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A change for the better at Ross Home - converting from LPG to wood chipWith escalating heating costs, the management team at Ross Home was motivated to make savings to ensure it could continue to deliver excellent care to residents. With over 120 beds and a need to heat the Dunedin facility 24 hours a day, seven days a week, it made financial sense to replace the existing LPG boiler with an economical wood chip alternative. |
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Little Sisters of the Poor Home and Hospital - switching to wood energy for energy efficient, cost-effective heatingSince 1904, the Little Sisters of the Poor (LSP) has run its home and hospital providing care facilities for the elderly. Constant hot water and heating are vital, and changing to a wood chip boiler ensured a reliable supply of both at significantly reduced costs. |
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Titoki Healing Centre - wood fuelled boiler, solar hot waterA wood pellet-fired boiler is proving considerably cheaper than electricity for heating the Bay of Plenty‘s Titoki Healing Centre. Fully automated and fed by a 3-tonne hopper topped up by the truckload, the 50kW system operates virtually hands-free and can also supplement the centre's solar-powered hot water system. |
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Ryman Healthcare - tapping into the earth's energyRyman Healthcare are enjoying 50% saving on their hot water heating costs thanks to the ground source heat pump they installed to provide energy efficient hot water. Ground source heat pumps work efficiently all year round in all weather and temperatures. |
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