Greener Heating for business?

[gibby]

Ive been told that a solid fuel burner would be a cheaper way to heat our premises during the winter.

Im wondering if anyone on here knows much about them?

From what I understand its a metal unit that can burn pellets or wood.
Im not sure if these are allowed everywhere & unsure on how much smoke or co2 these things produce

thanks
G

 

[td2011]

Hello, I don't know enough about them to give any sound advice but a friend of mine who lives in Berlin has one in her apartment, I think they're quite common to find in apartments over there and it's so efficient, I couldn't believe it. I think the apartment was quite well insulated so contained the heat well despite it has huge windows and double doors to the balcony.

 

[smo]

I would love to know more about this too, it was recommended to us earlier after getting an electricity bill form hell, mind you we run 8-10KW of heaters 8-9 months of the year to heat the office its so cold!!

 

[mlaing]

Ive been told that a solid fuel burner would be a cheaper way to heat our premises during the winter.

Im wondering if anyone on here knows much about them?

From what I understand its a metal unit that can burn pellets or wood.
Im not sure if these are allowed everywhere & unsure on how much smoke or co2 these things produce

thanks
G

Hi,

Have you thought about getting solar thermal panels installed? They're pricey at the beginning but you'll get your money back in a couple of years. You eventually start making money through them - and let's face it, any source of revenue is always a help!

Think the government offer grants for solar panels as well.

 

[Aurora Baltika]

I would search for Scandinavian and Finnish companies - they know thing or two about pellet burners.

 

[sharylchella]

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[gibby]

From the little research Ive had time to do it looks like the pellet burners are out.

Our business is in a non smoke area & on a flight path & I told these burners are not allowed. Ive even been told someone else was fined £500 recently for using one.

Im just wondering where I can get reliable advice from??


G

 

[Mr H]

aircon is more economical to heat (& cool) an office than electical heaters,

 

[biovorm-ltd]

Solar Panels would help ease the bill in the summer months, providing you've got the sun for it!

 

[GortonBorn]

Solar Panels need daylight not sun and they will work all year round just for shorter periods of time and at a lower yield !

Solar Panels would help ease the bill in the summer months, providing you've got the sun for it!

 

[MrCloser]

aircon is more economical to heat (& cool) an office than electical heaters,

Sure, and if you use heat reclaim like a recuperator or thermal wheel built into the air handling unit you can recycle up to 50% of your heat. Indirect gas fired is probably cheapest kw/p

Really it might be worth doing an energy audit, some old buildings have such poor insulation you may as well move into a tent. Insulation may be your biggest cost saver here. You might look at slightly warming the office by just a few degrees overnight on a cheap night rate tariff too.

Industrial premises with a lot of roof space could be a good location for solar panels too, if you can't manage the big investment upfront there are companies that will cover the supply and fitting at no cost and you can use the power generated. Gorton B on this thread might be able to advise you on that

 

[The Lively Crew]

Insulation etc are all excellent suggestions, but why not look into supplying all your staff with clothes that exhibit superior thermal insulation properties? It won't solve the problem but would probably shave a couple of degrees of the required room temperature - in turn saving potentially £000's per year.

 

[smo]

Insulation etc are all excellent suggestions, but why not look into supplying all your staff with clothes that exhibit superior thermal insulation properties? It won't solve the problem but would probably shave a couple of degrees of the required room temperature - in turn saving potentially £000's per year.

Because there are legal requirements for heating levels in office buildings. Also decent warm clothing isnt cheap, add this to staff of differing sizes and sex and you have a mountain of work getting them clothes to fit, multiple sets too if they work full time......its cheaper to buy insulation!!!

 

[The Lively Crew]

Because there are legal requirements for heating levels in office buildings. Also decent warm clothing isnt cheap, add this to staff of differing sizes and sex and you have a mountain of work getting them clothes to fit, multiple sets too if they work full time......its cheaper to buy insulation!!!

I wasn't suggesting it as a fail-safe solution, allowing you to turn off all other heating. There are certainly some issues, but there are definitely ranges of clothing which would do the job cost-effectively. Materials like Flectalon are ideal and can be branded too