Striving to Become Carbon Neutral
The company is currently undertaking a number of projects to reduce its impact on the environment. Firstly in 2005, on surplus land at our Lylestone quarry the company planted 56,000 trees as its initial statement in reducing its carbon footprint.
This year, 2008, we have contacted the Energy Agency in conjunction with Enterprise Ayrshire and are currently undertaking a feasibility study to install a number of wind turbines to reduce our overall electricity taken from the national grid during the day and to supply surplus "green"energy back to the national grid during the night and at weekends when the operation is closed. For a small company this is a major undertaking but we are keen to take advantage of our raised elevation near to the Ayrshire coast and take advantage of the plentiful supply of wind energy.