Those that invest money in schemes will almost certainly make their money back within a relatively short period of time
Clippings should ideally be composted rather than piled in out of play areas
practices that will facilitate a reduction in water demand? For example cultural practices, species composition changes or promoting the premise that it may be acceptable for greens to be slightly ‘less’ green at certain times of the year.
• Are you familiar with the Water Framework Directive?
Energy efficiency?
• The average golf club spends £15,000 each year on energy. Between 15% and 25% of this is wasted through inefficient systems and poor planning. This equates to £2,250-£3,000 worth of wasted energy per club per year.
• There are a wide variety of measures that can be undertaken to reduce these losses. These range from easy to implement initiatives (for example simply turning lights off when not needed) to larger scale initiatives with initial cost implications but with long term financial returns (for example, installing an energy efficient boiler and other efficient appliances).
Environmental auditing?
• Environmental audits are vital tools for any business. They identify the environmental footprint of the business in terms of its consumption of resources and the distribution of resource use throughout each operation within the company. Following this, the audit will identify ways of reducing resource use and promoting environmental best practice both for the financial benefit of the organisation and also to benefit the environment through reduced pollution and demand on resources.
• I have already stated that 15-25% of energy consumption at the average golf club is wasted. An environmental audit identifies the areas where wastage is occurring and provides a structured programme for increasing efficiency. The net result of the audit will therefore not only identify how to eliminate but will also potentially lead to an overall reduction in demand for energy.
• Environmental auditing is in its infancy within the golf sector but a number of clubs are following in the footsteps of businesses in other industries and are undertaking the process. Perhaps one of the biggest additional benefits is that audits provide baseline data upon which to build improvements. Subsequent monitoring should be undertaken to highlight just how significant the savings are that have resulted from any “green” measures the club have chosen to undertake. This allows success to be quantified and, as with all projects, the promotion of
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