Fulton. Embracing green technology initiatives at UK HQ.

Not content with being a global leader and manufacturer of lower carbon, energy efficient heat transfer solutions, Fulton Limited has gone a step further with its own Net Zero plans by embracing green technology initiatives at its UK headquarters.

Commenting for Fulton, managing director Carl Knight says: “With solutions like our award-winning VSRT and electric steam boilers, we are committed to working with customers to ensure their processes are as efficient as possible. What’s more, by adopting heat transfer solutions and decarbonisation strategies that are designed to reduce lifecycle costs, we are helping our customers on their Road to Net Zero.

“But Net Zero isn’t just the goal of our customers. Realising the potential energy and carbon savings we could achieve by utilising otherwise redundant roof space, we invited Heatsource Direct to run some figures on the savings achieved by installing roof-mounted photovoltaic panels, and we were impressed.”.

Installed and commissioned in 2022, the roof-mounted solar panel installation has already proved a valuable investment for Fulton and is on track to save the company over 40 tonnes of CO2 and nearly 90,000 kWh of energy in just the first year.

Commenting for Heatsource Direct Limited , managing director Thomas Thurling says that this is a great example of what a SME can achieve from a relatively simple installation.

"With a feed-in tariff agreed and in place, Fulton is set to recover over 33% of the total cost of installation in just 12 months, with a total ROI of less than three years. But what is perhaps more impressive are the lifetime savings, with the figures estimating a total production of over two million kWh, and nearly one million tonnes of CO2 and approximately ￡1.25 million saved!”.

Spurred on by these savings, Fulton has gone further in bolstering its green credentials by installing six EV charging points at its Bristol facility and rolled out a fleet of electric vehicles, including six EVs and one Hybrid vehicle, for its sales and service managers. Additionally, the company is looking at the option of a battery installation to store the energy from the PV installation, rather than simply feeding the small amount of excess energy generated back into the grid.