RICS Whole Life Carbon Assessment 2nd edition is now in effect. Released in November 2023, the updated standard has been expanded to cover all buildings and infrastructure across the asset life cycle. In full effect from 1 July 2024, RICS members must follow the standard’s requirements when completing a whole life carbon assessment. This includes […]
The UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (Desnz) have just released the 2024 edition of conversion factors for calculating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. These are also commonly known as the Defra GHG factors. The factors cover emissions from a wide range of activities including energy, transportation, water and waste disposal. Significant changes this […]
Circular Ecology are happy to announce the upcoming release of a free Organisational Carbon Footprint Tool as part of our ongoing commitment to environmental sustainability and corporate responsibility. The tool is designed to be used by businesses who are beginning their sustainability journey, offering them a chance to measure their Scope 1 and 2 emissions […]
Circular Ecology have recently completed updating their Essential Carbon Footprint Training Course. The e-learning course is now split into easy to digest modules. The full course provides a useful introduction to understanding carbon footprint assessments and how you can begin to conduct your own. Furthermore, the modules now include interactive content to assess your learning […]
Join Circular Ecology. An opportunity is available for an enthusiastic and dedicated sustainability professional at Senior Consultant level. Working across multiple projects, predominantly assessing carbon footprints and LCA impacts of products and organisations, and the embodied carbon of buildings. You will have opportunities to work with progressive clients, helping them achieve measurable sustainability benefits. […]
The Built Environment Carbon Database (BECD) is envisioned to become the main source of carbon estimating and benchmarking for the UK construction sector and a practical instrument to support the decarbonisation of the built environment. The database has been developed to collect and supply product data and entity level data to the industry through its […]
On Tuesday RICS released the latest edition of their whole life carbon assessment (WLCA) standard. The first edition, released in 2017, was the methodology widely adopted by the construction industry to calculate whole life carbon. The latest edition builds on the success of the first and has been extended to cover all buildings and infrastructure […]
Join Circular Ecology. An opportunity is available for an enthusiastic and dedicated Project Manager. This role will mainly involve managing the delivery of our Sustainability Consultancy projects, particularly whole life embodied carbon assessments. Primarily in the infrastructure and building sectors. We also undertake organisational GHG footprints, product carbon footprints, and full life cycle assessments in […]
As the world has moved towards hybrid and remote working, Circular Ecology asks the question, what are the carbon emissions of homeworking and office working? Of course, there are many variables to consider in the answer to that question, and so we will attempt to discuss them in this article. Considerations such as the size […]
Join Circular Ecology. An opportunity is available for an enthusiastic and dedicated sustainability professional. Working across multiple projects, predominantly assessing carbon footprints and LCA impacts of products, and the embodied carbon of buildings and infrastructure. You will have opportunities to work with progressive clients, helping them achieve measurable sustainability benefits. We are looking […]