Blog by Stephen Allen The contribution of low carbon energy in the UK has risen to an all-time high, while our dependence on fossil fuels has fallen to a record low. Such good news stories seem rare when it comes to the environment – so how did we get here? Percentage Shares In 2005, I began […]
Embodied carbon is the carbon footprint of producing materials. It is steadily gaining attention from both industry and parts of government, where it is now recognised that embodied carbon emissions make up a large fraction of the emissions from the construction sector. In fact, it’s often 20-40% of the whole life (embodied + operational) carbon […]
Guest blog by Kurt Rhyner, EcoSur Network It is the goal of most aid projects and the dream of donors. Is it possible to change a situation when immediate action is needed? Some 40 years of hands-on management in post-disaster situations in poor countries have taught me that it is possible to induce steps towards […]
If all the plastic we consumed was recycled, we would soon be able to reduce our heavy dependency on fossil fuels. Could it therefore be, that when we examine the global view of the largest waste management companies, there is simply not enough emphasis placed on plastic recycling? The answer to these two questions, according […]
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, […]
We are delighted to announce that Circular Ecology is now an official supporter of OpenLCA, which is a popular life cycle assessment software. Circular Ecology funded an update to OpenLCA, which was a new copy and paste functionality. This new function allows results to be exported more easily, thereby saving users considerable time in the […]
The long anticipated update to ISO 14001 on environmental management systems has finally been released. It is one of the most widely used and influential environmental management standards with over 300,000 certificates issued worldwide every year. It replaces ISO 14001:2004, which has now been resigned to the archives. So what can we expect from the […]
We are delighted to announce Circular Ecology’s role in winning a Green Apple award for the Built Environment. Circular Ecology’s client New Sustainable Building Model Ltd (NSBM) entered the Green Apple Awards and competed against more than 200 other nominations in the Built Environment & Architectural Heritage category for 2015. NSBM are based in Cambridgeshire […]
Circular Ecology’s Craig Jones was interviewed for Sustainable Lens, by Professor Samuel Mann, which is now available to listen to online. Prof. Mann is a geographer working in computing and who has taught and researched at Otago Polytechnic in New Zealand since 1997, including five years as Head of Department. Sam has published over 150 conference and journal papers […]
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 […]