Burnt House Farm
Key 'green' issues facing the business
- Lack of separated meters making it impossible to derive cost/usage information
- Attracting business throughout the year
What has the business done so far?
- Website has excellent green information
- Well insulated 'warm feeling' building - insulation has been designed into the building
- A-rated appliances are purchased as replacements
- Homemade cake is provided on arrival with Fair Trade tea and coffee
- Recycling very systematic - colour coded bins and waste vegetable peelings to the pigs or chickens
- Sell their 'Cranmore Crackling' organic been and pork products
Future 'green' developments
- Green Policy to emphasise what's in place and in progress
- Monitoring and metering
- Upgrading boilers or moving to wood fuel
- Solar thermal for hot water - with possible Carbon Trust zero interest loan
- Heating log plus bird guide for guests
Top Green Tip
- Bird feeding set up for guests - encourages rich diversity of birdlife. Bird nuts and bread are provided to feed the many varieties of bird life - visible from the kitchen glazed door. An excellent species survey was conducted (and mapped) seven years ago
For more information contact:- Trevor or Pam Hoddinott, Leigh Holt, Burnt House Farm, Waterlip, West Cranmore, Shepton Mallet, Somerset BA4 4RN, 01749 671271, email - pam@burnthousefarmbandb.co.uk, www.leighholt.co.uk
