Speaking of being green or, at least taking an active interest in green issues

I have spent much of today at Excel where the Futurebuild exhibition just opened for three days (google Futurebuild 2026). This annual event now brings together all manner of enthusiasts for doing everything better from an enviromental viewpoint. It is heartening to feel the positive energy emanating from crowds of true believers and to see the many exhibitors from UK and other European nations so deeply engaged in the practical things that have to be done if we are to tread more lightly on the planet. Brits from Bristol and Suffolk, Spaniards from Galicia, Albanians promoting Bavarian windows, Portuguese selling processed cork insulation, Swedes selling super light weight joists, educators and trainers galore, specialists in retrofitting, trade associations, products from recycled materials, products from compacted straw, many novel applications of AI to the work of designing for, example, energy systems. I came away with some new ideas for products and/or systems to use for the new house that Trudy and I are preparing to build in the garden behind our house. Watch this space. It will be at least as green as a Granny Smith and perhaps as green as a Harringay councillor!

Now I must head for Smith Square for the annual Julian Priestley lecture.

It’s a busy life being retired. Everyone should try it.