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Leading home heating solutions company Grant has been selected as a finalist in the sustainability category of The Irish Times Innovation Awards 2021. The prestigious awards aim to recognise and promote the best service, product, or operational innovations throughout the island. Category winners will receive a €10,000 communications package and a one-year premium digital subscription to The Irish Times. The overall winner - selected from the category winners - will also receive a unique and high-profile communications and advertising package worth €100,000. Operating at the forefront of the heating industry for over 40 years, with its cutting edge sustainable and innovative product development, Grant is a trusted brand for homeowners throughout the country and has been nominated for its highly efficient hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) biofuel compatible Vortex condensing boiler range. Looking to the future and supporting the Climate Action Plan for over 50% reduction in emissions by 2030, Grant demonstrated its commitment to innovation and sustainability by embarking on an R&D project, representing an investment of over €250,000, to help existing rural and hard to GRANTSHORTLISTED FOR INNOVATION AWARD
Grant founder, Stephen Grant.
heat homes reduce carbon emissions and help prevent homeowners from incurring the high cost and subsequent disruption to daily life of deep retrofitting. Founder Stephen Grant said: “We are delighted to be recognised for our innovation. Our breakthrough in the research and development of HVO- ready condensing boilers means that we have largely transformed to a renewable heating company with our portfolio, including ranges of biofuel ready condensing boilers, condensing pellet boilers, solar thermal panels, underfloor heating, hot water cylinders, aluminium radiators, and air to water air source heat pumps. “As a company, we remain committed to helping homeowners throughout Ireland
reduce their carbon footprint and future- proof their homes.” Stephen continued: “The HVO biofuel compatible Grant Vortex range of condensing boilers has the ability to help decarbonise over 1 million liquid fuelled homes in Ireland, in particular those off grid with poor thermal efficiency. Utilising HVO for heating will also help Ireland to significantly decarbonise existing residential homes, at a cost of approximately €500 per existing oil boiler installation when matching and changing to a new biofuel burner and substantially less if the boiler is already biofuel ready.” Grant will be competing against two other finalists in their category. Look out for an announcement of the winners. www.grantengineering.ie
FANTASTICYEARFORNAVIEN’SBLUEFLAME OILBOILERS
Navien is celebrating the sales performance of its LCB700 blue flame oil boilers in 2021, which saw the company achieve outstanding results and continue to lead the way in blue flame technology. Navien only manufactures oil boilers employing blue flame burner technology, ensuring its range maintains the highest standards of energy efficiency and performance, especially when compared to inefficient yellow flame alternatives. Renowned by installers and end-users alike, Navien already produces and sells over 200,000 oil boilers per year globally. Its blue flame units have established themselves among industry professionals for boasting efficiencies up to 104%, as well as ultra-low NOx emissions of only 57mg/ kWh – making the LCB700 the only domestic oil boiler capable of achieving an ErP A+ energy rating. Commenting on the natural evolution of oil boilers, Jason Davies, National Business Manager at
Navien, said: “We’re obviously delighted with the performance of our LCB700 blue flame oil boilers in 2021. It’s testament to their high levels of quality and efficiency that oil installers are embracing these products nationwide. “However, we’re not going to rest on our laurels, especially as the industry looks towards achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. That’s why we’ve developed our LCB700 blue flame range to be HVO-ready, which puts us in a great position as the UK moves towards decarbonising heating systems.” Available as either a regular, system or combi boiler, in both internal and external models, the highly efficient LCB700 blue flame is also lightweight (with lift weights from only 67kg), easy to handle and optimised for simple, fast and cost-
effective installation. www.navienuk.com
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