Thinking of retrofitting or installing a new heating system in your home?

What is the best type of boiler for a cozy and comfortable home? In your home or apartment what could be the best fuel for the boiler?

The questions demand an answer on the basis of economy, low emissions and room comforts. Also needed is the capital cost and pay back period.

There are many options but in terms of clean low maintenance equipment and the convenience of usage, fossil fuel oil and natural gas seem to lead the way.

Of these too, natural gas boilers with many different technological advancements incorporated seem worth while for your serious consideration.

Best option?

A natural gas condensing boiler is about the best option for you having being designed for an operational efficiency of 98% or so. By opting for high energy efficiency additionally you contribute towards the protection of the climate and the environment. Further, both fuels are presently freely available at reasonable prices. At that high boiler efficiency the resources would stretch undoubtedly for a longer time too.

Combustion Control

Modern technological advances are revolutionizing the way boiler systems are being made.

A newer innovation by the leading Gas condensing boiler maker Viessmann, is the system they call Lambda Pro Combustion Control capable of identifying the various properties of different fuels, and regulate the combustion process accordingly. This control system can even regulate the latest biogas and its mixtures.

Fuel Storage

A cumbersome process is the storage of boiler fuels. But a boiler running on natural gas totally eliminate this necessity as Gas is supplied in town utility service or in cylinders already stored for use. Invariably this enables you to utilize the freed space for other use.

Condensing Boiler Technology

In this system the Natural Gas combustion generates thermal energy. Without stopping there, the moisture of combustion in the flue gases is made to release it’s latent heat vaporization by condensing rather than been released to the environment. Viessmann uses stainless steel Inox-radial heat exchangers for this purpose which cools the flue gases up to a point of moisture condensation,

This is the secret behind condensing boilers achieving a seasonal efficiency of up to 98% to DIN standards.

Incorporating Solar Energy in to Gas fired boilers

Free Solar Energy is available at your home most of the time an year. Solar water heating could cut down your water heating fuel usage by about 45 to 50%.The leading manufacturer Viessmann has a gas fired condensing type boiler design which easily fits in to your solar collector based heating system and operate in harmony with each other.

Solar thermal systems and Domestic Hot Water systems are also subsidized by SEAI grants in Ireland. All told the pay back takes only a few years due to high saving in fuel.

A combination system like this would save 25% additional on fuel usage.

Accordingly In Germany where 2 million heating systems have been using traditional boilers with a high wastage of thermal energy according to 2005 statistics, it is said retrofits with condensing boilers combined with solar technology would save the country 10% of the total energy usage. In addition the CO2 emissions would be reduced by 54 million tonnes per annum.