Building the Circular Economy
Welcome to my blog, 'Building the Circular Economy'. Its all about designing stuff to 'disassemble' rather than disposal and preventing uncessary use of energy. Some people call it 'cradle to cradle' manufacturing, or C2C, the aim is to encourage reuse of materials or using biodegradable ingrediants rather than landfill.
Other subjects include encouraging people to lease their stuff rather than buying it - this way materials are returned to the manufacturers who will have an incentive to design their products with an emphasis on sustainability. Other themes include the 'reverse supply chain' preventing unnesessary movements of goods and people around the world.
I hope you will enjoy the articles, which will look at all aspects of new innovation, Smart Cities, the expansion of Electric Vehicle use around the world, future energy storage plans to help wind and solar energy.
I hope that you find the articles interesting. Please feel free to add your comments, links to other articles and observations - the more contraversial the better! You can follow me on Linkedin [ and look at our group #GreenLeeds] and Twitter @tbarbarnett .
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The circular economy - 'closed loop' or 'cradle to cradle'
Posted on December 28th, 2011 by Jeremy Barnett
The term 'circular economy' covers a number of different ideas and beliefs, from 'the closed loop', 'cradle to cradle' or 'design to disassemble'. Which ever definition is used, there are a number of 'core...
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Read MoreLow Carbon, the circular economy
Posted on October 12th, 2011 by Jeremy Barnett
Jeremy Barnett moderates at the Centre for Low Carbon Futures, York University 6th October How can we respond to the twin challenges of increasing limited global resources and rising demand for...
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Read MoreGerman upper house rejects Carbon Capture Law
Posted on September 27th, 2011 by Jeremy Barnett
Germany's upper house of parliament has recently rejected a controversial law on carbon capture and storage technology [CCS]. Although CCS is seen as one of the main methods of reducing greenhouse emissions,...
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Read MoreBalancing the load. A look at the prospects of UK V2G
Posted on August 23rd, 2011 by Jeremy Barnett
The UK represents one of the most open energy marketplaces in the world and therefore offers an opportunity for reliable financial modelling. In a recent report by the National Grid and Ricardo, the future...
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Read MoreHealth and Safety of paramount importance to the offshore wind industry.
Posted on June 14th, 2011 by Jeremy Barnett
The Royal Acadaemy of Engineers has published the report which is the summary of proceedings held in March 2011 attended by representatives of government, industry and other organisations, with the help...
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Read MoreHigh level UK delegation discuss energy storage with Chinese Academy of Sciences
Posted on June 14th, 2011 by Jeremy Barnett
The Royal Adacemy of Engineering have now produced a web page that contains full information about the UK delegation visit to Bejing in May 2011. All of the presentations are avaialble.
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