A school and a hospital in the UK are among the public service providers that have been noted as being keen to reduce their carbon footprints through energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy generating technology.
Recent recipient of the Ashden award for
sustainable energy, Surrey's Ashley School, makes use of 26 photovoltaic solar cells and eight solar thermal heaters to collect renewable energy in order to generate electricity and heat the water supply.
And according to headteacher Richard Dunne, this action is paying off, the Guardian reports.
"During the summer we are virtually at the stage where we are producing as much [energy] as we use," he explained.
The school also has a biomass boiler, which uses sustainable power, rather than fossil fuel.
Meanwhile, the news provider notes that Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has also installed a biomass boiler and solar panels in order to reduce its carbon footprint.
The hospital trust's emergency services department is one of the busiest in the country, meaning that reducing gas and electricity bills may be a priority.
