Author: Rigsby
Last ever snowman?
Snow will be an increasingly rare event as climate change means milder and wetter winters. Read ‘Climate change: Snowy UK winters could become thing of the past‘ from the BBC to realise ju... Read More
January energy
Glad to see January well below previous years. This is due a combination of mild weather and to lockdown. Measuring energy use is a key part our Measure Reduce Balance model and forms the basis for en... Read More
Wildlife zone competition
Everyone can take action to protect the environment and limit climate change at home and work, even as they become blurred. At Claydon Court we’ve reduced as much as we can through EV charge p... Read More
Bite worse than bark
We were mystified last week by damage to the crab apple trees in our courtyard. Could it be fungus, insects, rabbits or what? One answer came from neighbour Tony Woods who blamed ‘Antler Scrape&... Read More
Out with the old (part 2)
Clearing out some old pics resonated with a more recent post where we removed all old phone cables from the barn as now replaced with digital communications. Here are some pics from August 2014 when t... Read More
2020 Energy use
Energy use was 15% less in 2020, the bulk of which is probably due to Covid lockdowns. This still represents a 7 ton saving in carbon emissions which is no bad thing.... Read More
Tree fellers – not
Thanks to Allstons Tree Surgery for some great work tidying up trees and shrubs that surround Claydon Court. We’re lucky to have inherited a lot of trees planted a long time before we arrived. A... Read More
Warm reception; cooler planet
We’re pleased to update our reception with our World Land Trust 2019 Carbon Balanced certificate. Warmer reception, very slightly cooler planet. Sorry, we must get new material.... Read More
Less obvious investments
OK, it’s not the most exciting of pictures but demonstrates Claydon Court values in three ways: The trunking on the wall used to be on the ground and has been moved and re-insulated to improve e... Read More
Future working, is flexible working
‘Beech’ is the original barn around which the Claydon Court office complex was built. It is a light, bright office consisting of 1,000 sq ft of vaulted, timbered office space with eight allocated ... Read More
More autumn colours (aka biophilia)
Ten years ago, everyone told us to use it for parking, but we planted grass and crab apples in our courtyard instead. The aim was to provide a better view all year round and shade in the summer. Besid... Read More
Flexible working: do the maths
There are lots of angles to Flexible Working, but if you look simply at commuting the maths is simple. Let’s say you used to commute to work five days a week and now only go in once a week to ca... Read More
GreenBike project support
Many moons ago, Claydon Court invested in Pool Bikes to encourage tenants to cycle to work or get some exercise at lunch time or weekends. They’ve had a lot of use, so we are pleased to pa... Read More
October electricity use
Energy use back to same as prior year. This is unusual as occupancy is lower and will be investigated.... Read More
Rewilding project underway
Working digitally means we don’t need to store as many desks or other bulky stuff as we used to. Demolishing one shed and moving the other means we’ve now cleared the rear terrace and open... Read More
September energy use
Electricity levels are increasing to similar levels to 2019 which is surprising given many tenants are not back to full occupancy yet.... Read More
Autumn colours
Having lots of trees around is always nice … apart from when all the leaves start falling off. Autumn golds very quickly turn into gardening blues as the seemingly unending sweep-up continues.... Read More
Investing small business rates relief
Like other small organisations, we were surprised and grateful for the government’s £10k small business rate grant earlier this year. We’ve been fortunate to retain high occupancy, so are usi... Read More