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GTBS Goldstar Nomination
February 7, 2011
Awards, Eco, Green Tourism Business Scheme, Peak District, self catering holiday,Surprise - such exciting news! Green Tourism Business Scheme Hoe Grange Holidays has been shortlisted for one of the Green Tourism Business Scheme 10 GOLDSTAR awards to be presented during Green Tourism Week 6th – 13th June 2011. The recent GTBS audit of our self catering log cabins graded us one of the top 40 highest scoring Green Tourism businesses from a total of 400 GOLD businesses inspected during 2010. GTBS members have to meet rigorous standards across a wide range of environmental factors, from efficient lighting and heati...
Daisybank heating pipes connected Work continues on the new Daisybank log cabin with the heating pipes being connected up to the ground source heating system, which now runs all four of our cosy cabins. There were a few minor hitches but everything seems to be running and the radiators are now warming up nicely even in this cold frosty spell here in the Derbyshire hills. Heating pipes being installed There is no boiler in the new Daisybank cabin - the insulated heating pipes simply come up into the storeroom and are connected to the internal ...
Christmas Green Fact Can you believe Christmas in the UK can generate as much as 1 billion Christmas cards, 83 sq km of wrapping paper, an extra 750 million bottles and glass containers, an extra 500 million drinks cans and half a million Christmas trees - most of this ends up as waste in landfill. Every little helps, so why not make a difference by following our Hoe Grange top ten tips for a greener Christmas Make your own cards and decorations – rekindle childhood by making paper chains. Or even better send e-cards for Christmas, ...
Green Tourism Business Scheme Gold Award Another nugget of gold for Hoe Grange Holidays - we have just received confirmation of our Green Tourism Business Scheme biannual audit and are delighted to have retained our Gold award. David and I are priveledged to live in such a beautiful area and are keen to preserve and enhance our local Peak District environment, so that everyone has the opportunity enjoy the countryside to the full. The GTBS is the national sustainable tourism certification scheme for the UK where businesses are assessed by ...
Ground source heating pipes connected to older cabins The ground source heating pipes are now connected to the two older log cabins and the whole system is finally up and running – we hope – it is difficult to test the heating fully at the moment as it has been so warm! Thanks to David’s masterful woodwork the dreadfull pipes are hidden from sight and he has expertly replaced all the gravel and stone walls – you can hardly tell that we had whole area dug up only a week ago – thank goodness! We are delighted with the new system and h...







