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Embodied Carbon: Three reasons we should care
Nature & Environment

Embodied Carbon: Three reasons we should care

...energy and carbon because once I have the new windows I won’t have to use so much energy to heat my house. If I invest in buying their windows I’ll be saving money and saving the planet in one go, win-win, right?Unfortunately though it isn’t quite that simple. There are several stages to consider, explained in this short animation. Transcript All of these processes...
How we can all tackle our digital carbon footprints
Nature & Environment

How we can all tackle our digital carbon footprints

...energy consumption required for housing (eg, heating, electricity and cooling), along with cutting travel in diesel or petrol cars, and eating less meat-based foods, will have a big impact on our individual footprints. But where does the digital carbon footprint fit in with this? When it comes to our digital carbon footprints, they are a fraction of our total carbon...
Ben Van Beurden - Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Ben Van Beurden - Stories of Change

...energy, and at the end how optimistic they are — so i’m going to start with you with, how did you get interested in energy? BVB: I got interested in energy because being a chemical engineer I liked being in the process industry. I’m Dutch, so if you want to join a company with almost unlimited career opportunities in the Netherlands, as a chemical engineer you go...
Earth's physical resources: fossil fuels
Science, Maths & Technology

Earth's physical resources: fossil fuels

...energy is the only way to secure a sustainable future. This material forms part of the course S278 Earth's physical resources: origin, use and environmental impact... Fossil Fuels An an introduction to this album Declining Oil and Gas Reserves How long have we got before all the Earth's fossil fuels are depleted? What will happen to gas prices when the North Sea gas...
The relativistic Universe
Science, Maths & Technology

The relativistic Universe

...energy must exist? This album is an introduction to The Open University course S383 The relativistic Universe... The Relativistic Universe An introduction to this album Telescopes and the universe's evolution The latest technology can look almost all the way back to the Big Bang, and may soon identify the first stars and galaxies Cosmic Microwave Background radiation The...
Why do we feel happier in the spring?
Science, Maths & Technology

Why do we feel happier in the spring?

...energy levels, and an increased desire to spend time outside and to see friends and family. But why is this?...Find out more about The Open University's Health Sciences courses and qualifications. For many people in the Northern hemisphere, the colder and shorter days of the winter months can be a more challenging time of the year and the arrival of spring brings a...
Stories of Change
Nature & Environment

Stories of Change

Video interviews capturing the thinking of key players in the climate change and energy debates at a critical time.
Climate change and the built environment
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Climate change and the built environment

...energy efficiency of new buildings has improved, and emissions per square metre have been reduced. However, we replace our building stock in Europe very slowly, at less than 1% per year. This means over 80% of our existing building stock will still be standing in 2050. Regulation on the whole still ignores embodied carbon impacts (although this has recently been debated...