We have committed to generating 50 per cent of all the energy we use from renewable sources by 2020. This is being driven by our £30 million Renewable Energy Investment Programme (REIP), launched last year. The good news is that we’re already making inroads into achieving this challenging target with over 30 renewable projects currently…
By Chloe Gilbert Like many of us, I could be doing more to save energy and be greener. So this weekend I went along to the #NTGreenLiving event at Tyntesfield to see what staff and volunteers are doing to be more environmentally friendly. What are the #NTGreenLiving Events? Over the past fortnight, thousands of…
They were up against giants like Jaguar Land Rover, IKEA and Kingspan, but our farm team from Snowdonia showed the big boys how it was done by bagging a top title at one of the UK’s biggest green awards. Our Welsh farmers dusted off their DJs for a night in London town last night for…
Our farm team in Snowdonia will be swapping their muddy wellies and shepherds crooks for DJs and shiny shoes tonight, as they gear up for one of the UK’s biggest green awards. The Hafod y Llan farm, which the National Trust looks after in North Wales, has been shortlisted for Renewable Energy Project of the…
A little sunshine can go a long way in boosting our energy levels. Now classrooms across the UK are set to feel that sunny feel-good glow all year round with the help of free solar funding. A total of 20 fundraising toolkits and £9,000 of free solar panels are up for grabs thanks to a Solar…
In this series of blog posts Ellie Dewdney will be keeping you up to date with current issues that could affect Britain’s most special places and what the National Trust are doing to preserve these national treasures. To the outrage of many working in the solar industry, the UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change…
Our first large hydro turbine has been switched on at a Snowdonia farm and is now helping to fund our conservation work. Behind the scenes of our Snowdon hydro project The hydroelectric scheme has been sensitively crafted into the rugged heather-splashed Snowdonia landscape at Hafod y Llan farm by our dedicated team in Wales. The…
Keeping your home cosy warm when it’s cold outside can be difficult and expensive. One way to keep the draughts out and make your home more energy efficient is with thermally lined curtains. Learn how to make your own thermally lined curtains with a new five-part video special created by the National Trust and Good Energy.…
With so many unique buildings to look after, we know how tricky it can be to keep your home cosy warm when it’s cold outside. This week the National Trust and Good Energy invited Lauren Guthrie, finalist of BBC2’s Great British Sewing Bee, to join us at Calke Abbey Estate in Derbyshire to film a…
If you’re wondering who is behind the talented hands in our #beautifulanduseful videos, here’s your chance to meet the maker…. Charis Williams, aka the Salvage Sister, is a professional artist, up-cycler and TV expert on Kirstie Allsopp’s Fill Your House for Free on Channel 4. When she’s not running after her five-year-old son and eight-year-old…
