30 ways whilst holidaying here you can help reduce energy wastage and preserve Cornwall.

1. By using the log burner (in any of the cottages where one is provided) instead of electric heaters or more central heating if you require more warmth

2. By not going out leaving heating on with windows open!

3. By turning heaters off when not needed

4. By turning off appliances when they are not in use – like when you're mobile or laptop have finished charging

5. By only using the washing machine with a full wash load

6. By washing your clothes on a cooler setting

7. By using eco friendly washing powder such as Ecover for your   clothes washing. It is far less polluting, especially when in the country where all our drains go into septic tanks which can't work properly if they have chemicals such as bleach attacking the good bugs that break down the sewage.

8. By using eco friendly cleaning products if you want to do any cleaning of surfaces etc while you are staying here – you should find a selection of these in the cottage but do let us know if you are running out

9. By only washing towels and clothes when necessary - do you want to spend ages washing on holiday anyway!?

10. By avoiding using a tumble drier, or partially drying cloths in the dryer and then using the airer provided. By far the greenest is to use the washing line whenever possible - weather permitting!

11. By stacking your dishwasher up during the day and only running it when full. We provide you with environmentally friendly dishwasher powder. Also you can run large appliances – like dishwashers – at night using the delayed start function on most of our machines. This is when electricity is off peak, so by using electricity at this time not only is it cheaper but furthermore power stations should have to produce less to meet peak demand.

12. By turning thermostats down on electric heaters at night.

13. By running your central heating at a lower setting if comfortable. The evenings when resting need to be warmer than when in and out during the day.

14. By shutting windows when heating is on and drawing the curtains at night.

15. By showering rather than bathing and avoiding everyone in the house washing at once ….. to give systems like the heat pump or solar more chance to recover.

16. By not buying bottled water - drink our wonderful water at Treworgey - and take some home!

17. By not leaving taps running and by conserving water where ever possible.

18. By composting your green waste.

19. By .....Recycling ..... recycling ...... as much of your waste as possible - all your glass, paper, plastic etc in the bins provided or drop off at recycling banks when you are out and about.

20. By switching off lights not in use in your cottage

21. By switching off lights and shutting doors and windows in playrooms and information room when you have finished.

22. By switching the television off, rather than leaving it on standby.

23. By shopping locally, using our onsite produce stall and eating locally grown and produced food.

24. By in house dining ... using Coombe Kitchen meal service. Delicious food is all cooked at Coombe here on the premises .... and with local fresh   produce.

25. By spending days here at Treworgey and enjoying the facilities here - less travel.

26. By walking from Treworgey (instead of driving to go for a walk) around our beautiful farm and woods - why not take a picnic?

27. By leaving the car at Treworgey and using the train at Sandplace – or the local bus service which can be met at the end of the lane. If you leave the car behind and walk, cycle or use our excellent local trains you will see so much more of the beautiful Cornish countryside.

28. By visiting lots of the wonderful attractions here on our doorstep and avoiding too many long car trips to more distant attractions.

29. By sharing a ride - If you have two cars here, jump in together and go out in one!

30. Please shop and eat locally - sample some of our wonderful local produce such as great local food from 'Simply Cornish'   in Looe, The best   home made pasties at the Pasty Shop (blue and white stripy) in Fore Street Looe, Cornish Orchard's wonderful apple juices and jams just up the road from Treworgey and our local farmers markets, butchers and small farm shops. Do remember our in house meal service and when you want to eat out try our wonderful local restaurants too. It is only a short car drive (or train ride) to Trawlers in Looe or The Well House. These restaurants for example use local produce wherever possible.

These suggestions all save significant amounts of energy.

In return, we promise to keep you posted on our successes and failures. We are very willing to help anyone in any way who would like to know more about our experiences of trying to be more environmentally friendly ..... good and bad!
..... and our experiences with ground source heat pumps , wind and solar. If you are thinking of installing any of these, do come and stay and while here talk to us and have a closer look.

Our Environmental plea ….
If you have experience in green technology and can advise us on how to improve, do please come and talk to us. If you can’t advise us, please help us by reading on......
We undertake to invest in more long term renewable energy sources (on top of those already planned) with any savings on our 2008 energy consumption that you our guests help us to achieve. We would really appreciate guests feed back. If you have ideas on how we could be greener - or ways in which we can improve your holiday experience in general, do please tell us.
By supporting us you would be supporting the Cornish COAST project that we are members of

Thank you very much.

Thank you for reading and ....
where ever you holiday -
try and leave only your
footprints...
HAPPY HOLIDAY
Bevis & Linda and Jo & Alec