Cillian Collins

Irish architect (MRIAI) working with @perkinswill_VAN. Certified Passive House Designer. LEED AP. Enjoy swimming,cycling,running:)

[Cillian Collins @CillianCollins]

grim predictions that more than 90% of emperor penguin colonies will be “quasi-extinct” by 2100 😢

[Prof. Eliot Jacobson @EliotJacobson]

In a year of very sad news for sentient life, this may be the saddest news yet:

"When the sea ice breaks earlier, chicks can fall into the water and drown, or they may drift away on floes and the adults just lose them and then they would starve to death"
https://t.co/n4dER86uof

[The Cultural Tutor @culturaltutor]

Want to know what the apocalypse will be like?

Look no further than the terrifying art of John Martin, a long forgotten 19th century painter you've probably never heard of...

[Edgar McGregor @edgarrmcgregor]

🧵Since it is becoming hard to track, here is a thread of the simply astounding weather records planet Earth has started shattering in recent weeks:

1. Dramatic flood events have begun striking various countries around the world simultaneously this week.
https://t.co/BLiyOyxHHp

[Zack Labe @ZLabe]

Okay...

For more info: https://t.co/QXRkBvNW08. For more graphs: https://t.co/V0Lt0w1sTi.

[Extreme Temperatures Around The World @extremetemps]

New 2023 highest temperature in Europe returns to Spain today with 39.9C at Almonte. 4 stations >39C, Portugal also reached 39C yesterday and today.
The first 40C in Europe is a matter of days.
In France 34.8C today, the 2023 highest.

[Cillian Collins @CillianCollins]

@BillPollockTO there is a woman in the class and in the photos. An underrepresentation reflective of the wider AEC for sure

[Cillian Collins @CillianCollins]

Nice to be back in person teaching with @PassiveHouseCan hosted by @RDHBuildings working through high performance assemblies (though will be my last in Canada for a while). And as it was 4.30pm on a Friday there was beer:)

[Cillian Collins @CillianCollins]

@ElrondBurrell heading back to dear o' Ireland for a while

[Daily Star @dailystar]

The Daily Star lettuce has come out victorious in the battle of the year - to see whether it could outlast Prime Minister Liz Truss in #LizVsLettuce

[THREAD]

[Cillian Collins @CillianCollins]

@trawetsnagrom @Bradyfaught https://t.co/ekyUAcqkCW

[Clean Energy BC @CleanEnergyBC]

Join us for an in-depth talk on Sectoral Transition: Transportation, Built Environment, Industry with @CillianCollins from Perkins&Will
and Julia Balabanowicz from Innergex Renewable Energy @innergex_ine

Register before tickets sell out by April 27th at https://t.co/GfNsdqACtl

[The Kyiv Independent @KyivIndependent]

The video that President Volodymyr Zelensky demonstrated during his virtual address to the U.S. Congress earlier on March 16.

Video: Zelenskiy/Official/Telegram

[Irish Foreign Ministry @dfatirl]

“Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine”

“We live in each other’s shelter”

On this #StPatricksDay

#Ireland 🇮🇪 stands in solidarity with the people of #Ukraine

We are thinking of you today

[Mick Ryan, AM @WarintheFuture]

There have been many fine journalists covering this war from inside #Ukraine. They have been essential to shining a light on a war that Russia would like to keep hidden. The service, and sacrifices, of those who are keeping us outside Ukraine informed is worthy of deep respect.

[@[email protected] @lloydalter]

Portland Cement Association @PCA_Daily releases a roadmap to carbon neutrality in 2020. Full of good ideas but the road has a few missed turns and some big gaps. https://t.co/qwWeTBoFeZ

[Peter Kalmus @ClimateHuman]

This is one of the saddest pairs of images I have ever seen.

[Cillian Collins @CillianCollins]

@PassiveHouseBB @CjDoel may have some recommendations

[Canadian Architect @CdnArch]

Here's Andy Thomson's run-down of what architects (and really, anyone using buildings) needs to know about airborne #COVID. Especially important in getting a handle on #COVIDSecondWave. TL;DR summary follows... 1/

https://t.co/eGMQ6hOGBq

[Anthony Leiserowitz @ecotone2]

Turns out that everyone who divested from fossil fuels for moral reasons, avoided serious financial losses too.

https://t.co/te46NLL1up

[PassiveHouseAccelerator @PHAccelerator]

Next week Cillian Collins will join us at the #PassiveHouse Happy Hour to present SoLo. Get the Happy Hour Zoom link now to learn about the stewardship-based model that informed SoLo’s design, project challenges and lessons learned. @PassiveHouseCan
https://t.co/JlwTtJQO7W