Kate de Selincourt
@katedes.bsky.social
Writer - sustainable building and the environment
Looking forward to the LinkedIn discussions of the assumptions in the modelling they used to derive "bill savings"
January 21, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Looking forward to the LinkedIn discussions of the assumptions in the modelling they used to derive "bill savings"
On a perfectly innocent quest for information about changes to rdSAP... this was from a training provider. Though they do make becoming a DEA look a bit challenging, you also appear to have to learn cyrillic - and grow extra fingers 😅
January 6, 2026 at 6:40 PM
On a perfectly innocent quest for information about changes to rdSAP... this was from a training provider. Though they do make becoming a DEA look a bit challenging, you also appear to have to learn cyrillic - and grow extra fingers 😅
Gosh, I can't think how anyone will be able to do an EPC assessment under the new SAP, if *this* is what you need 😲
(spoiler, it goes way beyond just having to measure the windows...)
(spoiler, it goes way beyond just having to measure the windows...)
January 6, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Gosh, I can't think how anyone will be able to do an EPC assessment under the new SAP, if *this* is what you need 😲
(spoiler, it goes way beyond just having to measure the windows...)
(spoiler, it goes way beyond just having to measure the windows...)
That probably ought to be one of my resolutions too but
January 3, 2026 at 6:53 PM
That probably ought to be one of my resolutions too but
But look! It's local coal!
December 26, 2025 at 10:27 PM
But look! It's local coal!
But worry not! The ventilation is mainly managed by the kitchen floor 🌬️🌬️
December 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
But worry not! The ventilation is mainly managed by the kitchen floor 🌬️🌬️
If you wondered why people so often disable their ventilation, try this handy explainer
December 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM
If you wondered why people so often disable their ventilation, try this handy explainer
Life in the Cotswolds must be bloody awful if you don't drive a car (From the map of connectivity by public transport, with brown as basically zero, purple still pretty much bugger all. Central Gloucester glows orange and as you would expect, London is a fiery red.)
December 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Life in the Cotswolds must be bloody awful if you don't drive a car (From the map of connectivity by public transport, with brown as basically zero, purple still pretty much bugger all. Central Gloucester glows orange and as you would expect, London is a fiery red.)
😂😂 haha did I hurt its feelings?
December 1, 2025 at 10:57 AM
😂😂 haha did I hurt its feelings?
Today was ridiculously beautiful in the forest
November 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Today was ridiculously beautiful in the forest
Any #lichen or #fungus enthusiasts here who can tell me what this is?(or which, indeed!) Seems to be fruiting (the little orange hats?) but altogether unfamiliar.. @guyshrubsole.bsky.social is this one in your repertoire?
November 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Any #lichen or #fungus enthusiasts here who can tell me what this is?(or which, indeed!) Seems to be fruiting (the little orange hats?) but altogether unfamiliar.. @guyshrubsole.bsky.social is this one in your repertoire?
Aha, you too are observing the annual festival of beech worship...
November 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Aha, you too are observing the annual festival of beech worship...
Feel your pain. You should have tried to travel to Gloucestershire from London last night. Well, obviously you shouldn't. While trains that were even running were "77 minutes late" and worse (love the precision) this was the GWR website!!!
October 16, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Feel your pain. You should have tried to travel to Gloucestershire from London last night. Well, obviously you shouldn't. While trains that were even running were "77 minutes late" and worse (love the precision) this was the GWR website!!!
Not gentians, but still wanted to share as they're so pretty - nice display of colchicums beside a ride in the Forest of Dean this afternoon #wildflowerhour
August 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Not gentians, but still wanted to share as they're so pretty - nice display of colchicums beside a ride in the Forest of Dean this afternoon #wildflowerhour
In Waitrose...but !!!
August 23, 2025 at 1:54 PM
In Waitrose...but !!!
Lovely here in the Chilterns today too
June 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Lovely here in the Chilterns today too
Ah possibly (though maybe a helleborine migh have obliged??Last year I visited on the 18th and hit the jackpot I reckon
May 9, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Ah possibly (though maybe a helleborine migh have obliged??Last year I visited on the 18th and hit the jackpot I reckon
Keep thinking the same ...
April 8, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Keep thinking the same ...