That and the subways are legitimate constraints on some streets. Really just a lack of imagination keeping us from having nice things

Modern trash collection in Amersfoort. Why is this impossible in New York?

Photo of a street with The Onze-Lieve-Vrouwetoren church tower

Staying in Amersfoort before the Passive House conference in Essen

You might be able to guess what Scharlatanerie means wrt Solar Freaking Roadways!

Video is in English

Weird that it works if you set language to German though

Assembly Matters: Panelized System Solutions for Fire + Smoke Resilience YouTube video by Passive House Accelerator

Good examples of how biobased materials including straw can contribute to fire resilient buildings.

Featuring @andrewmichler.bsky.social via @phaccelerator.bsky.social

High Line segment at 30th Street with congestion pricing cameras, public art, and a wood bridge.

Yesterday was a great day to walk the High Line

Hufelandstraße Berlin Precision Grinding Fräsdienst-Service E. Feind GmbH YouTube video by Fräsdienst E. Feind

How they make old stone paved streets better for cycling in Berlin

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Who else is going?

Here comes the sun: New bill would let New Yorkers hang solar panels from windows The Sunny Act could remove barriers and allow all New Yorkers to hang their own solar panels.

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🌱 Workshop | 23 Apr, 13:00–15:30, 28th Intl Passive House Conference, Essen

“More than insulation – a life-cycle perspective” with MEET. Learn to assess energy use & GHG emissions of materials & components, and reduce impacts across a building’s full life cycle.

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Historic clock in front of subway station house showing the correct time finally.

They fixed the clock at Newkirk Plaza!

They could do ground-source heat pumps, which for retrofits would involve expensive drilling in courtyards or cellars but no change to facade or to existing radiators.

Work in Progress: How we're tackling Sidewalk Sheds (with John Wilson) YouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office

No one likes unnecessary scaffolding. Thankfully, we have a plan — and John Wilson is here to help break it down.

That would be best. BTW the map is misleading. There’s no connection to the B at Ave H

Excited about the IBX? The next public workshop is April 28:

Fiber cement clapboard to keep historic look and direct plaster finish otherwise if you can find a contractor who will do it

I’d like to see them furnished. Those angled walls are crazy.

I’m wondering if the extra stair’s required so that at least one meets current resi code

Prefab straw panels with noncombustible cladding would be great. Might be hard to get Bostonians to accept a plaster finish on their trinities

Rainbow solar panels on the St Pauli stadium in Hamburg. Technically impressive to get those colors with about the same efficiency as black panels. And important in 2026 to make a statement supporting diversity.

Generell. Ich habe bis jetzt kein Balkonkraftwerk

Eine Home-Assistant Integration wäre nützlich

Do you support pro-solar policy? 90% say yes.

What percentage of other people support this pro-solar policy? Average estimate: 58.6%

Up-front cash for heat pumps? 80% support?

What percentage of other people support heat pumps? Average estimate: 46.8%

Incredible perception gap.

Good morning everyone today is MOON DAY 🚀🌖🥰 #Artemis

Villa G YouTube video by db deutsche bauzeitung

Practicing German by transcribing videos but there’s a word I can’t figure out. The cc says schchieren? “Wir wollten schon eine gewisse Struktur drin haben, aber eben nur so ein leichtes Schchieren”

Was könnte das Wort sein?

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Romania gets a lot of flags, or is the guy in front from Chad?

This is why we need the metric system in America

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The iceberg in Prospect Park has shrunk a lot since March 11

a fuckton of people filling 7th avenue as far as the eye can see with billboards in times square

NYC No Kings march today photographed by Adam Gray: www.instagram.com/p/DWcf2Xmj-UL/