Category Archives: Circular Economy

Buildings, Carbon Neutral, Circular Economy, Construction, Embodied Carbon, Net Zero Carbon, Sustainability

COP26 House – An Embodied Carbon Exemplar

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Inside of the COP26 House
04
Nov

From its inception, a key aim of the COP26 House project from Beyond Zero Homes, was to minimise embodied carbon emissions. Most embodied carbon emissions come from the supply chain of construction products – the extraction of raw materials, processing, transporting and manufacturing. Further embodied carbon emissions come from transporting products to site, installation, repair […]

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Carbon Footprint, Carbon Mitigation, Carbon Neutral, Carbon Offsetting, Circular Economy, Embodied Carbon, Life Cycle Assessment, Sustainability, Training Courses

ICE Database Fund Raising – Video Training Courses

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Circular Ecology
22
Mar

Circular Ecology are currently running their video training courses as a fund raiser for the ICE Database. There are three online video training courses: Embodied Carbon in Construction (available end July 2021) Introduction to Life Cycle Assessment Introduction to Carbon Footprinting The Embodied Carbon training course is currently available for pre-order only. All courses are […]

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Carbon Footprint, Carbon Mitigation, Carbon Neutral, Carbon Offsetting, Circular Economy, Net Zero Carbon, Sustainability

Oxford Principles for Net Zero Carbon Offsetting

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29
Sep

University of Oxford Releases Principles for Net Zero Carbon In September of 2020, climate scientists from The University of Oxford, UK, released a guide on carbon offsetting. The Oxford Principles for Net Zero Aligned Carbon Offsetting, also called the Oxford Principles, comments on how a net zero society can be achieved through the utilisation of […]

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Circular Economy, Events, News

Circular Ecology at Ecobuild and Resource Events

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15
Feb

We are delighted to say that Circular Ecology is chairing and presenting at the Ecobuild and Resource events on 8-10 March 2016 at ExCeL, London. On 10 March, Dr Stephen Allen will chair a session on resource efficiency at Resource and Dr Craig Jones will present on carbon accounting at Ecobuild.  We will also be exhibiting […]

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Carbon Footprint, Circular Economy, News

3rd Sustainable Clothing Workshop: Update

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20
Oct

​​The environmental footprint of our clothing is significant. It takes around 2,700 litres of water, for example, to make a single cotton-t-shirt. To help leading brands and retailers improve their sustainability, Circular Ecology and partners are running a third Business Leaders’ workshop on Thursday 5 November at M&S’s London office. Dr Stephen Allen of Circular […]

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Circular Economy, Events, News

Circular Ecology Chairing Seminars at Ecobuild and Resource Event

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17
Feb

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 […]

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Circular Economy: Recycling is Not the Benefit

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In less than 1 year 95% of the aluminium in a drink can will be permanently lost to landfill.
24
Jun

It’s that day of the week again. For the last 7 days you’ve recovered some of your plastic bottles, metal cans and glass jars, ready for the recycling man to take away. In fact, each and every year we recycle or compost over 200 kg of waste per person in the EU. So clearly recycling […]

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