Blue Chip holds the GTBS Silver Award

With sustainability and green issues now much in the consciousness of holidaymakers as they plan their yearly breaks, Blue Chip Vacations, the largest provider of 4 & 5 star luxury rated holiday accommodation in the South West has always been an advocate for preserving the environment.   A member of the Green Tourism Business Scheme (GTBS), the leading sustainable tourism certification scheme in the UK, BCV not only offsets its own carbon emissions but offers holidaymakers the opportunity to offset the emissions from their Blue Chip Vacations stay too, with all monies raised donated to the World Land Trust .  Businesses opting to join the GTBS are assessed against a rigorous set of criteria covering areas such as energy and water efficiency, waste management and biodiversity.   Following its work on office energy efficiency Blue Chip Vacations has been awarded the Silver GTBS award.

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Kingfisher

The two Luxury Lodges – Woodpecker and Kingfisher are part of a development of new Eco-Homes at Mill Meadow near Taunton.

Current features of the eco-homes include:

• Ground and Air source Heat Pumps
• Under floor Heating
• Solar Hot Water
• Solar Electric
• Green Roof
• Rain Harvesting
• Low Energy lighting
• Efficient appliances
• Excellent levels of insulation
• Triple Glazed windows

Mill Meadow Eco Holiday Homes have been recognised with the award of an “Excellent” rating under the Eco Homes BREEAM Awards scheme.