Root vegetables and ESOS

Oxfordshire-based energy management company Enistic is handling ESOS (Energy saving Opportunity Scheme) compliance for a major UK carrot and parsnip grower, Alan Bartlett and Sons. The company will take on the Lead Assessor role, monitor energy use and target energy savings opportunities for the evidence pack which will be submitted to the Environment Agency before 5 December this year. 

Alan Bartlett and Sons specialises in the large-scale supply of carrots and parsnips to UK supermarkets, farming around 1,200 ha of carrots and parsnips in East Anglia and on the Moray Coast in Scotland. The business has two sites, one in Chatteris Cambridgeshire and one in Forres Scotland 

As well as upgrading all factory lighting to the latest LEDs the company has also invested over £1mn on one of the UK's largest privately-owned, roof-mounted solar PV systems on the roof space at the Chatteris HQ. The 1.2 MW system produces around 20% of the total annual electricity consumption. Director Toby Bartlett said: ‘If, at the end of the ESOS journey, and with Enistic’s help, we can see ways of reducing our carbon footprint further and making more savings this will be very much welcomed by our business.’