The UK government recently announced that zero carbon homes 2016 and zero carbon buildings 2019 (non-domestic) will be abandoned. The zero carbon homes policy was designed so that all new buildings would generate as much energy from on-site renewables (PV, wind,…etc) as they consume to heat and power the building. It was a flagship environmental […]
Category Archives: Events
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Mar
Mar
Dr Craig Jones of Circular Ecology will give a keynote speech and run a workshop at the BuildingEnergy Boston conference, 7-9 March 2017 at the Seaport Trade Center, Boston, USA. BuildingEnergy Boston is a green building conference organised by the NorthEast Sustainable Energy Association. It is the region’s leading event for professionals and practitioners working […]
Carbon Footprint, Events, Life Cycle Assessment, News
Circular Ecology presenting on LCA and carbon footprinting at Imperial College London
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Oct
Oct
Circular Ecology is giving an invited lecture for the Centre for Environmental Policy at Imperial College London, on 27 October 2016. Dr Stephen Allen will present on “Life cycle assessment and carbon footprinting – business applications”. A growing number of businesses are assessing the carbon footprint of their products and operations. Some consider a wider […]
Carbon Footprint, Embodied Carbon, Events, News
Circular Ecology Speaking on Cutting Carbon in Rail Infrastructure
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Sep
Sep
Circular Ecology is presenting at an event on Cutting Carbon in Rail Infrastructure on 21 September 2016 in London. The event will introduce the Rail Carbon Tool, which helps users measure and reduce the carbon footprint of rail infrastructure projects. The tool draws on data from the Inventory of Carbon and Energy. The UK was […]
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Feb
Feb
Circular Ecology will be speaking at Central Europe’s biggest conference for sustainable cities – Urban Future. Over the course of two days, international and domestic experts from cities around Europe will exchange views on best practices and case studies on making cities more sustainable. Urban Futures is expected to attract over 1,500 experts, 150 speakers, […]
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Feb
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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May
May
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 […]
Carbon Footprint, Events, News
Circular Ecology Panellist at Hewlett Packard Living Exchange Conference
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Mar
Mar
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 […]
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Feb
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 […]
Carbon Footprint, Events, News, Sustainability
Sustainable Clothing Business Leaders’ Round Table: Update
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May
May
The European Commission estimates that clothing represents the fourth largest environmental footprint of EU consumption and that its impacts are significant over a range of environmental issues. So reducing the impacts of production, use and disposal of clothing is vital for tackling key environmental challenges, including climate change and freshwater scarcity and pollution. Dr Stephen […]