Mike Barker

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@stef_schiavon #IBPSA need to hear about this 🙂

We will develop view clarity metrics and a corresponding rating scheme for fenestration systems. We have been awarded the ASHRAE research project titled “ASHRAE 1925-TRP: Development of View Clarity Metrics for Fenestration Systems.” linkedin.com/pulse/view-cla…

@stef_schiavon Check out the 24/7 Carbon-free Energy initiative 😀 #247CFE cc @247CarbonFree

We are in an era in which when you use energy is just as important as how much you use. linkedin.com/pulse/temporal…

"Sunlight travels 93 million miles to reach the earth. None of them through the Strait of Hormuz." Bill McKibben quotesof.me/edit/0e7684cf-…

@JimRosenthal4 @Paleonut_ @grok provide a list of alternate PC-type cooling fans that are run from 12V

@Paleonut_ I used 4 -10X10X2 MERV 13 filters from Tex-Air Filters and a modular fan from AC Infinity.

My Corsi-Rosenthal Modular Mini Box with new filters! This is a great unit for a bedroom. Compact, quiet, uses very little electricity and provides 5-6 ACH.

@JimRosenthal4 How do you know when to replace the filters ?

@LFCKRWIII @wrathofgnon When inside, does it feel like you are wearing tinted glasses all the time ?

@wrathofgnon The library I work at has a similar glass design built in 1979. It's some sort of very expensive ($15,000/pane) German glass and it is dark and mirrored from the outside. Does a good job with UV although we don't have books near it. Also kills a few birds a day. Thud.

This is what happens to the books in glass facade modernist library: UV light radiation leaves only blue colors. Yet virtually every library or office on Earth being built right now are of the exact same "open" design. How gullible we must be to believe these "architects". #Japan

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@Tuliodna Venue please

A quiet Sunday, seating under fig trees and enjoying folk music in a market in SA.

A new resource presents an open per-building dataset of rooftop solar PV potential in the EU, finding that potential capacity could cover around 40% of electricity demand in a 100% renewable 2050 scenario. dlvr.it/TQzCgC

@j_g_allen What type / make of vaccination ? They are not available in South Africa due to reported manufacturing shortages. Factory in Ireland ( so the story goes ? )

Got mine two weeks ago 💪

When it comes to rising electricity demand everyone talks about AI and data centres. But their contribution to rising electricity demand is only 8% between 2025 and 2030. The rest is largely electrification of transport, buildings and industry. @IEA Electricity 2026 report.

🌟Most Popular #CoverArticle of 2025🌟 Demand Flexibility of Pre-Cooling Strategies for City-Scale Buildings Through Urban Building Energy Modeling Xu et al., Hunan University Published in Buildings Vol. 15, Iss. 7 (215 articles) 👉brnw.ch/21wZMTr #SustainableBuildings

Yes, coal still plays a very major role. But for the first time coal generation is down in China and is expected to decline further. carbonbrief.org/analysis-coal-…

The Scale-UP MAKING PEDs project aims to support Positive Energy District implementation across urban areas, addressing both neighbourhood specific and city-wide applications, by developing data-driven Digital Twins. 🔗 irec.cat/press-society/… #IRECprojects #ScaleUPMAKINGPEDs

🌟 #EditorsChoice 🌟 A Study on the Effect of Dynamic Photovoltaic Shading Devices on Energy Consumption and Daylighting of an Office Building, by Yan Jiang, Zongxin Qi, Shenglin Ran and Qingsong Ma 🔗 Read more at: brnw.ch/21wZJ7y #energyconsumption #daylighting

"Rather than committing billions of dollars to new power plants and grid infrastructure, it makes far more sense to reduce peak loads with energy efficiency and demand flexibility," said ACEEE's Mike Specian about the results of a new analysis. aceee.org/faster-and-che…

Amid soaring U.S. electricity use, new research finds that the fastest and cheapest way to alleviate rapid electric load growth is through expanding investment in energy efficiency and demand flexibility. Our new analysis has more⤵️ aceee.org/faster-and-che…