Historic England Looking for Heritage Sites to Take Part in their ‘Pilot Carbon Bookkeeping & Carbon Reduction Training’

This spring, Historic England will launch a new training programme to follow on from the successful Heritage Carbon Literacy courses. Guided by discussions and feedback from the sector, this new training will support heritage organisations to measure their carbon footprint and write a carbon reduction action plan. The aim is to help demystify what organisations…

Claymills Research on Use of Biofuels in Lancashire Boilers

Comparative tests by the Claymills Pumping Engines Trust (CPET) across the three final ‘steaming weekends’ of 2023 and the first ‘steaming weekend of 2024, suggests that the use of biofuel in heritage Lancashire boilers is both possible and can be cost-effective (no more expensive than current coal costs), using rape seed briquettes. CPET is a…