Spalding Guardian

October 2011

Green award plaque for Unity Garden

Long Sutton’s status as a centre of green living technology was recognised this week by 100 percent green and renewable-sourced electricity supplier Green Energy UK.

The tenants of Unity Gardens, a social housing scheme of six earth-sheltered homes on the outskirts of town, have been awarded a plaque for producing surplus green electricity for the National Grid and running their lives as close to zero-carbon emission as you can get.

The plaque was handed over to resident Clive Sullivan by Rachel Giacopazzi of Green Energy UK.

She said: This is for the residents’ considerable work supporting environmentally friendly homes and generating renewable electricity.”

The homes were designed by Long Sutton-born eco architect Jerry Harrall for their owner, Lincolnshire Rural Housing Association.

The houses require minimal energy use, little heating, have natural ventilation and every property has photovoltaic arrays, which work by converting daylight into renewable electricity, even working on dull days. Any surplus energy produced is sold back to Green Energy UK. Rainfall is also harvested and used by the community to minimise household consumption.

There are allotments for families to grow their own fruit and vegetables, an initiative which Green Energy UK supported recently by donating a wood store where tools are stored.

Green Energy UK supplies 100 percent green and renewable electricity, all certified environmentally friendly, to homes and businesses across the UK, enabling them to reduce their carbon footprint in a very simple, inexpensive way.

The company prides itself on its award-winning customer service supported by a freephone helpline offering customer and non-customers energy saving advice, endorsed by the Energy Saving Trust.

Together both Unity Gardens and Green Energy UK are working to decrease the UK’s reliance on fossil fuels. Green Energy UK aims for a secure energy supply and a greener environment.