JDDK Millmount News - Winter Edition 2023 - Magazine - Page 24
JDDK NEWS
Our progress so far
Sustainability
JDDK carbon footprint
progress continues
At JDDK we recognise the important role that architects have to
play in shaping a low carbon future, which is why we have made
an ongoing commitment to reducing our carbon footprint as a
business.
Since 2019, we have been calculating our carbon footprint on
an annual basis, in an effort to reduce the practice’s carbon
emission outputs year on year.
With the exception of 2020 – 2021, where the pandemic skewed
our working patterns alongside businesses across the world,
our carbon footprint has reduced signi昀椀cantly over the last four
years. One of the key changes post-pandemic has been the
introduction of virtual meeting infrastructure which has enabled
us to keep our business travel to a minimum. The introduction
of our 4-day working week has also played a fundamental role in
reducing carbon consumption levels.
In a bid to encourage staff to make lower carbon travel choices
when commuting to work, we have installed a secure cycle
shelter, staff shower and changing facilities, drying room and a
storage unit. Two EV charging points have also been installed in
our car park. The introduction of these facilities has resulted in
an uplift in the number of staff members commuting to work via
bike or electric cars.
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“As a practice we are extremely
conscious of tracking the carbon
footprint of all our projects, and it’s
something we are equally as focused
on as a business. The team’s ongoing
commitment to reducing their carbon
footprint has seen our overall carbon
emission levels drop from 43.7 in
2019 to 20.3 tC02e this year, which is
a reduction of over half. We’d like to
thank everyone for playing their part and
taking small but signi昀椀cant steps to help
reduce our collective carbon footprint.”
Samantha Dixon,
JDDK Associate and Accredited
Conservation Architect