As well as warming the space more effectively, this will save the organisation 3,686 kWh of electricity per year and reduce their annual carbon emissions by 0.54 tonnes (CO2e). THE MOTHER HEN COFFEE AND GIFTS, WRINGTON Mother Hen Coffee and Gifts wanted to know if replacing their café’s energy-hungry sandwich toasters with a specialist Merrychef oven would reduce their energy bills and environmental impact. Our analysis showed that the oven in question could produce more sandwiches in a fraction of the time, slashing their energy bills by £645 a year and their annual emissions by 0.5 tonnes (CO2e). We also suggested installing solar PV panels on the premises to save a further £891 and 0.7 tonnes of emissions (CO2e) per year. UNCLE PAUL’S CHILLI CHARITY, BUTCOMBE Uncle Paul’s Chilli Charity has a 40-acre farm and café overlooking the Mendip Hills where socially disadvantaged people with barriers to learning and/or disabilities can get vocational training in such disciplines as farming, hospitality and food production. 44
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