Sustainability
Earth Friendly, Sustainable, Eco friendly, environmentally friendly, carbon-neutral, green or just socially responsible? All of these!
We recycle everything we can. We ask you to sort your rubbish and place it in the range of recycle bins we have installed. In order to preserve the beauty of the Clun Valley we are endeavouring to make the development as environmentally friendly as possible.
From the initial design stage Clun Valley lodges were determined to maximise the potential for sustainability of design and materials and the creation of a sensitive living space.
Forest Stewardship Council
Clun Valley Lodges are constructed extensively from timber, the most sustainable building material available, benefiting from low embedded energy, ie energy that is used in the sourcing/manufacture and transport to site. This means using materials closest to their natural state. A natural and renewable material, our timber is obtained from suppliers who are members of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). FSC products have their forests of origin independently inspected and evaluated according to specific environmental, social and economic criteria. We avoid, wherever possible, the use of man made materials such as plastic or coated sheets for external cladding and internally, polyester carpets.
Low E
The lodges have large floor to ceiling double glazed windows with ‘Low E’ glass allowing considerable sunlight to enter each room, thereby reducing the need for electric lighting in the darker winter months. The windows have been designed to create fresh air movement throughout the lodge, thus removing stale air. The frames are also made from hardwood (softwood frames need replacing at regular intervals and uPVC frames are harmful to the environment) Wood frames also absorb sound and help keep warmth inside a home.
Renewable Energy
Renewable Energy has been installed using a water turbine, small wind turbine and solar panels to supply all of the electricity needed for the unique road and pathway lighting system.
Thermafleece
British sheepswool insulation is healthy to use and healthy to live with. Thermafleece takes a fraction of the energy required to produce glass fibre insulation. It helps keep a building cooler by up to 7°C in summer and up to 4°C warmer in winter. It is completely safe to handle, will remain effective for the life of the building and is then biodegradable.
Thermowood
Thermowood cladding is produced by heat-treating European timber to temperatures in excess of 200 degrees Centigrade. During heat treatment, chemical and structural changes occur within the timber, which alter and improve some of its basic characteristics.
The resulting product is an altogether more durable and stable timber, giving an ideal material for use in exposed areas, such as external wall claddings. Thermowood Red Pine gives a service life of 30 years with low maintenance due to the removal of “resins”.
Thermowood comes from PEFC certified forests and is a truly environmental choice, with the waste products to provide the energy for the treatment (heat & steam), NO chemical additives and with its proximity to the UK, low transportation costs.
CFL’s
(Compact Fluorescent Lights) are fitted throughout. Halogen downlighters are normally fitted with 50w bulbs. CFL’s are only 9w (45w equivalent) giving an overall reduction in power used of 82%.
To our knowledge, no other holiday home or holiday park in this country offers these features.
Small & Select
A limited number of lodges available which are in-keeping with their surroundings, well spaced, naturally screened and fitting in with the environment not contradicting it.
No formal landscaping would do justice to the surroundings so there isn’t any. No tarmac on site only natural materials used. Some areas are left as nature intended to attract butterflies, moths, wild mammals, owls etc.
There is no point describing a picture, it says it all. There are no housing estates, power stations or stone quarries just out of view. In this valley what you see is what you get!
Despite being hidden away at the end of a no through country lane, the village pub (owned by a group of people in the village) is a 5 minute leisurely stroll.
Did You Know?
Every tonne of recycled paper used, instead of non-recycled paper, can save: - at least 30,000 litres of water – 3,000-4,000 kWh of electricity (enough for an average 3 bed house for a year!) - 95% of air pollution.
If every British household replaced one 100w light bulb with a 20w CFL (Compact Fluorescent Light), not only could one power station be switched off, but each bulb lasts up to 10 times longer.
If we turned our TV & video recorders off standby we could save around £150 million and turn another power station off.
If everyone boiled only the water they needed to make a cup of tea, instead of filling the kettle every time, we would save enough electricity in a year to run three quarters of the street lighting in this country, and a lot of water too!
