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Canopy & Stars & Good Energy

Reducing our environmental impact and enhancing our energy resilience is more crucial than ever. That’s why we’ve teamed up with Good Energy to help you find sustainable solutions for your business.

Solar questions with Good Energy

Solar power is becoming an increasingly popular choice, even here in the UK. We spoke with fellow B Corp and sustainable energy experts, Good Energy, to provide you with an overview of how solar power could be used in your business.

Heat Pump questions – Good Energy

With various technologies and price points available, knowing where to begin can be overwhelming. To help simplify your options, we turned to Good Energy, a fellow B Corp and a leader in sustainable energy, for insights into heat pumps, an increasingly popular low-impact heating solution.

What makes an ethical energy company

Choosing an ethical supplier for your renewable energy tariff can be tricky, with endless amounts of jargon and reams of info to file through. It’s not always easy to verify where exactly the renewable energy is coming from, and if it’s truly renewable at all. With guidance from Ethical Consumer, we've outlined the essentials to consider when selecting an energy provider.

Go green - encourage responsible transport

Owners like yourselves can create options and give information that drive guests (sorry) towards greener travel. Here are some of our suggestions.

Fight the power – use renewable energy

Whatever stage you’re at, there’s always more you can do to improve your energy usage, from supplier choice and simple reduction strategies, to bigger undertakings that will make massive change. We've pulled together some of our top renewable energy options that are worth exploring.

Providing an eco experience from Jo at Devon Dens

Devon Dens vision was always “Let’s create an off-grid, beautiful site with an ethical ethos running right through the core.” Here's how they did it.

Our top eco-friendly loo and shower partners

We are always eager for our Owners to choose environmentally-friendly facilities in their space. Take a look at our friends and partners.

Clever ways to trick… we mean help guests to use less energy

Our team has come up with some creative ideas on how to get your guests to be climate-conscious and reduce their usage – you might like to try some of these out, or come up with your own.

How to make your space train and EV friendly

We’ve had more enquiries than ever asking about sustainable transport, and with many of our guests travelling from London, Bristol and Manchester (often without a car), demand for clear visibility on places that are accessible by public transport is growing. So, how can you capitalise on that growth?

Big Sky Retreat on Sustainable Building and Land Management

Alison and Scott bought the Devon property that would become Big Sky Retreat in 1990, after travelling all over the world. They have a passion for sustainability, but recognise the constraints of practicality they need to work within. This is how they do it.

Canopy & Stars Owner Carbon Emissions FAQs

Here you'll find our FAQs on carbon emissions including carbon footprints and differences between carbon neutral, climate positive and net zero.

Can hot tubs be sustainable?

Our experts have compiled the pros and cons to different systems, fuels & so on, as well as some tips and tricks to help you reduce your environmental footprint.

Green cleaning with Martha from the Moon & I

From budget friendly to boutique - whatever your preference we have created a roundup of the top ten products we recommend for taking steps towards helping to grow a greener business.

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