The Henry Lonsdale Charitable Trust’s Rosehill residential home at Aglionby, near Carlisle, has moved to renewable energy with the assistance of biomass expert, re:heat and the RHI scheme.
The home’s custom-fitted £250,000 biomass heating system, including a 500 kW boiler fuelled by wood pellets, was optimally designed by re:heat to meet the needs of the Grade II listed property.
John Mallinson, chair of Henry Lonsdale Charitable Trust, says: “We were looking to make the home more sustainable, looking for an environmentally-friendly heating option to make us more competitive in the future.
"With the biomass boiler, we have installed something environmentally-friendly which provides all the heat and hot water our residents need. Biomass is far more sustainable than oil.”
Ben Tansey, re:heat director, says: “The biomass boiler gives the residents and owners of Rosehill a lower cost, sustainable and more robust system than their old oil boilers. We worked with the care home owners to really understand their requirements, examine the design of the listed building and see how the new system could be fitted. The residents need a high, continuous level of heat, and the technical solutions we have provided for Rosehill have ensured that we are future-proofing their heating needs.”
re:heat, founded in 2011 by Neil Harrison and Ben Tansey, supports firms through the process of designing and installing biomass boilers, and through the RHI scheme, to help them utilise the full potential of green energy technology.
