Are We Really Reducing the UK’s Carbon Footprint?

Blog by  Dr Stephen Allen In the UK, we appear to have significantly reduced our impact on the climate since 1990, with our reported annual greenhouse gas emissions falling by 25% (2012). But this isn’t a complete picture of our contribution to climate change, because it ignores the embodied carbon of all the stuff we import. […]

Winner of A Green Apple Built Environment Award

Green Apple Award

We are delighted to announce Circular Ecology’s role in winning a Green Apple award for the Built Environment. Circular Ecology’s client New Sustainable Building Model Ltd (NSBM) entered the Green Apple Awards and competed against more than 200 other nominations in the Built Environment & Architectural Heritage category for 2015. NSBM are based in Cambridgeshire […]

Circular Ecology Interviewed for Sustainable Lens

Circular Ecology’s Craig Jones was interviewed for Sustainable Lens, by Professor Samuel Mann, which is now available to listen to online.  Prof. Mann is a geographer working in computing and who has taught and researched at Otago Polytechnic in New Zealand since 1997, including five years as Head of Department. Sam has published over 150 conference and journal papers […]

Circular Ecology presenting at The Future of Work conference

On 16 June 2015,  Dr Stephen Allen of Circular Ecology is one of a range of local and national invited speakers at the “The Future of Work Conference 2015 – Sustainable Business“.  A part of Bristol’s Big Green Week and during Bristol’s year as European Green Capital 2015, the conference will be opened by keynote […]

The Environmental Sustainability of Existing Buildings: Refurbish or Replace?

There comes a time in the life of every building where extensive refurbishment is required. For many a building this seems to bring with it thoughts of starting again – essentially to demolish and ‘rebuild’. The normal practice in modern times seems to be the preference to demolish and replace. Whereas conservationists naturally prefer to […]

2nd Clothing Business Leaders’ Workshop: Update

Following our previous Clothing Sector Business Leaders’ workshop for senior industry executives, which Circular Ecology and consortium partners delivered in October 2014, we held a successful follow-up event in May 2015.  This session, which was kindly hosted by M&S at their London offices, was attended by ten of the UK’s leading clothing brands and retailers and cast […]

Circular Ecology contributes to new book on Microgeneration

Taylor & Francis is due to publish a new book on Domestic Microgeneration on 16 June 2015, containing a chapter co-authored by Dr Stephen Allen of Circular Ecology. Microgeneration – producing energy for the home, in the home – can provide a substantial improvement over the current centralised and detached energy model employed the world […]

Circular Ecology Panellist at Hewlett Packard Living Exchange Conference

Circular Ecology were invited to be one of the expert panellists at Hewlett Packard and Globescan’s second Living Exchange conference. Dr Craig Jones, of Circular Ecology, was a panel member in the session “Driving Progress on Sustainable Technology”.  The panel session was conducted online with the chair asking a series of questions for the panellists […]

The Carbon Footprint of Thatch

Environmental Impact Thatch

On Saturday 21 March Dr Stephen Allen of Circular Ecology is giving a talk on the embodied carbon of building materials to the annual conference of the National Society of Master Thatchers. Steve will give an overview of carbon footprinting and what it can be used for, and illustrate this through the results of an […]

Circular Ecology Chairing Seminars at Ecobuild and Resource Event

We are delighted to say that Craig Jones is actively involved in both Ecobuild, the world’s largest green building event, and Resource Event,which is the world’s first annual event dedicated to the circulareconomy.  Craigis chairing and speaking in a seminar on water on Tuesday 3rd March andwill be chairing a full day of talks for […]