@kdbnicol.bsky.social
Buildings PassivHaus Energy Communities Forests
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Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
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All levels of Canadian government, institutions, universities, and businesses need to stop using X, its billionaire/foreign actor propaganda #Canada #Cdnpoli @mark-carney.bsky.social
Fact File: X’s AI chatbot claims Carney isn’t PM, Russian video set in Toronto #Canada
More Russian Propaganda bullshit.
halifax.citynews.ca/2025/11/25/f...
More Russian Propaganda bullshit.
halifax.citynews.ca/2025/11/25/f...
Fact File: X's AI chatbot claims Carney isn't PM, Russian video set in Toronto
The artificial intelligence chatbot Grok made several errors over the past few weeks when asked to verify information on the X platform. In one instance, it miscaptioned video of a 2021 altercation in...
halifax.citynews.ca
November 27, 2025 at 1:35 AM
All levels of Canadian government, institutions, universities, and businesses need to stop using X, its billionaire/foreign actor propaganda #Canada #Cdnpoli @mark-carney.bsky.social
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Not all heroes, etc etc.
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Not all heroes, etc etc.
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CleanBC review: B.C. isn't close to meeting climate goals and LNG development makes path tougher vancouversun.com/news/cleanbc...
November 27, 2025 at 3:30 AM
CleanBC review: B.C. isn't close to meeting climate goals and LNG development makes path tougher vancouversun.com/news/cleanbc...
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Doing your best to literally destroy life-sustaining ecosystems while also sanctioning the torture of people is hard on the spirit, wow who knew
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) made several revealing admissions about the stressful and chaotic nature of his job, according to a recent New York Times report.The Times' Annie Karni wrote in a Wednesday article that Johnson turned what was meant to be an easy interview with a friendly podcast h...
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Doing your best to literally destroy life-sustaining ecosystems while also sanctioning the torture of people is hard on the spirit, wow who knew
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Health Canada reissues gas boiler recall as company will cease North American operations
Health Canada reissues gas boiler recall as company will cease North American operations
Health Canada has re-announced a recall of several Triangle Tube gas boilers after reports of carbon monoxide leaks and two deaths in the United States.
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Health Canada reissues gas boiler recall as company will cease North American operations
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Trump-GOP War on Poor Children Will 'Leave Lasting Scars on Millions' www.commondreams.org/news/trump-w...
Trump-GOP War on Poor Children Will 'Leave Lasting Scars on Millions' | Common Dreams
A new report details how US President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are waging a multifront war on children by targeting healthcare programs, education, and nutrition assistance.
www.commondreams.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Trump-GOP War on Poor Children Will 'Leave Lasting Scars on Millions' www.commondreams.org/news/trump-w...
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Still learning that caucus isn't just there to be dictated to, no matter what it might look like from the outside.
Carney's expected green light for oil pipeline causes unease in caucus and cabinet: sources. Concerns raised internally that ex-environment minister Steven Guilbeault could resign, @davidwcochrane.bsky.social & JP Tasker report www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Carney's expected green light for oil pipeline causes unease in caucus and cabinet: sources | CBC News
With Prime Minister Mark Carney expected to lay out a path forward for an oil pipeline to northwest B.C. on Thursday, senior people around him have had to assuage skittish MPs and at least one cabinet...
www.cbc.ca
November 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Still learning that caucus isn't just there to be dictated to, no matter what it might look like from the outside.
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From Firehouse to Passive House: Engine 16, New York City
Our speakers will walk you through the project’s transformation, how #PassiveHouse principles guided the design, and the key challenges and considerations along the way.
Register: https://tickets.passivehouse.com/PHI/firehouse-nyc/
Our speakers will walk you through the project’s transformation, how #PassiveHouse principles guided the design, and the key challenges and considerations along the way.
Register: https://tickets.passivehouse.com/PHI/firehouse-nyc/
November 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
From Firehouse to Passive House: Engine 16, New York City
Our speakers will walk you through the project’s transformation, how #PassiveHouse principles guided the design, and the key challenges and considerations along the way.
Register: https://tickets.passivehouse.com/PHI/firehouse-nyc/
Our speakers will walk you through the project’s transformation, how #PassiveHouse principles guided the design, and the key challenges and considerations along the way.
Register: https://tickets.passivehouse.com/PHI/firehouse-nyc/
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I am curious what you tend to regard as good design these days. Because in my experience energy efficiency in traditional homes often reduces quality of life. Like a colonial already struggles to circulate air or pull air through from outside. More insulation / sealing just makes it stuffier.
November 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I am curious what you tend to regard as good design these days. Because in my experience energy efficiency in traditional homes often reduces quality of life. Like a colonial already struggles to circulate air or pull air through from outside. More insulation / sealing just makes it stuffier.
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Easiest: Put the washing in one room, close the door, open the window.
Best: get a mechanical ventilation system. Ideally MVHR, perhaps decentralised, in some room(s).
Consider an air-to-air heat pump, perhaps just for some rooms (relatively cheap & easy to install, now with grants).
Best: get a mechanical ventilation system. Ideally MVHR, perhaps decentralised, in some room(s).
Consider an air-to-air heat pump, perhaps just for some rooms (relatively cheap & easy to install, now with grants).
Recent research showed that a huge proportion (87%) of Brits rely on hanging wet clothes inside their homes – and they’re unknowingly causing serious issues.
A study by the University of Manchester found that drying a wet load of washing indoors can release two litres of water into your home.
A study by the University of Manchester found that drying a wet load of washing indoors can release two litres of water into your home.
The mould truth: Expert warns Brits of one common habit that brings damp into their homes
As winter returns, and households dry laundry indoors, new research suggests this is contributing to dangerous mould problems in the home
kentandsurreybylines.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Easiest: Put the washing in one room, close the door, open the window.
Best: get a mechanical ventilation system. Ideally MVHR, perhaps decentralised, in some room(s).
Consider an air-to-air heat pump, perhaps just for some rooms (relatively cheap & easy to install, now with grants).
Best: get a mechanical ventilation system. Ideally MVHR, perhaps decentralised, in some room(s).
Consider an air-to-air heat pump, perhaps just for some rooms (relatively cheap & easy to install, now with grants).
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Glorious sunshine all morning = free heating for the next few hours (and possibly overnight).
#Passivhaus #PassiveHouse
#Passivhaus #PassiveHouse
November 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Glorious sunshine all morning = free heating for the next few hours (and possibly overnight).
#Passivhaus #PassiveHouse
#Passivhaus #PassiveHouse
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not saying the all-electric passivhaus w/ massive rooftop PV + battery backup i was working on and showed them last year influenced them... but i'm also not not saying that
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
not saying the all-electric passivhaus w/ massive rooftop PV + battery backup i was working on and showed them last year influenced them... but i'm also not not saying that
And Savick panels: import from Canada, save the shipping:
www.savick.ca
www.savick.ca
the best and most useful carbon capture and sequestration program that not only sequesters carbon *but also* saves money (and further reduces operational carbon because it's building insulation)...
is ecococon's passivhaus prefab exterior wall panels.
youtu.be/aHXUpv4nDgU?...
is ecococon's passivhaus prefab exterior wall panels.
youtu.be/aHXUpv4nDgU?...
November 27, 2025 at 3:28 AM
And Savick panels: import from Canada, save the shipping:
www.savick.ca
www.savick.ca
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the best and most useful carbon capture and sequestration program that not only sequesters carbon *but also* saves money (and further reduces operational carbon because it's building insulation)...
is ecococon's passivhaus prefab exterior wall panels.
youtu.be/aHXUpv4nDgU?...
is ecococon's passivhaus prefab exterior wall panels.
youtu.be/aHXUpv4nDgU?...
November 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
the best and most useful carbon capture and sequestration program that not only sequesters carbon *but also* saves money (and further reduces operational carbon because it's building insulation)...
is ecococon's passivhaus prefab exterior wall panels.
youtu.be/aHXUpv4nDgU?...
is ecococon's passivhaus prefab exterior wall panels.
youtu.be/aHXUpv4nDgU?...
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If you want a 'pre approved' housing library, let's do passivhaus single stair stacked flats.
November 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
If you want a 'pre approved' housing library, let's do passivhaus single stair stacked flats.
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The R3 “pre zoned” apartment zoning is a big step forward in terms of making smaller multifamily easier to permit (by trimming off the negotiated phases) - but it’s not yet tailored to single stair options and is biased against small lots, where the allowed density is much lower.
November 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The R3 “pre zoned” apartment zoning is a big step forward in terms of making smaller multifamily easier to permit (by trimming off the negotiated phases) - but it’s not yet tailored to single stair options and is biased against small lots, where the allowed density is much lower.
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We’re creating this single-stair zoning & building toolbox to try to influence zoning rules like Vancouver’s R3 zone, Villages planning, and the province’s tier 3 TOA development.
Bldg code & zoning need to work together to make the most of each.
@jwhiteyvr.bsky.social @christineboyle.bsky.social
Bldg code & zoning need to work together to make the most of each.
@jwhiteyvr.bsky.social @christineboyle.bsky.social
And put it all together to create incremental courtyard urbanism.
50% lot coverage. 2 to 3FSR.
35' max floor plates where there's no side yard.
12' front yard
20% side yard beyond 50' of lot depth
(or)
3 storey lane house with 4' side yard.
50% lot coverage. 2 to 3FSR.
35' max floor plates where there's no side yard.
12' front yard
20% side yard beyond 50' of lot depth
(or)
3 storey lane house with 4' side yard.
November 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
We’re creating this single-stair zoning & building toolbox to try to influence zoning rules like Vancouver’s R3 zone, Villages planning, and the province’s tier 3 TOA development.
Bldg code & zoning need to work together to make the most of each.
@jwhiteyvr.bsky.social @christineboyle.bsky.social
Bldg code & zoning need to work together to make the most of each.
@jwhiteyvr.bsky.social @christineboyle.bsky.social
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Michael Quast, CEO of @passivehousecan.bsky.social, has long had a passion for sustainable building—from building the first straw bale house in his town, to producing HGTV's Holmes on Homes.
Here he is on the #marketing #passivhaus #podcast => marketingpassivhaus.com/episodes/mic...
#PassiveHouse
Here he is on the #marketing #passivhaus #podcast => marketingpassivhaus.com/episodes/mic...
#PassiveHouse
November 26, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Michael Quast, CEO of @passivehousecan.bsky.social, has long had a passion for sustainable building—from building the first straw bale house in his town, to producing HGTV's Holmes on Homes.
Here he is on the #marketing #passivhaus #podcast => marketingpassivhaus.com/episodes/mic...
#PassiveHouse
Here he is on the #marketing #passivhaus #podcast => marketingpassivhaus.com/episodes/mic...
#PassiveHouse
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We're partnering with E2Tech next month for a dive into the demographic and population shifts we can forecast as climate change affects migration to Maine.
Join us December 3 at our new headquarters at 35 Main St., Freeport.
Get registered at: passivhausmaine.org/mini/climate...
Join us December 3 at our new headquarters at 35 Main St., Freeport.
Get registered at: passivhausmaine.org/mini/climate...
November 26, 2025 at 9:13 PM
We're partnering with E2Tech next month for a dive into the demographic and population shifts we can forecast as climate change affects migration to Maine.
Join us December 3 at our new headquarters at 35 Main St., Freeport.
Get registered at: passivhausmaine.org/mini/climate...
Join us December 3 at our new headquarters at 35 Main St., Freeport.
Get registered at: passivhausmaine.org/mini/climate...
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"Hundreds of civil society organizations have already denounced these measures as cruel and violent and as likely to create a mass deportation machine not unlike the one being displayed in the U.S."
Carney’s Bill C-12 brings back a dark chapter in Canada’s immigration policy
Bill C-12, also known as the Strengthening Canada’s Immigration System and Borders Act, introduces profound changes that will restructure key parts of Canada's refugee protection regime.
www.thestar.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:13 AM
"Hundreds of civil society organizations have already denounced these measures as cruel and violent and as likely to create a mass deportation machine not unlike the one being displayed in the U.S."
Background on the B.C. Coast Tanker Ban: by Ellen Fox, Facebook post, 25 Nov 2025: 🧵
Hecate Strait: The Ocean That Decides Whether the Tanker Ban Lives or Dies
If you want to understand why Canada’s Pacific tanker ban matters, don’t start with pipelines or lobbyists or even climate politics.
Hecate Strait: The Ocean That Decides Whether the Tanker Ban Lives or Dies
If you want to understand why Canada’s Pacific tanker ban matters, don’t start with pipelines or lobbyists or even climate politics.
November 27, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Background on the B.C. Coast Tanker Ban: by Ellen Fox, Facebook post, 25 Nov 2025: 🧵
Hecate Strait: The Ocean That Decides Whether the Tanker Ban Lives or Dies
If you want to understand why Canada’s Pacific tanker ban matters, don’t start with pipelines or lobbyists or even climate politics.
Hecate Strait: The Ocean That Decides Whether the Tanker Ban Lives or Dies
If you want to understand why Canada’s Pacific tanker ban matters, don’t start with pipelines or lobbyists or even climate politics.
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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
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this plus CT's single stair reform = big housing wins
Great news! Connecticut governor Ned Lamont, a noted coward, has finally located his big-boy pants and signed the legislature's amazing, ambitious housing bill. Among other things, it nukes parking mandates!
Gov. Lamont signs much-debated CT affordable housing bill after vetoing previous version
The bill is Connecticut's most significant housing legislation in decades.
www.ctinsider.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
this plus CT's single stair reform = big housing wins