As you may have noticed, there is an updated chart on the notice board in the kitchen with our Claydon Court carbon emissions plotted. It’s posted again below so you can look at it in more comfo...Read More
We constantly monitor the energy usage by tenants at Claydon Court and analyse the results so we identify ways to improve. Below is a graph of the Claydon Court emissions from January 2013 to present....Read More
We’ve been looking into changing our electricity provider at Claydon Court at the moment so we did some research on the cost of buying a renewable energy policy vs balancing out “dirtyR...Read More
Energy use in 2014 was slightly higher (0.2 tons) than 2013 but this was largely due to higher occupancy. It’s hard to compare properly as weather obviously makes a big difference and we don&#...Read More
Claydon Court welcomed visitors from Suffolk Green Buildings recently. It was an eclectic collection of guests who raised some interesting points following presentations by both owners Neu...Read More
Claydon Court welcomed visitors from Suffolk Green Buildings yesterday. It was an eclectic collection of guests who raised some interesting points following presentations by both owners Neutral Te...Read More
Demand and supply of Green Buildings will only increase if all interested parties see the benefits. A useful Venn diagram from the World Building Council illustrates this usefully. For details of ...Read More
Research suggests the green building benefits can add 7% to rents but the message isn’t getting through to landlords yet. This was identified at the earlier Low Carbon Champions programme and th...Read More
08.00 to 09.00, Friday 17 October, Claydon Court. Commercial property has a major role to play in making Suffolk the ‘Greenest County’. New buildings are designed to high environmental s...Read More
We’re exploring installing solar film to reduce solar gain in some large windows in the Claydon Court courtyard. We’re doing the sums but does anyone have any practical experience of whether this ...Read More
Solar may be getting cheaper, but it isn’t for everyone. Green roofs are another interesting environmental solution to wasted roof space. These roofs nurture the growth of endemic mosses and gr...Read More
About fifty people enjoyed FEB at the gorgeous fabulous Seckford Hall yesterday as part of the SABRE close-out event. You can read the conclusions yourself (SABRE Evaluation Report) and it’s inter...Read More
Energy use higher in June than last year. This is partly explained by higher occupancy but also higher cooling needs. We are investigating solar screening for Elm & Willow where this is the bi...Read More
… well actually you do. Tough new requirements came into force at Claydon Court and all future Neutral Territory properties today requiring ALL tenants to adhere to their simple Measure – ...Read More
From 1 May our colleagues at action research project Low Carbon Deviants are pursuing their low carbon ambitions as Low Carbon Champions CIC. The ‘deviants’ name came from the Positive Devia...Read More
