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Rural tenants benefit from biomass heating |
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1 Nov 2012, 7:06 PM
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Rural tenants of Warwick District Council have benefited from new low carbon heating systems after the council won national funding of £118,000 to install wood fuelled heating systems into some of its social housing.
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The scheme was intended to reduce carbon emissions, energy bills and fuel poverty. The award represented 50% of the total cost of the proposed installations and has benefited the tenants currently living in rural properties which were still heated by solid fuel and with no availability of natural gas.
Renuvo, one of the Midland’s foremost low carbon heating and power companies undertook the whole project including the installation of radiators and hot water systems. All of the boilers, manufactured by Windhager were fitted into properties that are off the gas grid and had been heated by either coal fired or electrical heating systems. Warwick District Council was successful in a bid for government funding which resulted in them being able to fund the installations.
Twenty three homes had 12kW boilers installed, these are specialy designed for households with a low energy demand. A small installation footprint with a high performance makes theses units a good choice for retrofit solutions of properties requiring small heating demands and where space is minimum.
As a result the council has had tremendous feedback from their tenants who have seen a significant reduction in their fuel bills and a consequential reduction in fuel poverty as well as improved efficiency and comfort levels within the house. The council has been successful in massively reducing the carbon emissions in the properties and they have now committed to fund further biomass installations as their first choice option in appropriate rural properties.
Mark Perkins of Warwick District Council, commented, ”I think biomass is a great technology, the company have provided an excellent product and service. Not only is it great for the environment, the tenants will be able to save a considerable amount of money on their fuel bills.”
The tenants have been extremely pleased with the results, one of them saying, “We are absolutely over the moon with the new biomass system, our house is so much warmer and we no longer dread going into a cold bathroom. In the first month we made a £60 saving on our energy bill.”
The previous heating systems were inefficient, environmentally unfriendly and resulted in high energy bills. The fully automated wood pellet boilers are fitted with modulating burner technology to provide the best combustion results across the output range of the appliance. It is tried and tested technology with small amounts of ash being produced, and also gives longer periods between maintenance.
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