{"id":48944,"date":"2024-03-12T10:50:15","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T10:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/verwoodtoday.co.uk\/?p=48944"},"modified":"2024-03-12T10:50:15","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T10:50:15","slug":"verwoods-bighead-featured-in-new-campaign-for-reducing-carbon-footprint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/martin.mx\/verwood\/2024\/03\/verwoods-bighead-featured-in-new-campaign-for-reducing-carbon-footprint\/","title":{"rendered":"Verwood&#8217;s bigHead featured in new campaign for reducing carbon footprint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Verwood-based company bigHead has been featured in a new campaign after changing its carbon footprint by installing solar panels on its roof. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The manufacturing business, based on Ebblake, now sources around half its power from the sun and has slashed its energy bills in the process. <\/p>\n<p>The work was carried out by renewable energy company Good Energy, which has produced a short film on the project as part of a wider campaign encouraging firms to invest in a cleaner and greener future. <\/p>\n<p>Since the 130 solar panels were installed last summer, bigHead has already generated more than 20 MWh &#8211; and saved more than \u00a34,000 from its electricity bills in just the first six months. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bighead.co.uk\/\">bigHead<\/a> helps designers and engineers to fasten composite materials across a wide range of industries. <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_48947\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48947\" style=\"width: 1169px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/martin.mx\/verwood\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bigHead-MD-Matthew-Short.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/martin.mx\/verwood\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bigHead-MD-Matthew-Short.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1169\" height=\"760\" class=\"size-full wp-image-48947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/martin.mx\/verwood\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bigHead-MD-Matthew-Short.png 1169w, https:\/\/martin.mx\/verwood\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bigHead-MD-Matthew-Short-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/martin.mx\/verwood\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bigHead-MD-Matthew-Short-1024x666.png 1024w, https:\/\/martin.mx\/verwood\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bigHead-MD-Matthew-Short-768x499.png 768w, https:\/\/martin.mx\/verwood\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/bigHead-MD-Matthew-Short-210x136.png 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1169px) 100vw, 1169px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48947\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">bigHead MD Matthew Short<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Managing director Matt Stevens said: \u201cI\u2019m really worried about the climate crisis. We can\u2019t ignore it, so we wanted to do something which would reduce our environmental impact. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSolar energy is one of the cleanest and simplest solutions The installation process was straightforward, and we started seeing the benefits almost immediately. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s good for business and it\u2019s good for the planet &#8211; I can\u2019t think of a reason not to do it.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodenergy.co.uk\">Good Energy<\/a> has been supplying renewable electricity for almost 25 years and supports more than 180,000 homes and businesses that generate their own power. <\/p>\n<p>Chief executive Nigel Pocklington said: \u201cThe film is the latest in a series to promote how everyone can play their part in transitioning to a more sustainable future. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re sharing stories from across our UK network of more than 2,000 independent generators \u2013 including wind farms, solar farms and hydroelectric projects \u2013 as well as<br \/>\n hearing from people who\u2019ve had solar panels and heat pumps installed for their homes and businesses. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They\u2019re all green heroes who are changing the world for the better.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Verwood-based company bigHead has been featured in a new campaign after making a dramatic difference to its carbon footprint \u2013 and its costs \u2013 by installing solar panels on its roof.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[260],"class_list":["post-48944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-verwood","tag-bighead"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/martin.mx\/verwood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48944"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/martin.mx\/verwood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/martin.mx\/verwood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martin.mx\/verwood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martin.mx\/verwood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48944"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/martin.mx\/verwood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48949,"href":"https:\/\/martin.mx\/verwood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48944\/revisions\/48949"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martin.mx\/verwood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/martin.mx\/verwood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martin.mx\/verwood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/martin.mx\/verwood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}