Tag: reducing carbon
Thanks to the Cartridge Family
Thanks to everyone who contributed to Waddington Brown’s inkjet cartridge collection and raised £50 for St Elizabeth Hospice. PS. Hope there are a few people left who remember the gag in the he... 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
Green spOt campaign
We’ve introduced a Green Spot Campaign on all shared lighting and heating systems. The idea is that EVERYBODY can switch Green Spot lights off or on depending on need e.g. in reception when it brigh... Read More
Powered by sunshine
We use PV Panels to power our EV chargers and the numbers roughly match up with 3,600 kWh generated and used in Q2 and Q3 of this year.... Read More
PV panel analysis 2022
Our PV panels produced 7.1 MWh of energy in 2022, similar to previous years. It’s only 8% of our total use of 97.9 MWh but we are limited to how many more panels we can add due to roof space and... Read More
EV charger analysis 2022
Use of chargers increased tenfold in the year from £12 in Dec 21 to £168 in Dec 2022. Overall use went from £344 in 2021 to £1,438 in 2022. People clearly see these as a benefit, especially with... Read More
New 80:20 Workspace
Our commitment to reducing carbon emissions takes another big step with The Barn at Claydon Court being offered on a ground-breaking 80:20 Workspace © concept. Effectively an office timeshare, organi... Read More
Online community relaunched
We’re celebrating COP 26 (not sure why) by launching a new online community to co-ordinate environmental action at our Claydon Court HQ near Ipswich. This idea is nothing new, and we we first bu... Read More
1 MWh generated in June
Solar Edge systems confirm that just over 1MHh of energy was produced by our PK panels in June … It all helps!... Read More
Solar power update
Our Solar Edge systems provide an online analysis of how much energy our PV panels are providing. Here’s a typical chart comparing energy use over time. The lack of 2020 data related to a lost i... 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
On yer bikes
There’s been lots in the press recently about the surge in cycling and the benefits of cycling to work when the Covid lockdown eases. The below filed the front page in the i paper yesterday. Thi... Read More
Renovated not replaced
It makes personal sense and business sense to get away from your desk now and again, and enjoy some sunshine and greenery. Claydon Court has lots of space to do this, and the furniture provided gets a... Read More
Year-end review
2019 was an exciting year, and one in which we finally achieved three objectives: PV panels installed Electric Vehicle charging points installed Carbon Charter renewed at Gold level We’ll be ana... Read More
Our first Electric Vehicle user!
HR recruitment and talent specialist Waddington Brown is our first tenant to make use of FREE electricity powered by sunshine. MD Emma Gunton has recently purchased a hybrid vehicle which, now it can ... Read More
Switched on … and plugged in
Neutral Territory put some mouth where its money is by hosting the November Suffolk Carbon Charter meeting at Claydon Court. Charter members were joined by tenants, suppliers and colleagues from the S... Read More
Powered by Sunshine … finally!
Installation of our EV charge points has started after a delay obtaining DNO certification. No, we don’t know what it means either but we’re finally good to go! Charge points are being ins... Read More
Claydon Court to host Charter event
The November Suffolk Carbon Charter meeting will take place at Claydon Court on on Thursday 7th. “It will be a great opportunity to celebrate current and planned investments in low carbon tools,... Read More