Category Archives: Embodied Carbon

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The Environmental Sustainability of Existing Buildings: Refurbish or Replace?

Posted on by Craig Jones
19
May

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 […]

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Blog, Buildings, Carbon Footprint, Construction, Embodied Carbon, Energy, Sustainability

The Carbon Footprint of Thatch

Posted on by Circular Ecology
Environmental Impact Thatch
17
Mar

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 […]

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Circular Economy: Recycling is Not the Benefit

Posted on by Circular Ecology
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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Blog, Buildings, Construction, Embodied Carbon, Sustainability

Is embodied carbon getting the attention it deserves?

Posted on by Craig Jones
Green Construction
31
Mar

Embodied carbon has slowly been gaining attention, but it still lacks the recognition that it arguably deserves. It has been a poor understudy to operational carbon emissions, which traditionally grabs the headlines. But could this be about to change? Perhaps. April 7th to 11th is UK Green Building Council (UK GBC) ‘Embodied Carbon Week’, where […]

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Double or triple glazing? All pane and no gain?

Posted on by Craig Jones
21
Jan

Whether you are designing a new building, completing an extensive refurbishment or just looking to replace the windows in your home with more energy efficient windows then you will be offered the choice of double glazing or triple glazing. But is this a good environmental choice? Intuition tells us that triple glazing should have a […]

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Buildings, Construction, Embodied Carbon, News

The ICE embodied energy and embodied carbon database is now hosted for download by Circular Ecology

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The Inventory of Carbon & Energy (ICE) database is once more available for download. The ICE database has become an important resource in the world of carbon footprinting, with over 15,000 users from all around the world. It is used far and wide and appears in countless reports, carbon calculators, lectures, journals, books and more. […]

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Post Event Blog: ‘In the Scale of Carbon’ exhibition

Posted on by Circular Ecology
27
Sep

Circular Ecology supported Materials Council (www.materialscouncil.com) on their fascinating ‘In the Scale of Carbon’ exhibition, which was in London from Sept 19-22, see www.inthescaleofcarbon.com. The purpose of the ‘In the Scale of Carbon’ exhibition was to put into perspective what 1 tonne of CO2e really means. The guys at Materials Council used their strong connections […]

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Circular Ecology supporting ‘In the Scale of Carbon’ exhibition at Super Brands 2013 in London

Posted on by Circular Ecology
18
Sep

Circular Ecology will be supporting Materials Council (www.materialscouncil.com) on their exciting ‘In the Scale of Carbon’ exhibition. If you ever wondered what 1 tonne of CO2e really looks like then this is the exhibition for you. The exhibit will display the volume of material, as a cube, that is equal to 1 tonne CO2e embodied […]

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