Retrofitting old British homes to improve energy efficiency

Speaking of old homes and energy efficiency in the UK, The Economist describes renovations that can help reduce energy usage, which is of heightened interest to the British government because it’s footing £40bn of citizens’ energy bills.

They include this small chart on energy efficiency by type of home and when it was built. It took me a second to separate the numbers on the right from the bars on the left, but I eventually got there. The Economist’s self-imposed space constraints for their charts must be fun to think about.

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New Lab Matters: Making data fly

Cover of Fall 2019 issue of Lab Matters magazine illustrating high volume of data

In today’s technology-connected world, information moves quickly. But in the world of public health, pathogens often travel faster than the data needed to diagnose, treat and prevent illness. Reporting delays and incomplete or incompatible data delay insights into pressing public health problems. The solution? Investing in public health infrastructure and resources to rapidly deliver data to public health and clinical decision makers.

Here are a few of this issue’s highlights:

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