by Rype Office team | Apr 12, 2024 | Sustainability
Scope 1 emissions (from your gas boilers and vehicles) are expensive to solve. Switching to heat pumps and electric vehicles costs a lot now, but over time, with scale production, these will become economical. Scope 2 emissions are from the electricity that you use....
by Rype Office team | Feb 15, 2024 | Sustainability
Rype has refreshed its calculations comparing the carbon emissions of its typical remanufactured furniture with new. The team examined a task chair, desk and meeting chair – Rype’s most popular products. All three showed greenhouse gas emissions savings of over 80%...
by Rype Office team | Jan 11, 2024 | Circularity, Sustainability
Taking action in 2024 2024 is an important year for carbon emissions reduction action because after this year, we have just five years left to the 2030 Net Zero Carbon target of 50% reduction in carbon emissions, per the Science Based Targets Initiative’s standard to...
by Rype Office team | Nov 13, 2022 | Circularity, Saving money, Sustainability
How will products change as carbon emissions are reduced? This discussion illustrates how the Circular Economy will challenge the Linear Economy, using the example of the office furniture sector. Carbon Emissions Reduction Targets Organisations committed to Net Zero...
by Rype Office team | Oct 15, 2022 | Circularity, Sustainability
Seven steps is all you need Net Zero Carbon means balancing the carbon emissions produced and taken out of the atmosphere. To enable organisations to align their climate actions to a global warming increase of 1.5°C, in October 2021 the Science Based Targets...
by Rype Office team | Jun 22, 2022 | Sustainability
What is Net Zero Carbon all about? Net Zero carbon means achieving an overall balance between emissions produced and emissions taken out of the atmosphere. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), limiting global temperature warming to 1.5°C...
by Rype Office team | Apr 5, 2022 | Circularity, Most popular, Sustainability
We are entering a new era The Ellen MacArthur Foundation describes the Circular Economy as “a systems solution framework that tackles global challenges like climate change, biodiversity loss, waste and pollution” based on three basic principles: eliminate waste,...
by Rype Office team | Mar 30, 2022 | Circularity, Most popular, Sustainability
Back in July 2019 we met with Kresse Wesling co-founder of Elvis & Kresse who rescues raw materials which would otherwise go to landfill, and transforms them into beautiful, aspirational bags, accessories and homeware. We caught up with Kresse again (virtually of...
by Rype Office team | Jul 29, 2021 | Health & wellness
While office or home working suit some staff, others are embracing the new Work Near Home (WNH) model, which is a clever hybrid combining the best of office and home working. The Problems with Offices In the UK, the average commute costs £800 per year and if you work...
by Rype Office team | Apr 22, 2021 | Circularity, Sustainability
Paint360 is an award-winning social enterprise producing recycled paint with low embodied carbon emissions. So naturally we wanted to know more. What does Paint360 do? We are developing a model to impact on the estimated 55 million litres of waste paint generated in...
by Rype Office team | Dec 8, 2020 | Circularity
Blast Studio is our latest Circularity Champion. They are a team with a big ambition: to create urban ecosystems, in which waste is transformed into beautiful sustainable objects using living organisms. They shared their ethos and ambitions: How did you meet and...
by Rype Office team | Nov 2, 2020 | Health & wellness, Sustainability
Building certifications are increasingly being used to improve the sustainability of the construction industry and the built environment. BREEAM, LEED, WELL and SKA are examples. For furniture, most providers charge an eye-watering premium to deliver a building...
by Rype Office team | Jul 20, 2020 | Sustainability
Here is how you can make a difference in your own office … Increased scientific concern about catastrophic climate change has seen children marching on the streets, UK Parliament declaring a climate emergency, Extinction Rebellion protests and company Boards...
by Rype Office team | Jun 16, 2020 | Circularity, Design inspiration, Sustainability
Tom Gyr is a designer and craftsman who makes beautiful calligraphy pens from re-purposed or sustainable materials. He is our latest Circularity Champion and he spoke to us about building a less throwaway culture and sustainable innovation. Describe Tom’s Studio in 20...
by Rype Office team | May 21, 2020 | Circularity, Sustainability
Circularity Champion Dr Alasdair Bremner is one of the founders of Alusid, who makes beautiful sustainable surfaces from recycled materials. A materials expert, he is also a yogi and a fantastic thinker on the Circular Economy. We chatted to him about sustainable...
by Rype Office team | Apr 3, 2020 | Circularity
We love meeting and working with designers who care about the environment and are able to deliver spaces that are sustainable, beautiful and cost-effective. One designer leading the transition to a more sustainable built environment is Daithí Naughton, Design...
by Rype Office team | Apr 1, 2020 | Health & wellness, Most popular
Working at your home desk/dining table can be uncomfortable and difficult to stay focussed. Here are our experts’ five top tips for making your home working less painful and more productive: 1. Chair ergonomics The item which is going to have the most significant...
by Rype Office team | Dec 8, 2019 | Circularity, Saving money
“Not furnished? But I can move in to WeWork tomorrow!” This is the landlord’s nightmare – but some landlords are fighting back and improving their rents at the same time. WeWork has irreversibly changed the commercial office leasing market in a range of ways. Tenants...
by Rype Office team | Aug 31, 2019 | Circularity
Our newest Circularity Champion is Nick Rawkins, the CEO and founder of RECONO.ME. Nick and his team are drastically improving the way in which we consume electronics by refurbishing, upgrading and reselling valuable pieces of technology. He is a former bond trader...
by Rype Office team | Aug 26, 2019 | Circularity
The Circular Economy is quietly driving a revolution in the UK economy – one that will lead to a huge boost for UK employment and reduction in environmental damage. All while reducing the cost of goods. The Circular Economy has the potential to transform UK employment...
