Cara Sloat

Mechanical and green building design at Hammerschlag and Joffe (H&J); philosopher; martial artist; urbanite; cycle commuter; she/her pronouns. All views my own.

[Cara Sloat @CaraSloat]

@jeffranson Jeff, while I agree with you about densification as a practice, more demo contractors with salvage abilities would reduce the environmental impact of these projects. I have a commercial client right now who was looking, and I only had one GTA name to give them...

[Cara Sloat @CaraSloat]

Overhearing my life partner, who always falls asleep in cars and during podcasts, retell every beat of our long-weekend car listen to a friend. @trufelman, bravo! I think that's a first!

The riveting tale of fighter jet cockpits and average men here:
https://t.co/WTHQbTFGS9

[Cara Sloat @CaraSloat]

The original software engineer.

[Elliott Gall @etgall]

Excited to share results of our study with a middle school in Portland, OR, which investigated the impact of high-efficiency air cleaning on indoor air quality in a middle school: https://t.co/5PYxjpJvP6 w/ great work by Linda George and @LaguerreAurelie

[Cara Sloat @CaraSloat]

Did you all know about this? Also, apparently we buildings sector people, while using 1/3 of the energy, may not have 1/3 of the solutions.
https://t.co/KIuw4AXGOP

[Paul Taylor @PaulTaylorTO]

38% of Toronto's homeless population identify as Indigenous.

30% of Toronto's homeless population identify as Black.

Homelessness is a crisis. Anti-Indigenous racism is a crisis. Anti-Black racism is a crisis.

It's time to start responding as such. We won't wait any longer!

[Cara Sloat @CaraSloat]

Did you know @Torontowater is increasing the energy consumption of every new groundwater sump pump in the City in opposition to the City's own climate goals? Pumps that could run 15 minutes will instead run 5+ hours in most new buildings. Maddening.

[Cara Sloat @CaraSloat]

The engineer's version of LMGTFW... let me measure that for you. 😅

[Mobot 🚴🏳️‍🌈🌿💜 @spiralbody]

.@TamikaButler throwing down TRUTH on a webinar this morning. Calling out the white planning sphere for actively ignoring the work of POC to address equity in communities. If you think your equity idea is "new" - it's probably not. Start listening. Amplify community voices & act

[montepaulsen.bsky.social @MontePaulsen]

Two of my heroes will present at the Global Passive House Happy Hour tomorrow night. Tim McDonald, pictured below, is one. You'll have to join us Weds at 7 pm Eastern (4p Pacific) to meet the other. @NewJerseyPH @NYPassiveHouse @PassiveHouseMA Register at: https://t.co/geDCpns381

[Ontario Government @ONgov]

Ontario prohibits gatherings of more than five people with strict exceptions. Stronger action is required to stop the spread of #COVID19.
https://t.co/gQeyCDS3P3 |

#Covid_19 #COVIDー19 #FlattenTheCurve #StayAtHome

[T O R O N T O 🍁 @Toronto]

The week-long Global #ClimateStrike begins today with rallies around the World 🌎. Please take part in the #Toronto Rally next Friday. Here are the details:

What: Toronto #ClimateStrike
Where: Queens Park
When: Friday, Sept. 27th
Time: 11:00 am

RT 🙏 to let everyone know!!

[Cara Sloat @CaraSloat]

Hey Toronto peeps: There's a $300 gift certificate for MEC up for grabs for Bike Week 2019... https://t.co/Pj4SSZfd6S

[Cara Sloat @CaraSloat]

@BikeMonth @mec Hey Bike Month - any chance you have templates for 2019 posters for our boards at work? =)

[Cara Sloat @CaraSloat]

Natural gas is reliable, simple, and currently very low cost. However, fugitive emissions may be significantly under reported. Can natural gas be part of a under 2°C climate future?

https://t.co/PNJcSW4AC4

[Efficiency Canada @EfficiencyCAN]

Congrats to our friends at the @CaGBC for a successful event last night - your new building is not only beautiful, it's the first zero carbon certified building in Canada. #zerocarbon #energyefficiency
https://t.co/UT8luIAOKj

[Cara Sloat @CaraSloat]

Davenporters and Torontonians, if you are looking for help picking a school trustee, here's one option for making a pick!

[Marit Stiles @MaritStiles]

Great to see @Steph4schools singled out for support in #DavenportTO as candidate for #TDSB Trustee. Stephanie is the strong voice for public education we will need over the next four years, in our riding and across the city! #topoli

[Andrea Horwath @AndreaHorwath]

This is not the Victorian era. We can make sure everyone gets sick days when they need them, and vacation days with their family when they’ve earned them — not Doug Ford’s plan to drag Ontario backwards. #onpoli

[Cara Sloat @CaraSloat]

@SustBldgCan I love the “sidewalk planting permit” idea from San Francisco...

[Marit Stiles @MaritStiles]

Fiction.