Our Environmental Statement
HPB has always been aware of the need to look after our resources. We have put a number of initiatives in place to save energy and do more with less.
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The Holiday Property Bond has always been aware of the need to look after our resources, as part of our policy of keeping site running costs as low as possible, for the benefit of all our Bondholders.
This means that since 1985, and without knowing, HPB has been an environmental pioneer – benefitting the planet too.
We have continually looked for ways to reduce what HPB spends on heating, water, sewerage and rubbish disposal, and ways to increase recycling and to maximise the use of renewable energy. Our site environmental standards provide a framework to encourage continuous improvement. In 2022 we financed the planting of over 20,000 trees and we continue to work with an independent consultant to meet the requirements of the energy savings opportunity scheme, as well as ensuring that we comply with environmental legislation.
Examples of measures taken at Bond sites are:
- Installation of reed beds for sewage disposal
- Heat recovery systems
- Voltage optimisation systems
- Biomass boilers
- Photovoltaic solar panels (solar PVs)
- LED lights
- Aerating shower heads
- Pool heat-saving systems
- Installation of above-specification insulation
- Replacement of boilers with new units that achieve 92% and more efficiency
- EV recharging points at all UK sites (except Barnham Broom and Witch’s Pool) and at our “drivable” overseas homes
We know there is more that we can and must do to combat climate change and we shall continue to look for ways to do so.
As well as maximising our use of renewable energy, HPB will continue to strive to reduce its environmental impact by:
- Reducing its energy consumption
- Reducing water consumption
- Increasing recycling
- Assessing new green technologies as they come on stream, and installing them wherever there is a benefit
- Ensuring compliance with environmental legislation and statutory bodies
Moreover, two elements integral to HPB’s business model – long-stay holidays, and multiple occupancy – serve to further reduce our collective carbon footprint. By staying for extended periods, long-stay holidaymakers reduce the per-diem “carbon costs” of their holidays; while multiple occupancy (or “same-asset sharing”), whereby properties are occupied more than they stand empty, lends itself to efficiency in terms of heating and general running expenses, and delivers substantial environmental benefits.
The perfect outcome of all these efforts would, of course, be for HPB to achieve carbon neutrality. Ambitious; but given the urgency and the impetus behind the drive to “net zero”, we believe these are important steps in the right direction.
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