Harrogate ventilation firm EnviroVent says it hopes to achieve net-zero carbon emissions across its business by 2030.
The company, which manufacturers extractor fans and ventilation systems, has published its ‘Roadmap to Net-Zero’, which it says will generate emissions savings of more than 1,000 tonnes of carbon in the next 10 years.
A business that achieves net-zero emissions means it puts no more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere than what it takes out.
To help EnviroVent achieve its target, it will move to a new purpose-built headquarters on Burley Bank Road in 2022. The building will be heated with air source heat pumps and its electricity will be generated via solar panels.
The building will also incorporate an MVHR heat recovery system, which recovers the energy from extracted air to ensure good indoor air quality.
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The company has also committed to planting 5,000 trees per year as part of a new partnership with MoreTrees, an organisation that will plant trees responsibly on the company’s behalf and then manage them for life.
Planting 5,000 trees every year will remove a total of approximately 1,500 tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere, the company said.
Jane McLean, quality & environmental systems manager at EnviroVent, said:
“Environmental sustainability is very important to us as a business and to many of our public and private sector customers. We’re delighted to be revealing our Roadmap to Net-Zero, which gives a very clear route that we will follow to achieve our environmental targets.
“To add to this, all our products are designed to use minimal amount of energy and we recycle parts from systems we replace, wherever possible. As a result, customers buying our ventilation systems can be safe in the knowledge they are giving back to the planet.”
