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The Waterside Holiday Group goes green
| Published: 18th April 2019 10:19 |
With an investment of more than £135,000, The Waterside Holiday Group has installed solar panels throughout its Waterside Holiday Park & Spa and Chesil Vista Holiday Park in a bid to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions and become a greener holiday park group.
Throughout the winter season a total of 165 panels were installed at Waterside Holiday Park and Spa, and 282 at Chesil Vista. These panels have a combined estimated yearly output of 125,867 kilowatt hours, or enough to power 29 average homes, and will generate a reduction of up to 81,024 kilograms of carbon dioxide emissions per year, equating to the same amount of power used to provide 14 homes with electricity for a year, or to charge a smartphone more than 10 million times.
The Waterside Holiday Park and Spa also now features a selection of electric car charging points for holiday home owners and guests to use through the Pod Point Open Charge app, with the first hour used per day free of charge to owners from any of the Group's three parks.
Justin Smith, aftersales and business compliance manager at The Waterside Holiday Group, commented: "It's really important to us all at Waterside to make sure that we're at the forefront of making sure our holiday parks are eco-friendly for current and future generations to enjoy. These energy and electric vehicle infrastructure investments will help us to reduce running costs, and the impact of future energy price increases on the business."
Miranda Jacobs, director of The Waterside Holiday Group, added: "Our aim is to be a responsible and sustainable operation, and one of the greenest in the industry. We will continue to look at ways to increase the efficiency and environmental credentials at each of our parks."
The Group has also invested in encouraging its guests to recycle more within the holiday homes and is making it easier to do so. Small recycling bins and clear bags are provided throughout the homes available for hire, and to those sublet by owners, alongside an information card that explains to guests how to separate any waste and reduce the amount that goes to landfill.
For further information about the Waterside Holiday Group please visit www.watersideholidaygroup.co.uk
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