you've come to the right place!
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🤔What next for the Scottish Passivhaus Equivalent?
The Scottish Government's latest progress report suggests the policy is on track to make significant changes to building standards. A Stage 2 policy consultation is due later in 2026.
https://www.passivhaustrust.org.uk/news/detail/?nId=1528
The Scottish Government's latest progress report suggests the policy is on track to make significant changes to building standards. A Stage 2 policy consultation is due later in 2026.
https://www.passivhaustrust.org.uk/news/detail/?nId=1528
January 22, 2026 at 7:00 AM
🤔What next for the Scottish Passivhaus Equivalent?
The Scottish Government's latest progress report suggests the policy is on track to make significant changes to building standards. A Stage 2 policy consultation is due later in 2026.
https://www.passivhaustrust.org.uk/news/detail/?nId=1528
The Scottish Government's latest progress report suggests the policy is on track to make significant changes to building standards. A Stage 2 policy consultation is due later in 2026.
https://www.passivhaustrust.org.uk/news/detail/?nId=1528
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Trump is acting like an international gangster.
The Prime Minister has tried appeasing him for 12 months and has failed. It's time we finally stood up to him and united with our European allies to make him back down.
The Prime Minister has tried appeasing him for 12 months and has failed. It's time we finally stood up to him and united with our European allies to make him back down.
January 19, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Trump is acting like an international gangster.
The Prime Minister has tried appeasing him for 12 months and has failed. It's time we finally stood up to him and united with our European allies to make him back down.
The Prime Minister has tried appeasing him for 12 months and has failed. It's time we finally stood up to him and united with our European allies to make him back down.
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UK 'must prepare to kick US troops out of country', Zack Polanski says
www.thenational.scot/news/2577822...
www.thenational.scot/news/2577822...
UK 'must prepare to kick US troops out of country' over Greenland, Zack Polanski says
THE UK Government must “urgently” make a plan on how to remove US military bases from British soil in the wake of Donald Trump’s threats over…
www.thenational.scot
January 19, 2026 at 7:55 PM
UK 'must prepare to kick US troops out of country', Zack Polanski says
www.thenational.scot/news/2577822...
www.thenational.scot/news/2577822...
341 flavours of the same thing...
If you're one of the 188 Republicans and 153 Democrats who voted last week to send $3.3B more in military and bombs to Netanyahu as he commits genocide, do not be quoting Dr. MLK this week, who specifically condemned the triple evils of racism, poverty, and militarism.
Reprehensible hypocrisy.
Reprehensible hypocrisy.
January 19, 2026 at 10:04 PM
341 flavours of the same thing...
Billionaires who are "Bored of Peace"...
Because it's hard to make a decent buck, without constantly breaking stuff.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/w...
Because it's hard to make a decent buck, without constantly breaking stuff.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/w...
$1 Billion in Cash Buys a Permanent Seat on Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Billionaires who are "Bored of Peace"...
Because it's hard to make a decent buck, without constantly breaking stuff.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/w...
Because it's hard to make a decent buck, without constantly breaking stuff.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/w...
For a minute, I thought they were referring to FFP2 mask mandates and ASHRAE 241 ventilation protocols... alas, the main focus seems to be on hand washing!
Nebraska: Adams Middle School implements protocols as flu season peaks www.knopnews2.com/2026/01/16/a...
Adams Middle School implements protocols as flu season peaks
School officials emphasize prevention measures to keep students healthy
www.knopnews2.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:23 PM
For a minute, I thought they were referring to FFP2 mask mandates and ASHRAE 241 ventilation protocols... alas, the main focus seems to be on hand washing!
42% of Americans see this as a success??
Pollster: 58% of Americans say Trump's second term has been a failure. A year into term number two, Trump's numbers look worse than any other president. Trump is even worse than George W. Bush after Katrina and a long period in the Iraq War. This is really, really bad.
January 16, 2026 at 8:56 PM
42% of Americans see this as a success??
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Hab geträumt, dass
@arminthurnher.bsky.social einen #Club2 moderiert, in dem @markusmarterbauer.bsky.social, @thomasczypionka.bsky.social und @robscot.bsky.social zum Schluss kommen, dass sich der nachträgliche Einbau von Lüftungsanlagen in öff. Schulen recht schnell rechnen würde.
#Luftmilliarde
@arminthurnher.bsky.social einen #Club2 moderiert, in dem @markusmarterbauer.bsky.social, @thomasczypionka.bsky.social und @robscot.bsky.social zum Schluss kommen, dass sich der nachträgliche Einbau von Lüftungsanlagen in öff. Schulen recht schnell rechnen würde.
#Luftmilliarde
January 13, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Hab geträumt, dass
@arminthurnher.bsky.social einen #Club2 moderiert, in dem @markusmarterbauer.bsky.social, @thomasczypionka.bsky.social und @robscot.bsky.social zum Schluss kommen, dass sich der nachträgliche Einbau von Lüftungsanlagen in öff. Schulen recht schnell rechnen würde.
#Luftmilliarde
@arminthurnher.bsky.social einen #Club2 moderiert, in dem @markusmarterbauer.bsky.social, @thomasczypionka.bsky.social und @robscot.bsky.social zum Schluss kommen, dass sich der nachträgliche Einbau von Lüftungsanlagen in öff. Schulen recht schnell rechnen würde.
#Luftmilliarde
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BREAKING: “Mr Speaker the Prime Minister just looks ridiculous when he won’t tell the truth that Trump has broken international law”
Ed Davey
#PMQs
Ed Davey
#PMQs
January 7, 2026 at 12:44 PM
BREAKING: “Mr Speaker the Prime Minister just looks ridiculous when he won’t tell the truth that Trump has broken international law”
Ed Davey
#PMQs
Ed Davey
#PMQs
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The PM and Foreign Secretary should be condemning this illegal strike and breach of international human rights law.
After years of arming a genocide and worshipping the “special relationship”, Trump now believes he can act with impunity.
After years of arming a genocide and worshipping the “special relationship”, Trump now believes he can act with impunity.
Trump just kidnapped President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela
January 3, 2026 at 11:27 AM
The PM and Foreign Secretary should be condemning this illegal strike and breach of international human rights law.
After years of arming a genocide and worshipping the “special relationship”, Trump now believes he can act with impunity.
After years of arming a genocide and worshipping the “special relationship”, Trump now believes he can act with impunity.
Meanwhile...
"Venezuelan opposition leader, María Corina Machado, who won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, is pitching a post‑Maduro future to US investors, describing a “US$1.7 trillion opportunity” to privatise Venezuela’s oil, gas and infrastructure."
theconversation.com/why-is-trump...
"Venezuelan opposition leader, María Corina Machado, who won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, is pitching a post‑Maduro future to US investors, describing a “US$1.7 trillion opportunity” to privatise Venezuela’s oil, gas and infrastructure."
theconversation.com/why-is-trump...
Why is Trump so obsessed with Venezuela? His new security strategy provides some clues
The Trump administration is reviving the Monroe Doctrine for Latin America. The aim: keeping China out and securing oil and resources for itself.
theconversation.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Meanwhile...
"Venezuelan opposition leader, María Corina Machado, who won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, is pitching a post‑Maduro future to US investors, describing a “US$1.7 trillion opportunity” to privatise Venezuela’s oil, gas and infrastructure."
theconversation.com/why-is-trump...
"Venezuelan opposition leader, María Corina Machado, who won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, is pitching a post‑Maduro future to US investors, describing a “US$1.7 trillion opportunity” to privatise Venezuela’s oil, gas and infrastructure."
theconversation.com/why-is-trump...
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Reminder.
December 31, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Reminder.
Great work @ukhadds.bsky.social calling out this toxic disinformation/ social manipulation, masquerading as science by @thetelegraphnews.bsky.social
One of the reasons why I go so hard on science misinformation/disinformation, is that as a working scientist it is frustrating to see your research misreported to push an agenda.
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
December 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Great work @ukhadds.bsky.social calling out this toxic disinformation/ social manipulation, masquerading as science by @thetelegraphnews.bsky.social
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One of the reasons why I go so hard on science misinformation/disinformation, is that as a working scientist it is frustrating to see your research misreported to push an agenda.
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
December 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
One of the reasons why I go so hard on science misinformation/disinformation, is that as a working scientist it is frustrating to see your research misreported to push an agenda.
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
December 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
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Clean air, ventilation & masks all stop the spread of disease
“Flu Season” is just cold weather.. leading to closed windows.. leading to inadequately ventilated buildings.. leading to a build up of virus in the air #FluIsAirborne
“Flu Season” is just cold weather.. leading to closed windows.. leading to inadequately ventilated buildings.. leading to a build up of virus in the air #FluIsAirborne
Number of people hospitalised with flu increases by almost 60% in two weeks
Number of people hospitalised with flu increases by almost 60% in two weeks
Highest number of cases reported last week were in children aged 0 to 14, who accounted for 1,022 instances
www.irishtimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Clean air, ventilation & masks all stop the spread of disease
“Flu Season” is just cold weather.. leading to closed windows.. leading to inadequately ventilated buildings.. leading to a build up of virus in the air #FluIsAirborne
“Flu Season” is just cold weather.. leading to closed windows.. leading to inadequately ventilated buildings.. leading to a build up of virus in the air #FluIsAirborne
Near-field vs. Far-field viral transmission in schools. Recent Swiss study published in Nature Comms provides new insights on relative risks...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools - Nature Communications
The relative importance of close-proximity interactions, shared space and air quality to the transmission of respiratory viruses is not well understood. Here, the authors investigate this question by ...
www.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Near-field vs. Far-field viral transmission in schools. Recent Swiss study published in Nature Comms provides new insights on relative risks...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🚨 Mask up, ventilate, vaccinate... 👇
Very bad flu’ season this year and no sign of it peaking.
1,717 patients were admitted to hospital with the virus each day last week on average, more than twice as high as this time last year, according to NHS England statistics.
Get vaccinated if you haven’t already.
1,717 patients were admitted to hospital with the virus each day last week on average, more than twice as high as this time last year, according to NHS England statistics.
Get vaccinated if you haven’t already.
December 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
🚨 Mask up, ventilate, vaccinate... 👇
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Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
November 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
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Lesson 2 - from the "lost month", as Baroness Hallett so vividly describes it - February 2020:
If you can't be arsed to do your job even as a deadly pandemic grips the world, you certainly don't deserve to be within a thousand miles of Downing Street.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
If you can't be arsed to do your job even as a deadly pandemic grips the world, you certainly don't deserve to be within a thousand miles of Downing Street.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Lesson 2 - from the "lost month", as Baroness Hallett so vividly describes it - February 2020:
If you can't be arsed to do your job even as a deadly pandemic grips the world, you certainly don't deserve to be within a thousand miles of Downing Street.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
If you can't be arsed to do your job even as a deadly pandemic grips the world, you certainly don't deserve to be within a thousand miles of Downing Street.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
" A small number of rogue nations can not be allowed to block progress for the rest of the world..."
November 23, 2025 at 7:04 AM
" A small number of rogue nations can not be allowed to block progress for the rest of the world..."
Why bother with peer reviewed science🧪... when you can just make stuff up? 🤔
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Why bother with peer reviewed science🧪... when you can just make stuff up? 🤔