#BuildingScience fun w/ Brad Carmichael. @buildingsciencefan.bsky.social Buildings, Sustainability, Affordability, Bikes Hot takes not professional opinion.

Seattle
Joined January 2021
SUCH a great thread on #comfort #physics #buildingscience @energysmartwv @feelgoodhomes @TruTechTools @CanaryScience @allisonbailes @BuildingSciFan
Sure! The shortest version is: humans are endothermic, meaning we make our own body heat. We have to stay in a Goldilocks zone between too hot and too cold. If we're too hot, we sweat, our swear evaporates and it cools us off. With me so far?
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I was going to do a goofy October post about the building science of haunted houses, then learned that the good people at @ZehnderAmerica already did one. zehnderamerica.com/7-signs-o…
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Se construye lo que se dibuja. Punto.
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Ustedes dicen "arquitectura hostil", yo digo "atuendos inadecuados".
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Ok, Who’s Gonna Tell Them?
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Heat Pump xkcd.com/2790
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Upper management has informed us that Tesla Solar Roof will not have budget for a blue check until we become profitable. We look forward to a strong 2035!
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I asked ChatGPT @OpenAI to write a poem about #BuildingPhysics.
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I may or may not have experienced this firsthand. *Takes a drink and shudders*
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If I were to teach a course on waterproofing, I would assign fallingwater as a series of assignments regarding roof flashing, roof drainage, insulation placement and condensation, waterproofing intersection of materials, window flashing, and the selection of materials.
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Solar power generation is typically resilient and essential infrastructure after a natural disaster. When a hurricane hits, doesn't it make sense to couple this infrastructure to our roof shingles?
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INSIDE THOSE WALLS, IT’S LIKE THE WILD WEST The grading of batt insulation jobs is important, because too often (waaaaayyyy too often), compression, gaps and incomplete coverage are the norm. #BuildingScience #EnergyEfficiency #NetZero #PassiveHouse shha.re/ZsmsA
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I’m gonna dox myself here but I’m getting ready to go public soon anyway, so I wanna make an appreciation thread about the place I’ve called home for the last two years. Here’s a picture of it today, and here’s what it looked like 6 years ago. 🧵
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Today Would A Good Day For @AIANational To Publicly Commit To Stop Giving ArchiPAC Money To Legislators Who Oppose Gun Control Measures.
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Is it possible to decarbonize the environment without an expensive paperwork laden certification process?
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Italy offers a 110% tax deduction of the cost of retrofitting homes against climate change (that’s right - 110%) Lo and behold, lots of people take it up - 122,000 houses will be renovated theguardian.com/world/2022/a…
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We need to ramp up climate civil disobedience by a factor of a thousand
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A company has put a trademark on an old saying that many in the #buildingscience community use: ”Buildings Don’t Need to Breathe But People Do” Let's flood the zone with it & make it hard for them to hold on to it.
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Building, and retrofitting, Passive Houses is one way to answer the call for social justice. Everyone deserves a healthy and safe place to be.
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