Housing and climate strategy
Landsdale, Hamilton
Joined June 2011
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Hey @elonmusk: e-bikes are a missing piece in the @Tesla ecosystem. You could redefine urban mobility. @VanMoof is best-in-class, vertically integrated, and unbelievably fun —they grew too fast and are having to explore a sale, would you have a look? #ridethefuture together?⚡️🚲
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Vienna has a unique model for affordable housing that provides 60% of residents with social housing. That’s 220k municipally owned and another 200k subsidized apartments. And they are building more: 7k publicly funded units/ year housing-for-all.eu/fileadmin…
@Stadt_Wien #housingforall – at Vienna, Austria
Vienna moved from housing which offered “incomprehensible poverty” to housing that is an exemplar in quality and affordability. Wolfgang Förster tells the incredible 100 year story in detail here push-c.at/en/downloads.html?… @IBA_Wien – at Vienna, Austria
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Visited one of Europe’s largest urban development projects, Aspern Seestadt, expanding Vienna’s housing for 20,000 more residents and employment lands for the same. Love the Austrian way: build a lake, a metro, and then the buildings. @Stadt_Wien youtu.be/pSZyLZGzWGQ – at Vienna, Austria
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Among the early projects in Aspern Seestadt is this 300+ unit #PassiveHouse residence by OeAD-WV, WBV-GPA and ÖJAB. Through Günther Jedliczka’s leadership the non-profit @OeAD_worldwide now has 8 Passive House multi-res buildings. – at Vienna, Austria
While sites await development in Aspern, temporary housing is being tested with the first two phases of PopUp Dorms. These #PassiveHouse modular prefab blocks each contain 4 units which interlock with other blocks. Thanks for the tours Naomi! @OeAD_worldwide – at Vienna, Austria
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Touring high-performance buildings in Vienna and you would hardly know by the look of them that these newly retrofitted grand apartments use 80-90% less energy than their neighbours. #PassiveHouse @PHAustria
Another office tower, the Raiffeisen-Holding NÖ-Wien was the world’s first #PassiveHouse skyscraper. Fun fact: it replaced OPEC’s headquarters, which used to sit on the same site. h/t Günter Lang – at Vienna, Austria
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Austria has about 25% of all #PassiveHouse buildings worldwide. You can see why, as there is an incredible focus on efficiency, including through investment from the City of Vienna @Stadt_Wien in housing. More on energy planning from @solar_fun here: advantageaustria.org/de/oest… – at Vienna, Austria
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schlijper.nl #Amsterdam #cycling #bikeAMS #livablecities #placemaking
Look at those walls! The still elusive Canadian species of multi-unit passive house, three sightings this week in the wilds of #ottcity and #hamont —fine work @OCH_LCO, @SalusOttawa and @IndwellCA. Exciting times @PassiveHouseCan
Shovels in the ground for @IndwellCA + #Hughson project —45 assisted housing units and church >>dreams, design, funding and now construction – at Hamilton, Ontario
Week of big ideas for #socialhousing in #HamOnt with thought leaders from UK, Germany and Canada #TowerRenewal17 @UofTDaniels @EGbrickworks
Excellent 1st ep of @lifesizedcity about #Medellin on @TVOdocs --you can watch it here: tvo.org/programs/the-life-si… #urbanism @copenhagenize
The investment in quality materials and design for public works projects here in #copenhagen is amazing.
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Here there are outdoor places for people, everywhere: public squares, courtyards, parks, cemeteries, patios, beaches and piers. #copenhagen
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