This week we thought we’d share some of the measures we’ve introduced in our boiler room to save energy, which is a really important part of the work we do.
The first thing we did was to switch our boiler fuel to kerosene, which is cheaper (saving approx. £2,000 pa) and cleaner, from a maintenance point of view. Ultimately we want to get off oil, but in the mean time to fix a broken burner we replaced the two Avon boilers with cleaner burning units with duel output heads, thus saving money when a low heat is required. A poorly fitting inspection door was also repaired and the boilers re‐lagged with more efficient modern lagging.
Two non‐serviceable heat pumps were replaced and these, together with the four hot‐water pumps, were fitted with sensors and controls to allow adjustment of the running speed (previously they had all run at a constant speed). The 25% reduction in running speed will equate to a significant saving of 48% power.
Redundant piping and unused towel rails were removed from the heating system.
An indirect heat exchanger was installed next to the current hot water cylinder which heats the water much more quickly and efficiently than before.
We’ve seen an impact on our energy use already, and hope that over a full year we will see a real reduction!
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