Bedfordshire conference venue Wyboston Lakes Resort has implemented phase one of its Green Energy Roadmap and embarked on phase two of its path towards self-sufficiency in Green Energy.
356KWh of solar panels and a 200KWh storage battery installed at The Willows Training Centre at the venue are already helping to make the centre more self-sufficient in electricity. At the same time, at The Woodlands Event Centre, a new upgraded Building Management System (BMS) which incorporates the use of Artificial Intelligence is reducing energy waste and optimising energy usage.
After investing £650,000 in phase one, work has started on phase two on which the Resort is investing a further £2.3m. This includes installing solar panels and storage batteries at The Woodlands Event Centre, The Waterfront Hotel and the Resort’s Knowledge Centre. Once completed later this year, the Resort will have 1.4 Megawatt hours of solar panels and 1.1 Megawatt hours of storage batteries in total.
Systems are also being installed to transfer electricity between buildings at the resort.
Pat O’Hea, director of projects at Wyboston Lakes Resort said: “These installations will not only enable us to operate on green energy generated on site but also significantly reduce our purchasing.
Management says it is also working on plans for phase three which could make the resort fully self-sufficient in Green Energy.
And the resort’s Room2Grow sustainability initiative has so far seen 23,000 trees planted around the 380-acre site. The scheme gives guests staying more than one night at Wyboston Lakes Resort the chance to chose to have a tree planted on the resort instead of having their room cleaned,
The Resort has been zero-to-landfill since 2015 and operates a biodigester, turning food waste into fresh compost for use across the site.
