Smoke Control Areas

The UK has one of the most stringent pieces of legislation controlling boiler emissions in Europe. Ireland (RoI) does not have smoke control areas or generic legislation for same. Any large project would get an individual allowance in terms of emissions from the Environmental Protection Agency Ireland (EPA).

The HM Government Clean Air Act 1993 provides that no heating appliance, regardless of fuel, may emit smoke in areas designated as Smoke Control Areas without undergoing strict testing and certification to a British Standard protocol. Installing a biomass boiler in a smoke control area without the relevant testing having been undertaken and the necessary exemptions having been granted means the operator runs the risk of prosecution under the Act. Today, with pollution being a very visible and important part of our environmental concerns no individual or organisation can justify installing untested and unapproved heating appliances in these areas, either morally or commercially.

All Binder boilers from 15kW to 1200kW have been tested and certified to this British Standard and been issued with the necessary Statutory Instruments allowing them to be installed and operated within all UK smoke control areas. The reason why Binder boilers can achieve this level of certification? Because Binder boilers have been developed over many years to achieve outstanding performance in terms of efficiencies and emissions. These two factors provide a machine that can be installed in any part of Europe and meet the very demanding emission requirements of Europes most exacting marketplace, the UK.

*NB: NI formal approvals for these machines are delayed following the recent re-establishment of the NI assembly. Confirmation that the machines are awaiting inclusion on the NI exempt appliance list can be obtained from the Environmental Policy Division of the Northern Ireland Government.