The ICE Database v4.0 launched in December 2024. Within the first 60 days of launch, over 750 unique organisations have registered to use it for commercial applications. This milestone reflects the growing demand for reliable embodied carbon data as industries work toward net-zero and sustainable development. Since 2005, the ICE Database has supported professionals in […]
Category Archives: Embodied Carbon
Join Circular Ecology for a webinar on Whole Life Carbon Assessments (WLCA) in Construction Circular Ecology invites you to a free upcoming webinar on the 27th of February, where we will provide a clear and practical overview of WLCA in Construction. What will this webinar cover? What is embodied carbon? What is a whole life […]
On February 6th, Circular Ecology hosted an engaging and insightful webinar focused on carbon offsetting, carbon neutrality, and tree planting initiatives. Led by Dr Craig Jones, Managing Director, the session introduced these sustainability strategies, along with their potential advantages and challenges. During the session, key questions were addressed: What are carbon offsets and how do […]
Circular Ecology would like to invite you to a webinar on the 6th of February, where we will provide an overview of Carbon Offsetting, Carbon Neutrality, and Tree Planting initiatives. This webinar will cover: What is a carbon offset? How do carbon offset credits work? What are the wider benefits of offset projects? What is […]
Circular Ecology would like to invite you to a webinar on the 28th of November, where we will introduce the upcoming Version 4.0 of the Inventory of Carbon & Energy (ICE) Database. . Downloaded by over 50,000 professionals globally, the ICE Database is a free embodied carbon database for materials and appears in countless reports, […]
Circular Ecology would like to invite you to a webinar on the 26th September, where we will update the audience on the future of the ICE Database. In this webinar, hosted by Circular Ecology, we will introduce the upcoming changes to the widely used ICE Database. Downloaded by over 50,000 professionals globally, the ICE Database […]
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 […]
We have hit an incredible milestone of planting 100,000 trees! We are passionate about tree planting. In fact, Circular Ecology have embedded tree planting into the core of our activities. We plant trees for every project completed, including our consultancy projects. In a previous article, we talked about the benefits of the work our partner Eden […]
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 […]