Seb Laan Lomas

We urgently need to #RegulateEmbodiedCarbon. Architect and Campaigner devoted to empowering #ClimateEmergency responsiveness. Views my own.

[Seb Laan Lomas @SebLaanLomas]

Site photo update from #LlamaCroft_HR4 now the scaffolding is all now finally dropped. Both houses are now finished externally except verandas, and the utility connections begin this week. ⁦we’ll be presenting at ⁦@FuturebuildNow this week⁩ @Grain_Archi⁩

[Seb Laan Lomas @SebLaanLomas]

@wire_brigade @istabreeze @ecocars1 @KateFantom @TheSolarShed Beautiful. Can I ask what the purchase and install costs are roughly?

[Seb Laan Lomas @SebLaanLomas]

A beautiful moment this weekend as our garden clay was being applied to our home made lathe from construction waste. Our first weekend of volunteers for the year did an amazing job. @LlamaCroft_HR4

[Seb Laan Lomas @SebLaanLomas]

Before during and after the first #PlasteringParty of the year @LlamaCroft_HR4. This is clay from the garden going into home made lath made from construction waste. ⁦@Grain_Archi⁩

[Seb Laan Lomas @SebLaanLomas]

What a generous contribution to visualising building fabric performance for us all to learn from....

[Merlin Fulcher @merlinfulcher]

Frosty Veiga ❄️

[Seb Laan Lomas @SebLaanLomas]

Urgent Hivemind Help Please! We desperately need an ASHP designer and installer for our #Bio-based #Passivhaus self-build home in Hereford. Any recommendations welcome please! We had another proper #GrandDesigns moment… thank you!!

[Seb Laan Lomas @SebLaanLomas]

… and there goes our remaining carbon budget. 😡

[Seb Laan Lomas @SebLaanLomas]

So what exactly is the “more nuanced approach” needed that justifies this demolition, ⁦@BBCNews⁩ ? Don’t leave us on such tender hooks after 3 years of campaigning… https://t.co/BKJrFIA1RT

[Seb Laan Lomas @SebLaanLomas]

Seminal moment for #LlamaCroft_HR4 with the airtightness test on Friday. Very proud of the @Grain_Archi team and @firth_Construct on their first project going for #Passivhaus certification. Great stuff to date.

[Seb Laan Lomas @SebLaanLomas]

“You get more guarantees and measurement of a firearm in the US than you do from a new home in the UK” punchy start from Richard Jack of ⁦@BuildTestUK⁩ at #retrofit #revisited hosted by Building Performance Network

[Seb Laan Lomas @SebLaanLomas]

“Good to hear only 50% of retrofits have non-compliant ventilation, as with new homes, 90% are delivered with non-compliant ventilation systems” - scary industry insights from Ian Mawditt and Zack Gill from their BPE experience @CIBSE

[Good Homes Alliance @Good_Homes]

Great turnout for our 3rd and final #RetrofitRevisit workshop today at @UWEBristol with Building Performance Network. Thanks to @UKRI_News @innovateuk @CIBSE for supporting.

[Seb Laan Lomas @SebLaanLomas]

A seminal day for #LlamaCroft_HR4 as the scaffolding drops and the final door is installed ahead of the air test on Friday… #BioBased #Passivhaus ⁦@Grain_Archi⁩

[Seb Laan Lomas @SebLaanLomas]

Garden #clay tiles are then cut out using a simple stamp. The tiles are then transferred to a board so they can be transported to a kiln for firing. Glazes tbc - watch this space… @Grain_Archi

[Seb Laan Lomas @SebLaanLomas]

Handmade garden #clay tile making time! Freshly dug from the garden then thrown, folded, cut, and thrown some more to weed out any inconsistencies, stones, or air bubbles. To be used in #LlamaCroft_HR4 kitchen

[Seb Laan Lomas @SebLaanLomas]

And the first results are in! The non-certified project neighbouring our #LlamaCroft_HR4 performed exceptionally well today in its preliminary airtightness test. Setting a high bar for next week's test of our #Passivhaus... @Grain_Archi @firth_construct #Biobased

[Seb Laan Lomas @SebLaanLomas]

@BerylBikes @wfvaughan @HfdsCouncil Fantastic! What’s the difference between the 11.5 and the 45 tonnes saving please? Thanks

[Seb Laan Lomas @SebLaanLomas]

@WKWales Out of interest, must pilot project be based in Wales?

[Seb Laan Lomas @SebLaanLomas]

@SustainableTall There’s currently a similar initiative in Wales called Delivering Net zero which is aligning over 10 local authorities and housing associations behind a timber based system. Pretty cool stuff

[Seb Laan Lomas @SebLaanLomas]

#ReuseSummit2024 cosmic nugget: new blast-furnace steel releases 28x the carbon emissions compared to re-used steel (EPD data). And re-used steel can be cheaper. Bargain! @asbp_uk #CircularEconomy

[Seb Laan Lomas @SebLaanLomas]

#ReuseSummit2024 is underway with provocations coming from the @asbp_uk team, including this eye-opener about how staggeringly under-utilised our doors are in the Built Environment. Maybe we should be designing with this reality-check in mind… or get MUCH better at re-use

[ASBP @asbp_uk]

Many are concerned about the quantities of construction waste going to landfill, but find the challenges of a #circulareconomy in the built environment too daunting

Join us on 14 Nov at #ReuseSummit2024 in London to hear from those already enabling #reuse
https://t.co/caULeARzBK