Parkers Nurseries Ltd: Energy management

Parkers Nurseries Ltd in Essex are already changing their product range to suit warmer summers and we are finding that customers are already showing an increased interest in heat/drought tolerant plants. They have switched their heating system from oil to biomass (mainly chipped wood waste) which has reduced our energy bill by approximately 40%.

 

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