The Barn, Wildlife Trust

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Our heating system is partly comprised of solar panels that collect the sun's heat and transfer it to a water tank to provide hot water during the summer months. During periods of insufficient sunlight the system switches over to our biomass (woodchip) boiler, which heats the building in winter. The Eco Award winning venue, located in Bamber Bridge, Preston

The maintenance of the venue is also sustainable, with a wood fuel heating system which provides a productive outlet for waste wood generated during ongoing woodland management in Cuerden Valley Park (CVP) and helps the park rangers combat storage problems because any trees lost during storm damage, clearance or other means can be converted to fuel. By obtaining our wood from CVP we're eliminating transportation costs and the increased fuel emissions that transportation entails. Even the wood itself is theoretically zero carbon rated - it's a sustainable source.