Children at a Dorset school are to be
educated in the benefits of going green, after the educational establishment became the first in the south-west to fit a biomass boiler under the South West Bioheat Programme.
According to the Dorset Echo, St Osmund's Middle School received a £63,000 grant to go towards buying and installing the new central heating and hot water device.
Biomass boilers can boost energy efficiency and lower carbon footprints as they are fuelled by sustainable sources - in this case woodchip - rather than finite resources.
Commenting on the installation, headmaster Ron Jenkinson said: "For us, a large part of the success of the scheme will be if we can use the biomass boiler to trigger a major impact on our children's understanding of the importance of sustainability."
He added that he hoped the new boiler would hope to lower the school's running costs.
It was earlier revealed that going green is also on the agenda at Gulworthy Primary School near Tavistock, where a biomass boiler was recently fitted.
