The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) have just released the 2023 edition of conversion factors for calculating greenhouse gas emissions. The factors cover emissions from a wide range of activities including energy, transportation, water and waste disposal. What’s changed? Below you can see the Scope 2 emissions of the UK’s electricity […]
What’s the carbon footprint of a garden exhibition? Where are the carbon hotspots? We address these questions through a case study on last year’s Chelsea Flower Show. Circular Ecology worked with MEDITE SMARTPLY and its multi-award winning “Building the Future” garden, to undertake an innovative assessment of the installation’s carbon footprint. The headline installation showcased […]
In the wake of the IPCC Sixth Assessment Repot (AR6) and its findings, there is an urgent need to save as much carbon as possible, and immediately. In the Built Environment, to meet future national and international carbon reduction targets, there is an urgent need to improve the performance of existing buildings. This is because […]
Are the UK’s operational carbon reductions about to get a lot more challenging? In this article we will explore how the carbon impact of electricity is expected to change over the coming years. Many companies and individuals have relied on a greener National Grid for their operational emission reduction targets. However this is about to […]
The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its Sixth Assessment Report on 20 March 2023. While the report pictures a gloomy account of consequence of the climate change due to human activities, it outlines options and opportunities that can be taken now to reduce GHG emissions. The report concludes that recent temperature rises […]
Professor Behzad Sodagar, a Principal Sustainability Consultant at Circular Ecology, is a participant of the International Energy Agency Energy in Buildings and Communities (IEA EBC) Annex 80: Resilient Cooling of Buildings. The Annex seeks to “support a rapid transition to an environment where resilient low energy and low carbon cooling systems are the mainstream and […]
Circular Ecology are delighted to welcome Professor Behzad Sodagar to Circular Ecology. Behzad joins us as a Principal Sustainability Consultant. Prior to this, he was professor of Sustainable Architecture at University of Lincoln. He has over 30 years’ experience as a practitioner, researcher and educator in the built environment. He has qualifications in Architectural Engineering […]
Have you ever wondered what the carbon emissions of staying in a hotel might be? In this article we’ll look at the differing impacts across multiple countries and continents. Every year, the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) release its Greenhouse gas reporting: conversion factors. This comprehensive database of factors is widely used […]
As the 2022 edition of the FIFA World Cup continues in Qatar, more focus is being given to the carbon impact of this event. With a cumulative attendance of over 2.45 million people for the first 48 matches alone, the impact of fans travelling from all over the world to Qatar for the event is […]
Circular Ecology have now planted 250,000 trees! Back in January, we shared the news that we had reached a milestone of 100,000 trees planted. Circular Ecology can proudly to announce that we have achieved our next goal of planting 250,000 trees. We have embedded tree planting into the core of our company activities. We plant […]