Author: Rigsby
Out with the old …
It’s been a while since the Barn was cleared out and it’s a good chance to get rid of old cabling from the days when all you had to connect people to were telephones. The Cat 5 replace... Read More
Barn floor (4)
Pleased to report that the barn floor is finally finished. Re-using oak blocks from an old school gym ticks the sustainability box but they do take a long time to lay! The good news is they are unique... Read More
Barn floor (3)
Nearly finished. Great job by Mick & Tony. Utterly unique.... Read More
Q3 energy analysis
Claydon Court uses 100% renewable electricity from Ecotricity but we still measure, reduce and offset all our energy emissions. All energy measurements are shared with tenants to encourage reductions ... Read More
Barn floor (2)
Work on the barn floor continues and it’s looking great. Thanks to Mick, Tony and the boys from The Reclaimed Timber Business who swapped out some packs all the way from Cheshire at the drop of ... Read More
Barn floor (1)
We’ve tried to stick to our environmental credentials by re-using things from the past. Unfortunately we had no option but to latex the existing floor plate to provide a platform for re-cycled parqu... Read More
Barn taking shape
The team from SDE Contracts have made fantastic progress in completing the renovation of Elm and are now moving on to the barn or ‘Beech’ as is it is know (all our spaces have tree names). &n... Read More
Carbon balanced again
Claydon Court measured, reduced and offset its carbon emissions in 2021, the 12th year in succession. We once again have used World Land Trust Carbon Balanced programme.... Read More
Welcome Resolute Mortgages
Pleased to report that Resolute Mortgages have recently occupied Plum Office. Picture shows Rebecca, Louise and Adrian at a recent ‘Final Friday’ Barbeque on the rear terrace.... Read More
Q2 energy analysis
Claydon Court uses 100% renewable electricity from Ecotricity but we still measure, reduce and offset all our energy emissions. Energy use spike in June due to hot weather. Emissions remain low though... Read More
Welcome NKT
Pleased to report that NKT Cabling will be occupying Beech on a six month lease from 1 July. They are preparing cabling work for East Anglia offshore wind farm projects.... Read More
Helping tenants to PAS 2060
As part of our remit to help organisations move to net zero by 2030, we’re piloting new carbon measure, offset and reduce services with the organisations based at Claydon Court. Optional with ex... Read More
Q1 energy analysis
We’re reporting energy use in more detail and quarterly now . Use is slightly above 2021 but below three previous years. Emissions remain low, partly due to increased percentage of renewables in... Read More
Energy COST over last decade
The below chart shows the cost of electricity used. This is rising slowly and will rise steeply – very steeply – in 2022. There’s not much more we can do to improve energy efficiency, ... Read More
Energy EMISSIONS over last decade
Another interesting chart is energy emissions. This is steadily falling as the national grid uses more renewables – a rare bit of good news. We offset with World Land Trust (WLT) whose price has re... Read More
Energy USE over last decade
We’ve measured electricity use at Claydon Court since 2009 as the below chart confirms. 2009 and 2010 were pre-extension (Orchard Suite) and are adjusted upwards to reflect this. The ... Read More
Energy saving EPC calculations
One of the questions we’re trying to answer is how much energy – and money – our major insulation programme in 2011 has saved. We hoped this would be easy as before the project we ha... Read More
December energy use
December finished reasonably high level above both 2018 and 2020. Whilst electricity has been converted to tonnes of carbon equivalent, all electricity at Claydon Court is supplied by Ecotricity and i... Read More