Natural gas is now a thing of the past at ABC Pavilions and Concept Living
From approximately 150,000 m3 of natural gas per year to 0
This is the reality for ABC Pavilions and Concept Living after the complete phase-out of natural gas at both company locations in Jutland and Zealand respectively. The natural gas has instead been replaced by less climate-damaging heating sources such as solid fuel boilers and heat pumps.
Lower CO2 emissions, reduced heating bills and an investment that paid for itself in just three years. The phase-out of natural gas at ABC Pavilions and Concept Living pays off in every way, and it is therefore a significant milestone that the gas connections have now been disconnected at both company locations in Engesvang in Jutland and Karlslunde in Zealand.
Natural gas prices have been steadily rising in recent years, and we simultaneously have a clear strategy to reduce our climate footprint, including in the form of lower CO2 emissions. Therefore, over the past few years, we have invested in, among other things, a solid fuel boiler and heat pumps for heating our production halls and office buildings. Our annual consumption of natural gas averaged around 150,000 m3, and with approximately 2 kg CO2 emitted per m3, we save around 300 tons of CO2 with our farewell to natural gas.
- Thomas K. Pedersen, certified sustainability advisor at ABC Pavilions
Last year, a solar panel system was established at the factory in Engesvang. The system delivers around 20 percent of the factory’s electricity, which is used for heat pumps among other things.
The solid fuel boiler was established just over two years ago. Wood chips are used for the boiler, which come from surplus wood in production, or are purchased locally to minimize transportation. Burning wood chips is considered CO2-neutral, as it is only the CO2 that the wood has absorbed during its lifetime that is released during combustion.
We are largely self-sufficient with wood chips for the boiler and fortunately have easy, local access to supplementary wood chips from our neighboring business. The investment in the boiler has now paid for itself in saved expenses on natural gas. Furthermore, the switch from natural gas to wood chips has reduced our operational CO2 footprint (Scope 2) by over 50 percent, so all in all, our farewell to natural gas has definitely paid off both economically and climatically.
– Thomas K. Pedersen, certified sustainability consultant at ABC Pavilloner
