Author: Rigsby
Love Your Greenest County
The latest phase in Claydon Court’s decade-long fight against climate change in Suffolk takes place on Wednesday 14th of February. “We’ve chosen Valentine’s Day deliberately to symbolise... Read More
January Energy
Electricity use similar to previous years which is disappointing as some spaces are used flexibly and the Barn is not used at all. Emissions are projected based on percentage of renewable energy and w... Read More
Carbon Champions of the Month
Every month at Claydon Court, we recognise ‘Carbon Champions’ i.e., people taking action to fight climate change. The winners in January and February are Wayne from Strident Technolo... Read More
Why people (still) matter more than paper
One of the things we’ve decided to tackle this year is cutting carbon from the stuff we buy, and encourage colleagues to do likewise. In quality systems this means creating a Sustainable Pr... Read More
Suffolk 25 By 25: 49 Weeks To Go
As part of our contribution to the Suffolk 25 x 25 project I’m interviewing companies involved every week until 2025 arrives – just 49 weeks to go. To get this rolling I’ve... Read More
Carbon Balanced 2023
Claydon Court offset its carbon emissions with World Land Trust as part of their Carbon Balanced programme. This is the twelfth year in a row.... Read More
New Carbon Services
For the last 12 years Claydon Court has offered Carbon Services that Measure, Offset and Reduce (MOR) property emissions (see Certificates in lobby, 2023 on the way). These property-based Level 1 ca... Read More
Suffolk 25 By 25: 52 Weeks To Go
As part of our contribution to the Suffolk 25 By 25 Campaign (where organisations commit to reducing their emissions by 25% by 2025) every week we’ll be interviewing one organisation who’s taken t... Read More
December energy analysis
2023 has been notable in two respects. First the cost of energy which was 150% higher than 2022 and 270% higher than 2021. Second, use of energy has remained stubbornly high. What this means for emiss... Read More
Carbon ACTION advent calendar
Our Carbon Champions programme is providing ways that people can TAKE ACTION to save carbon every day between now and Christmas Day. Daily actions will be posted in detail on our Online Community and ... Read More
November energy analysis
Energy use is below 2022 but higher than 2021. Last year we had full occupancy so 2019 is a better comparison and is worrying as we’re supposed to be reducing emissions not increasing them. Cost is ... Read More
October energy analysis
We’ve done a lot to measure, offset and reduce our tenants’ property emissions. These are Scope 2 (indirect) emissions and whilst we will continue to reduce these wherever we can, focus will b... Read More
Suffolk 25 By 25 … By 25 !
It’s 25 years since Neutral Territory moved into our Claydon Court HQ which is as good excuse as any to support the Suffolk 25 By 25 initiative. This was launched in May this year, and encourages bu... Read More
Four ways to sustainable working
Claydon Court supports the sustainable working by offering FOUR ways to be part of our carbon neutral, flexible working, office community. To get things moving, for a short while our Barn is avai... Read More
EPC ‘A’ rating success
EPC Certificates have to be renewed every 10 years, and Claydon Court was re-assessed two weeks ago. Very pleased to report that we’ve gone from a ‘B’ rating to an ‘A’ rating... Read More
Q3 energy analysis
Energy use, emissions and cost are shared with tenants monthly to help them measure, offset and reduce our carbon emissions.... Read More
Grounds update
Grounds Update Thanks to all colleagues for their help with watering the hanging baskets this summer. They are still going strong and whilst the rota has been completed they will only need infrequent ... Read More
2022 emissions offset
All Claydon Court property emissions were offset for the calendar year 2022. This was done through the World Land Trust Carbon Balanced programme for the 12th consecutive year. Property emissions aris... Read More