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The wood pellets shown here deliver at least five times more heat per cubic metre than wood chips — but are unlikely to be locally sourced.

Exploiting the benefits of biomass boilers
Published:  January 2008

Most boiler suppliers and manufacturers offer a biomass option — but what is driving the demand for biomass, and how can you ensure a successful installation? Ian Bradley has some pointers.

school
Broag-Remeha boilers deliver heating for high-tech school in Bristol
Published:  January 2008

The recently opened £30 million Redland Green School in Bristol has its space-heating requirements met by three Broag-Remeha 310/7 boilers installed by Lorne Stewart. These floor-standing boilers were recommended for this particular location for the efficiency and performance and ultra-low NOx emissions.

Glow-worm

Sophisticated control — Glow-worm’s new Ultracom range of high-efficiency combi boilers.

Glow-worm introduces new range of combi boilers
Published:  January 2008

Glow-worm’s new Ultracom range of high-efficiency combi boilers is available with outputs of 24, 30 and 38 kW. They all have a back-lit and stylishly designed programmer to give complete control and flexibility over heating and hot-water requirements.

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Saunier Duval’s latest combi boiler is the Semia Condens

Condensing combi boiler
Published:  January 2008

Saunier Duval’s Semia Condens combi boiler is available with outputs of 24 and 30 kW and a SEDBUK B rating. They have a stainless-steel recuperator, pipe-connection tails that are clip distance from the wall and a telescopic flue option.

Zenex boosts boiler performance
Published:  January 2008

Adding Zenex GasSavers to three condensing boilers in the multi-purpose Plymouth Pavilions has solved under-performance issues that resulted to inadequate supplies of hot water. and reduced overall gas consumption by at least 25%.

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Small commercial boilers, such as Potterton Commercial’s Paramount two range with outputs from 30 to 115 kW are finding increasing application.

The trend towards smaller commercial boilers
Published:  January 2008

10 years ago, wall-hung boilers above 100 kW would have been almost unthinkable, but now they are commonplace in commercial heating installations. Richard Walker explains how the market is changing to embrace smaller boilers in light-commercial applications.

stokvis

A standard specification and drawings for Heatpak packaged boiler rooms has been developed by Stokvis Energy Systems.

Stokvis rationalises its approach to Heatpak packaged boiler rooms
Published:  January 2008

Stokvis Energy Systems has devised a standard specification for its Heatpak packaged boiler rooms. They are available with various heat outputs for rapid delivery to site.

Hoval

Three BREEAM points for NOx emissions — Hoval UltraGas condensing boilers.

Hoval boilers achieve the maximum BREEAM rating
Published:  January 2008

Extensive, indepedent testing of Hoval UltraGas boilers has confirmed that their average NOx emissions are less than 40 mg/kWh. This means that these boilers, across the full range of outputs from 15 to 1440 kW, achieve the full maximum BREEAM rating of three points for NOx emissions.

Flues

Although a separate chimney for each boiler has inherent functional advantages, most boiler installations have a common header and chimney system for all the boilers.

The flue as a key part of boiler efficiency
Published:  January 2008

Peter Roege considers how UN and British climate-change policies impact on the design and operation of boiler houses. affect your boiler house.

Tuffa
Tuffa tanks to the rescue
Published:  January 2008

As part of the renovation of the fire station at Hove by East Sussex Fire & Rescue Services, a Tuffa Firestop 10 000 litre tank was installed to serve the heating system. It replaces an old steel tank that was inside the building.

Groundforce guru installs Keston condensing boiler
Published:  January 2008

As part of the refurbishment of the 4-storey house in Hackney of Tommy Walsh of Groundforce fame, a Keston C55 wall-hung condensing boiler serves the heating system. There are four very large bedrooms and underfloor heating throughout the ground floor. These boilers are room sealed, so they can be installed almost anywhere.

Baxi

A range of training opportunities for Potterton Commercial boilers and Andrews Water Heaters products is provided in this recently opened training centre.

Baxi’s new training centre
Published:  January 2008

Baxi’s commercial-heating training academy at Erdington in the West Midlands is fully equipped with boilers from Potterton Commercial and water-heating products from Andrews Water Heaters. All the appliances are live, enabling training to be delivered on products, installations, commissioning, servicing and fault finding.

wood chips

The typical cost of wood chip as a fuel is less than 2 p/kWh.

Biomass builds a solid reputation
Published:  January 2008

Dr Robin Cotton explains how biomass is providing heating solutions for large-scale applications such as district-heating systems and outlines its future development prospects in the UK.

Vaillant

Vaillant wall-hung commercial condensing boilers have replaced a leaking floor-standing boiler in this private school in Oxfordshire.

Wall-hung boilers replace life-expired floor-standing boiler in private school
Published:  January 2008

Vaillant high-efficiency ecoMAX commercial boilers have been installed at Cranford Hose School in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, to replace an old leaking boiler.

University

The performance of heating systems in student halls of residences at the University of Warwick is being improved by installing Atag condensing boilers.

Students warm to Atag boilers
Published:  January 2008

Heating boilers in student halls of residence throughout the central campus of the University of Warwick are progressively being replacing with Atag E Series condensing boilers to reduce fuel costs and carbon footprint.

boilers

Multi-boiler installations in cascade offer particular advantages where demand can vary widely throughout the year. This installation makes use of Buderus GB162 boilers.

Heating efficiency for today
Published:  January 2008

Richard Evans explains why high-efficiency and condensing boilers are still one of the most popular ways to meet the energy requirements for modern heating systems.

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