GREEN W RKS Economic, effective, environmentally friendly & sustainable heating for your home

Here at Holt Plumbing, Heating & Renewables we are experts in renewable energy, with over 20 years of experience installing systems throughout Dorset and Hampshire.

Our services include Solar PV, battery storage, air source heat pumps as well as ground source heat pumps. We take care of your project every step of the way. We design the system that will be most suitable for your energy needs, we supply the products and materials at competitive prices to suit your budget, we then install the system with meticulous attention to detail and respect for your home or property.

Incorporating heat pump technology into your home is one of the most economical, effective, and environmentally friendly ways to cover your heating and hot water needs. Heat pumps use sustainable energy to generate heating and hot water for your home.

With low running costs your household energy bills are reduced, it also removes the need for fuel to be delivered and stored at home; a common problem for homes that are in off-gas areas and rely on alternative fuels. They operate using electricity (including from alternative sources such as solar power) and produce no emissions, making them much more environmentally friendly than traditional heating systems. Being MCS registered is a mark of quality. Using the Holt team as your certified installer ensures that equipment meets good standards of performance and that installers are technically safe and competent. This means you as a consumer can take advantage of the Government’s £5000 Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS).

(continued from page 17) significant benefits in terms of greenhouse gas reductions and in cutting energy bills. Battery storage can harvest green energy when available or off-peak, and hold it for when needed.

Insulation is part of the strategy. Sufficient loft and wall insulation, draught free doors and windows, double or even triple glazing, even a good pair of curtains can help keep your hard-earned heat in.

We also need to be cognisant of the unseen mileages that our lifestyle and habits add to our greenhouse gas footprint. ‘Food miles’ are a good example with every food transport mile adding to global warming. ‘Shopping local’ supports not only our appetite but also our local farmers, shops and high street, and therefore our communities. Farm shops and markets, and buying seasonal fruit and veg, are ways of reducing our food miles and environmental impact. Using local ‘refill’ type shops where packaging is at a minimum reduces plastics in circulation, in landfill and in our environment.

In terms of wildfife your garden can play its part too. Everyone loves the idea of a meadow, an important habitat, one of the rarest in the UK –we have lost 97% of them in the last century. Beautiful in their variety of wild flowers, meadows can support huge numbers of wildlife species, including bees – pollinators vital to our food production. A small wild flower ‘meadow’ in a corner of your garden is a step in the right direction...

Overall it is about being mindful of the big story, and adopting new habits, all small steps on a journey that we must make to look after the place we call home and the species we share it with.

At the moment there’s no sign of a Plan B, so let’s support our local planet...

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