Investing in a greener future

Lorien has a long-standing relationship with the once-stately home, where it has previously installed a low-carbon biomass boiler, replacing an LPG-fired boiler with a more efficient centralised renewable technology.

The catering and office facilities will run off the existing biomass boiler, which operates on woodchip, and generates heating and hot water to various facilities including the restaurant, shop, and ticket office.

Wood that fuels the boiler is grown in the National Forest and processed within 10 miles of the country house estate; it is hoped that within a decade 20% of the woodchip will come from the estate itself.

Over the last five years, Lorien has worked on more than 80 projects with the National Trust, with a focus on renewable energy systems (heat pumps, biomass, solar and hydro-electric) for Mansion Properties and their wider Estates.  Lorien further specialises in the provision of environmental control, delivering re-servicing, conservation heating and overall building management to both modern and listed buildings.