Interesting Links for 23-02-2020

[andrewducker]

Britain's gas boilers and leaky houses will cost a fortune to make carbon neutral

(tags:heating UK gas viaDanielDWilliam globalwarming )

The Mandalorian was shot on a holodeck-esque set with Unreal Engine (fascinating stuff! The video is well worth a watch too)

(tags:StarWars tv technology )

Comments

[anna_wing]

I can so sympathise on the insulation thing. In decades of occasional visits to the UK (and several years in boarding-school), I think the only decently-insulated building I ever lived or stayed in was a new flat in Canary Wharf, in a building constructed with Hong Kong money, and mostly occupied by Asian finance professionals with standards on this issue.

[andrewducker]

Yup. I just realised there was a gap under the front door that was letting cold air in, and putting a strip over that has made a big difference. I need to find any other gaps that there are.

[anna_wing]

I was in a Japanese restaurant in Kyoto one February, in a traditional house, and they had panels of fabric-covered insulation batting put up against the walls of their tatami rooms for the winter.

[danieldwilliam]

You can make a reasonable difference by spending a weekend adding draft excluders and filling holes.

[andrewducker]

I can't find any other gaps so far. But bits of the house definitely have less insulation than others. Will be getting it checked out when we have some cash.