Sussex Hardwood Workshops are pleased to announce the wonderful news of their success at radically reducing their environmental impacts and demonstrating the economic advantages in doing so. They undertook an energy audit from an independent accredited energy assessor and embarked on a project to fully insulate their workshops, whilst also looking a the best lighting plan. The installation of a new wood fuelled stove to suit the space and environment, making the existing oil burner redundant. A certificate was produced as a result of the audit. A second audit, one year later, will show the savings achieved through the project.

We are more efficient, more economic, dramatically reducing the impact to the environment, and making our workplace a much happier place.

Network Member in the Spotlight: Sussex Hardwood Workshops
Sussex Hardwood Workshops have hung an insulated suspended ceiling and installed a wood fuelled heater at their premises in West Stoke, near Chichester. The new ceiling reduces the volume of space needed to be heated. The heater is fuelled by waste sawdust and wood off cuts and replaces an ageing oil fired system. The measures are predicted to save over 21,000 kWh and 6.5 tonnes of CO₂ emissions each year. The improvements are part of ongoing work by the carpentry business to minimise their environmental impact, after attending a UTILISE Utility Management Workshop last year.

Before and after at Sussex Hardwood Workshops; UTILISE attendee Tristan Crossley