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DB Breweries commissioned Living Energy to look into the technical and economic dimensions of switching from gas to woodfuel at their Waitemata Brewery in Auckland.
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The year-round demands for hot water and heating at Dunstan Hostel made it an ideal candidate for a wood-fired system when air emissions consents came up for renewal at this Central Otago site. Tightening emissions regulations meant that the old coal system had to go, as it was an ongoing source of particulate pollution in the inversion-prone town of Alexandra. The highly specified 250kW Binder step-grate boiler will bring the hostel a level of control and automation which they could only dream of with coal, as well as ultra-low particulate emissions.
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The only school to actively approach EECA as part of the Renewable Heating in Schools Programme, Henderson Valley School in Waitakere proactively identified a woodfuel heating system as the only logical option when replacing their smoky old coal boiler.
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Located in Hokitika, not far from the heart of the West Coast coal industry, Westland High is a large secondary school that will be benefitting from the largest step-grate Binder boiler in New Zealand. Rated at 500kW, the boiler will burn chipped waste from local sawmilling operations and ultimately, low grade log material from the regions’ forests.
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Living Energy were appointed by Manukau City Council's Energy Manager to undertake a detailed assessment of Council buildings and determine their suitability for conversion to woodfuel. Funded by EECA's Wood Energy Grant Scheme, the feasibility work by Living Energy is seen as a vital first step in building the financial, technical and political case for a move away from fossil fuels in Manukau City's building portfolio.
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Living Energy were commissioned to provide a detailed analysis of the pro's and con's of making a switch from diesel to wood at the Paraparaumu sludge drying plant. Owned and operated by Kapiti Coast District Council, the plant gets through around $575,000 of diesel each year drying sewage sludge - the switch to wood could reduce this annual bill to a little over $100,000.
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When Golden Bay High School issued a tender in March 2008 for a new 700kW diesel or LPG boiler to replace their end-of-life coal boiler, they had no idea that March 2009 would see the installation of a 350kW Binder wood-fired boiler by Living Energy.
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When Living Energy approached Thames High School to discuss the possible replacement of their 20+ year old coal boiler with a new system fuelled by woodchips, the response was typically sceptical. 14 months later and the school is the first in New Zealand to take delivery of a high-tech Binder boiler, purpose-built to burn woodchips with low emissions and high efficiency. There’s already talk of increasing the workload on the boiler by connecting it to the nearby swimming pool, extending its season into the shoulder months by heating with low-cost woodfuel.
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When Dunstan High School found out that their two large coal boilers would not receive new emissions to atmosphere consents when they came up for review in 2010, Living Energy stepped in with a proposal for a wood-fired solution. A huge amount of feasibility work went into this two-boiler project (one heats the school, the other their boarding hostel), to determine the optimum solution for this large secondary school in one of the coldest parts of New Zealand - Alexandra in Central Otago.
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