Boiler rooms:
The hot water and heating solution for Care Homes, Hotels, Schools…

If you are the owner or in charge of the energy consumption of a care home, a hotel, a school or of a similar business, you are aware of how important it is to contract the best services while at the same time controlling costs.

As you know, central heating and hot water are a major expense in this type of business. Therefore, Nortegas wishes to be your natural gas distributor for heating and hot water to help you have the best service at the best price.

Boiler rooms are technical areas with the different heat production equipment that supply hot water and heating to different types of businesses.

Boiler rooms can be outside or inside the building. If they are inside the building, they are usually at ground level or on adjoining land, on the rooftop or in a semi-basement.

Depending on the location of each business, these are the different alternatives to convert to natural gas:

• Installing a new boiler room.
• Converting the current boiler room to natural gas.

Elderly care homes

We know that one of your priorities is to ensure the maximum comfort for the elderly in your care homes and the cold can be one of the main obstacles to overcome to achieve that.

Therefore, natural gas is the best option to ensure quality heating and the best environment, as the needs both of the infrastructures, involving many square metres, and of the people living there are special, and it is essential to adapt to them.

Hotels and Hostels

During winter, heating accommodation is a fundamental factor when users are selecting where to stay. So, everything must be ready to deal with low temperatures and offer clients the best service.

In general, both hotels and hostels are usually areas with many square metres and having a quick and efficient system such as natural gas to heat all that space is essential to offer the well-being and comfort sought by clients.

Schools

Cold is the great enemy when it comes to concentrating and paying attention, particularly for the youngest students. Therefore, converting heating to natural gas in private and public schools is essential. Those educational centres have large surface areas and the use of natural gas for heating is therefore recommended, as the heat provided is constant, safe and, furthermore, leads to significant savings in costs.

Natural gas is thus the best option when cutting heating costs, while at the same time ensuring an optimum comfort temperature in each of the rooms of the schools, from the classrooms to the locker rooms, and not forgetting the laboratories and the gym.

Natural gas offers many advantages over diesel and is therefore the most appropriate option for central boilers:

• More efficient. The new installation leads to lower consumption, around 20% less.
• More cost-effective. Natural gas is around 20-30% cheaper than diesel, depending on consumption.
• More accurate. You pay exactly for what you use, not a rough estimate.
• Greater peace of mind. Thanks to the constant supply, you do not have to worry about filling the tank.
• More space. Space is gained by removing the tank and which can be used for other purposes.
• Safer. Natural gas does not need to be stored. As it is lighter than air, it tends to rise outside the premises, thus making your business safer.

Well-being and comfort are fundamental for your business, particularly when it is cold.

Therefore, and to guarantee that well-being and comfort, natural gas central heating provides constant heat, along with lower maintenance costs, which makes it the best option.

Natural gas central heating provides healthy, safe and constant heat, emitted through radiators and without drying out the atmosphere. It also offers a very important advantage, as costs are much lower, while maintaining the quality.

The way it functions is very easy. The flames in the central boiler heat the water that circulates through the pipes. The hot water in the pipes is taken to the radiators and heats the different rooms.

As it is a closed water circuit, the water is in constant movement and the cold water that returns to the central boiler is then heated again.

The temperature can be adjusted at the central boiler or at the radiators or setting the thermostats. The heating can even be programmed for the times you want and according to your needs.

Natural gas is the greenest and cleanest fossil fuel, and the one with the lowest environmental impact, as it has the lowest CO2 emissions per unit of energy used and it is does not generate solid waste, smoke or bad odours.

There are also different grants to install natural gas boilers:

• Nortegas grants through the installers/maintenance service:
  • Discounts.
  • Financing plans.
• Institutional Grants from the Institute for the Diversification and Saving of Energy (IDAE), Basque Energy Board (EVE), etc.

Natural gas reduces emissions of CO₂, NOx, CO and other harmful gases for the atmosphere. Thus, helping in the ecological transition.

A significant reduction of the environmental impact of the emissions of polluting gases is achieved thanks to both changing the fuel from diesel to natural gas and to the improved energy efficiency of the installation.

A study is set out below of a boiler room for the properties of a home-owners’ association, where a reduction can be seen of 162,292 Kg. of CO₂ a year, in a transition from diesel to natural gas.

Nortegas will help you with the installation in the most efficient way possible, depending on the situation of your business:

The building does not have a boiler room

If the property does not have natural gas or a boiler room, contact us to be connected to the network and we will produce a personalised study for you.

The building has a boiler room

If the built has hot water and/or centralised heating using a different energy source, you can ask for the boiler to be converted to natural gas and begin to enjoy all the advantages of using natural gas.