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HERZ Feuerungstechnik
“Dizimieu Castle” is the company headquarters as well as the
reference project. In 2000 the first HERZ firematic biomass heating
in France went into operation here.
At the “Lyceé Amberieu”, a technical school for installers, the
students practice direct by installing, adjusting and maintaining
heating equipment. As well as oil and gas boilers, HERZ biomass
equipment (25kW) is in operation here.
Environment-friendly biomass fuel, which was originally used to
heat ancient buildings, is also booming now in a country that has
traditionally been reliant on electricity from nuclear energy!
HERZ Feuerungstechnik
in France
Whereas a few years ago only wood pellets were available – and indeed
these were of poor quality – today the market for pellet equipment is
growing, not only in the field of single and multiple family dwellings but
also in the large systems sector (from 300kW). Wood shavings and offcuts
have been an important factor on the French market since 2000,
and numerous large HERZ systems have already been installed.
Re-thinking among those in
government
e French government promotes
environment-friendly energy according
to the region, and a number of
comparative studies about the characteristics,
advantages and disadvantages
of individual fuels have been
commissioned and published. A study
by the French Ministry of Economy
and Finance shows that the price of a
litre of oil in the period of comparison
between June 1999 and June 2006 has
doubled, and the price for a kilo of
The Lachat
apartment
complex,
consisting
of small
chalets,
receives
its central
heat supply
from two
90 kW HERZ
installations.
wood shavings has remained stable in
the same period.
A strong HERZ partner with a high
quality of service
HERZ Feuerungstechnik is represented
in France by SBthermique. e company,
founded in 2001, specialises in
alternative energy sources. Six staff
currently look aer the large French
market, and an extension of the team
is planned during the year. e HERZ
products are being sold exclusively
via the specialist, and selected installers,
who are distributed strategically
across the whole of France, are being
intensively trained in HERZ products
at the company head office and on-site.
A higher standard of service is thereby
guaranteed for the customer. In the
short term questions can be answered
and maintenance work carried out onsite
by the known specialist.
The company headquarters as the
first reference project
e company headquarters of SBthermique
is also the first reference project
in France and a particularly interesting
one. e offices of the HERZ
representatives are housed in the
neighbouring Dimizieu Castle (45 km
from Lyon), the oldest part of which
was built in the 16 th Century. e first
HERZ firematic biomass equipment
(90kW) to be installed in France, has
been heating the 700 square metres of
the ancient building since 2000.
Another piece of equipment with
the same heat capacity was recently
installed to supply the neighbouring
buildings (mansion, offices and events
room). e new environment-friendly
heating offers many advantages in
contrast to the previous oil-heating
equipment. Energy consumption was
10 Summer/Autumn 2006