Hospitality company embarks on sustainability plan

Heritage Estates, owner of wedding and event venues Kelham House Country Manor in Newark and Cockliffe Country House in Nottingham, has unveiled its latest project.

A £100,000 strategy to reduce its carbon footprint, and energy consumption and strengthen its sustainable future is underway.

First, a 36-panel, 14.6 kWp solar PV system, complemented by two Tesla Powerwall batteries and an Eddi hot water diverter, has been installed at Kelham House Country Manor.

This is expected to generate nearly 12,500 kWh of energy annually, resulting in approximately a 15% reduction in bills and an annual carbon reduction of nearly 3,000 kgs.

The project received support from both Newark & Sherwood Councils’ Rural Business Grant fund, provided via DEFRA’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund, and HSBC’s SME Green Fund, which assists small businesses in improving their sustainable infrastructure.

Managing director Jon-Paul Davies said: “My wife Charlotte and I have always had the aim to be market leaders in sustainability because it makes sense from a business perspective but also because it’s the right thing to do, and our customers care about this. We have had solar PV at Cockliffe House since 2017 and to deliver this ambitious project only a few years since commencing trading after the COVID closures is something we’re very proud of. The system will not only generate energy, but it will store it for future use and even heat our water too from the generated electricity, we could not have asked for a more efficient and technologically advanced system.”