Based on a traditional family farm in the South Lakes, Claire Pittard and the team at Lake District Log Cabins provide high-quality and sustainable self-catering accommodation, giving their guests a unique experience of staying in log cabins in the Lake District, built using locally sourced materials.

They have recently started the construction of a new flagship cabin, in an isolated location next to a small lake. They came to the W&F Green Enterprise Hub for advice about low carbon heating systems and available funding.

“With previous projects we have looked to biomass to provide heat and hot water for our cabins, fuelled by sustainable timber from the farm’s woodland. Unfortunately, because the new cabin is some distance from the boiler, biomass was unfeasible, and options were limited to LPG, oil or a Ground Source Heat Pump (GSHP). Both LPG and oil have substantially lower start-up costs but generate more carbon emissions per kWh, and are not as efficient. Therefore, our preference was GSHP due to its substantially lower carbon footprint and running costs,”

Through the W&F Green Enterprise Hub Claire was able to access advice and funding to help them purchase the GSHP.