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OkoFEN Pellet boilers save over 135,000 tons of CO2 per year
Pellet heating systems are available in Austria for about 15 years. The company ÖkoFEN, based in Upper-Austria, was the first to present a type-tested pellet heating in 1997. In an internal analysis, OkoFEN has determined the current savings of CO2 emissions through the use of its pellet heating systems. A total of 16,000 new boilers that OkoFEN has installed over the last three years save 135,000 tons of CO2 emissions per year. "This result shows the tremendous CO2 emissions saving potential with the use of pellet heating systems," assesses CEO Herbert Ortner.
Every new pellet heating system saves 6 to 11 tons of CO2
Still many households in Austria are heated with outdated boilers. This increases the cost of heating, pollutes the air and pollutes the atmosphere with higher CO2 emissions. Comparing different heating system with each other, the decision is clearly in favour of pellet heating systems. The potential for CO2 savings is greatest when using wood pellets (a CO2-neutral energy source). "Especially in the field of room-heating the transition to renewable energy sources is necessary. It is in this field where pellet heating systems offer an ideal form of renewable heating" says Herbert Ortner. With every new pellet heating system an annual average of 6 to11 tons of CO2 can be saved, depending on the energy consumption and the previous source of energy.
The OkoFEN pellet heating systems installed in the past 3 years can save 135,000 tons of CO2 per year
OkoFEN's current analysis combines an average consumption of a family house with the heat load and the experiential values of recent years in relation to each other. If the number of European households that installed an OkoFEN pellet heating system in the past 3 years would have continued to heat with an average oil heating system, these European households would have been emitting per year at least 135,000 tons of CO2 in addition. "This is about the amount of emissions made by 50,000 cars in a year or the emissions of an airplane that travels 220,000 times the distance Vienna - New York" stresses Ortner.
Not only environmentally thinking but also in terms of long-term energy supply and social issues, our society must reduce its dependency on fossil fuels and develop a strong green economy.
Environmental and climate protection as driving force
As the international development shows, pellets are not a short-term trend, but it represents in the long-term a central technology for the supply of space heating. One of the strongest motivations for this development is the growing awareness of the serious consequences of climate change and the need to use new technologies that lead to a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
Worldwide, over 35,000 OkoFEN pellet boilers in operation
In 1997 OkoFEN was the first Austrian manufacturer to offer an officially-certified pellet heating system to the public. This pioneering activity has had wide ranging effects throughout the industry and represents the beginning of a period of extraordinary market development. In 2004 we launched a pellet heating system with condensing technology, a world first.
With more than 35,000 pellet boilers in operation worldwide, ÖkoFEN is a flagship company in pellet heating technology and has already won several international awards. In year 2009 ÖkoFEN launched in North America and by this time there was no a fully automatic pellet heating systems available in the market. Thus, ÖkoFEN makes also in this market a pioneer work.
