Your choice of caravan insurance may seem like an unusual factor in making your caravan greener in your business. But this is one of several ways you can help reduce your carbon footprint. This article aims to show you several ways in which you can improve your relationship with the environment. I hope you are pleasantly surprised at how easily this can be achieved.
These days of increasing environmental awareness, it is interesting to note that the survey showed that caravaners have common powers than the average car enthusiast. In a poll of 1000 car enthusiasts, it was found that the caravaners:
- more likely to use energy-saving light bulbs
- more likely to use your own handbags
- more than twice as often compensate for carbon dioxide emissions in flight, which they take
- which more than 75% of people consider to be more environmentally friendly, people who fly to rest
- performing basic maintenance of its vehicles much more often than non-caravaning vehicles, which helps reduce CO2 emissions
- 7% more often think about their environmental impact on a daily basis.
Buying Caravan Insurance
So how does a caravan enthusiast help save the planet? First, and perhaps a little surprisingly, your choice of insurance caravans fits. Towergate Bakers online caravan service providers have developed policies that promise to deliver a carbon-neutral caravan holiday. This policy is provided in the form of a web product, and as a result, the savings in postal and processing time should be used to offset carbon emissions to caravan owners at no additional cost to the client.
Buying a caravan
If you are in the caravan market, there are a number of things you can think about to try to improve your environmental credentials:
- Aerodynamics and weight: both the weight and the aerodynamics of a caravan affect the amount of carbon produced during towing. A lighter and more aerodynamic car allows you to use a smaller and more environmentally friendly car to tow it.
- Brand and model: Caravan manufacturers such as Baileys (whose caravans are 75% recycled) are becoming more knowledgeable in the field of ecology and are making efforts to improve their caravans. Currently, all recycling schemes and environmentally friendly production technologies are being introduced, so when looking for a new caravan, include this in your research.
- Insulation: make sure the caravan is well insulated, as poor insulation can significantly affect the amount of CO2 produced to control the caravan temperature. Also keep in mind that the smaller the caravan corrosive shell, the longer it will last, which in turn will set aside the energy required in production.
- Power supply: solar panels are a good option, reducing dependence on generators and batteries. In the long run, they will also be cheaper.
Towing tips
There are a few things you can do about towing a caravan to reduce the carbon emissions you create:
- Regular maintenance: this will help ensure that your car uses fuel as efficiently as possible.
- Turn off your engine: if you find yourself stuck in a traffic jam, and you are obviously not going to move for a while, then make sure you turn off your engine. It is a good idea to reduce your emissions, even if you are not towing a caravan.
- Roof: choose a profiled trunk for your car, as this can help in the overall dynamics of your installation. And do not forget to remove any roofs if they are not used.
- The right towing vehicle: it is important that your caravan and vehicle are properly selected to ensure the efficiency of your towing. You should check with manufacturers of cars and caravans recommendations and recommendations
- Carry less water: some people carry a gallon of material for many, many miles, which is not necessary. Reducing the amount reduces the weight you are towing and will reduce the amount of fuel. The best idea is to fill your tanks when you reach your destination.
- Drive sensibly: do not try to escape, like Louis Hamilton from the lights, and do not forget to gradually increase the speed, because it is more economical
- Avoid rush hour: try to plan your trips so that you do not travel at rush hour, if at all possible. Also try to plan your route to avoid stopping / starting traffic so you can travel at a constant speed.
- Check tire pressure: having the wrong pressure in your tires causes your car to use more fuel and can create an unnecessary extra 10 kilograms of carbon dioxide for every 500 miles you drive.
- Slowdown: 10 mph reduction in speed will result in a significant reduction in the amount of CO2 produced per mile
- Switch to LPG: it costs about 1,700 pounds, but the fuel costs half the price of regular gasoline. It is becoming increasingly available at the pumps, and after conversion, the car will still be able to use standard fuel if necessary.
- Use BioDiesel: if you have a diesel car, then fill it with BioDiesel instead of the standard diesel. It is made from a sustainable plant material, which is usually mixed with a conventional diesel engine. Your car does not need conversion to be able to use it.
Site selection
The green bug even bit the caravans sites, supported by both the caravan club and the camping and caravan club. Later, they increased energy efficiency and recycling, introduced environmentally friendly materials and incorporated more cellular grills that allow grass to grow. Indeed, his website Windermere was perceived by The Guardian as “the most ecologically clean site in Britain.”
There is even a reward scheme for environmentally friendly sites. The scheme, created in 1996 in a joint venture with advocate David Bellamy and the British Holiday and Home Parks Association, this year received 620 sites. There are three levels of rewards that a site can earn; it is Bronze, Silver or Gold. You can hunt for one of these sites at bellamyparks.co.uk.
General
Finally, there are a number of common things you can do to become more environmentally aware, which are not necessarily related to a caravan, but which are related to caravan holidays:
- The larger the caravan, the better, because over the years caravans have become increasingly isolated
- Save fuel when heated by putting on an extra layer rather than clogging up the heat.
- Recycle your plastic bags using for multiple shopping trips or as waste.
- Increase insulation in the caravan using polystyrene covers in cabinets and cabinets and under the seat
- Make sure you use charcoal from sustainable sources when barbecuing. They will have a recommendation from the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
- Only boil as much water as you intend to use.
- If there are no recycling facilities on your site, make an effort to spend your garbage on municipal recycling facilities when you return home. They can often be found in the parking lots of supermarkets.
- Use low-energy lamps and turn off lights and electrical equipment when not in use.
- Rinse with hot water that you used to boil eggs
- Ideally buy a toilet for compost, but do not buy toilet liquids — for example, Thetford® Aqua Kem Green — that do not contain formaldehyde.
- The sinks are deeper in place and require more water to wash the dishes than do them in a caravan
- Buy a solar powered or radio
- For less than £ 10 you can buy a mobile phone charger
- Try to walk, ride a bike or use public transport more when on vacation. Leave the car in place
- You can become self-sufficient in terms of 12-volt electricity, which you install with portable solar panels (it can cost more than 400 pounds)
- Use biodegradable cleaning products.
- Hold onto things that are composted for a pile at home. Things like food cartons and boxes of eggs
- Separate metal, glass and paper waste. Recycling all aluminum cans in the UK will result in more than 12,000,000 garbage cans being destroyed a year, and 17 trees can be saved per ton of recycled paper.
- Buy local produce from local bakers, farms and farmers. markets. This reduces the number of trucks on our roads.
So, you have this short, but I hope that a useful list of ways to reduce the carbon footprint, making the most of your caravan. Admittedly, some of them require investments in the forefront, but even when you add them there are many cheap and even free ways to improve your green credentials.
I hope you can at least take some of them into action, as you will feel good about making efforts to protect the planet for future generations (we hope it will be caravaners).
