Energy

Doing Our Bit

• We invested over £50k into the design, installation and commissioning of 12 Electric Vehicle chargers which are purpose built, enabled with latest technologies and with sufficient electricity supply to deliver a consistent and fast charge across all bays. These new units are electrically fed from the new Rudding Park Energy Centre so these EV chargers will use green electricity (30% reduction in Carbon Dioxide emissions). 
• Going electric extends to vehicles and tools thoughout the resort, for example;
  • 2 electric / hybrid cars for porters and guests
  • 2 electric vans
  • 20 golf buggies 
  • 1 battery mower
  • 2 battery back pack leaf blowers
  • 1 battery hand held leaf blower
  • 2 battery long reach multi tools
  • 1 battery strimmer

• As part of our commitment to Net Zero, we invested in an energy centre using combined heat and power or CHP. Conventional use of ‘separate’ power and heat sources wastes nearly two-thirds of energy as heat discharged to the atmosphere. With on-site power production we can harness the heat from generating electricty straight into our water system to provide hot or chilled water and steam. The amount of cleaner energy created onsite annually from our energy centre:
  • 30% reduction in carbon emissions
  • Forecast 2.4MKWatts of electrical energy produced onsite
  • Forecast 1.5MKWatts of hot water produced onsite to supply showers, central heating, underfloor heating, and swimming pools. 
  • The energy centre is also hydrogen ready so will be able to produce 100% clean energy from recycled hydrogen - significantly reducing carbon emissions to almost zero.

Watch this space for more environmental initiatives.