Natural gas is now a thing of the past at ABC Pavilloner and Concept Living
From approximately 150,000 m3 of natural gas per year to 0.
That is the reality for ABC Pavilloner and Concept Living following the final phase-out of natural gas at both company locations in Jutland and on Zealand, respectively. Natural gas has instead been replaced by heating sources with a lower climate impact, such as solid-fuel boilers and heat pumps.
Lower CO2 emissions, lower heating bills, and an investment that pays for itself in just three years. Phasing out natural gas at ABC Pavilloner and Concept Living pays off in every respect, 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 on Zealand.
Natural gas prices have been steadily rising in recent years, and at the same time we have a clear strategy to reduce our climate footprint, including through lower CO2 emissions. Therefore, over the past few years we have invested in, among other things, a solid-fuel boiler and heat pumps to heat our production halls and office buildings. Our annual consumption of natural gas averaged around 150,000 m3, and with approximately 2 kg of CO2 emitted per m3, we save around 300 tonnes of CO2 by saying goodbye to natural gas.
- Thomas K. Pedersen, Certified Sustainability Advisor at ABC Pavilloner
Last year, a solar PV system was installed at the factory in Engesvang. The system supplies around 20 percent of the factory’s electricity, which is used, among other things, for heat pumps.
The solid-fuel boiler was installed just over two years ago. The boiler uses wood chips, which come from surplus wood from production or are purchased locally to minimise transport. Heating with wood chips is considered CO2-neutral, as only the CO2 that the wood has absorbed during its lifetime is released when it is burned.
To a large extent, we are self-sufficient in wood chips for the boiler and fortunately have easy local access to supplementary wood chips from our neighbouring company. The investment in the boiler has gradually paid for itself through reduced expenditure on natural gas. In addition, switching from natural gas to wood chips has reduced our operational CO2 footprint (Scope 2) by more than 50 percent, so all in all, our farewell to natural gas has very much paid off both financially and in terms of the climate.
- Thomas K. Pedersen, Sustainability Advisor
