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| Energy Eco Angus – simple solutions for greener heating Eco Angus offer a range of wood burning boilers to provide central heating and domestic hot water. These boilers are ideal for retrofits or new builds, usually positioned in an outbuilding and linked with the existing heating system. rants are available on the boilers under the Renewable Heat Incentive (domestic and non-domestic) with typical payback of the cost of installation in approximately 5 years. Family Finds Warm, Eco-friendly Alternative to Heat Home & Business Richard and Tracy’s family live in a five-bedroom house with an office above their garage. The house is exposed, single glazed with solid walls. Gas isn’t available so oil was used for heating, hot water and cooking which was expensive. G “The boiler is very efficient, there’s plenty of hot water and the house is now nice and warm” They double glazed the windows, swapped the aga for an electric cooker, installed solar thermal to heat water and installed www.farmingmonthly.co.uk a wood-burning stove. However, the buildings were still difficult and expensive to heat. It was important that it would be eco-friendly and cost effective so, after research, they chose an Angus Orligno 200 40kW log boiler. They were impressed with the simplicity of the Eco Angus boilers making them more straight forward, cheaper and easier to maintain than others. The system was installed three years ago and the couple receive non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) payments. They say ‘The boiler is very efficient, there’s plenty of hot water and the house is now nice and warm. It has definitely been value for money especially with the RHI payments’. The total cost, including the installation, was £15,000. Their annual fuel cost has halved and they receive an average of £1,848 in RHI payments for the 21,000 kW hours used annually. Their Eco Angus boiler will have paid for itself within just over five years, still receiving RHI payments for the 20 year term. If they used their full allowance of kW hours the time taken to pay for itself would be just under three years. In conclusion, the eco-friendly Eco Angus wood burning boiler is an effective way to produce hot water and heat, means value for money and saves money in the long term. It is straightforward and uncomplicated meaning the system is unlikely to breakdown and gives flexibility in obtaining the fuel from different sources. For more information about any of Eco Angus boilers see the website www.ecoangus.co.uk, call Nick or Guy on 01934 862642 or email [email protected] May 2016 | Farming Monthly | 43