So my house is being heated by wood chips. This may sound strange at first, but its efficiency is really interesting.
What is the point of heating with wood chips?
We heat our house with resources from the region and the value creation process is being held in Switzerland. Wood is a price worthy resource and very stable with its price. The new modern heating systems cause a bit of particulate matter which stays way below the given limit. The electricity needed is below 1 % of the energy output. You will be heating CO2-neutral with this system.
Most systems are fully automatic and the cleaning is not very time-consuming. One big negative is the logistic behind it. You will need a storage room and a direct driveway towards it.
How does it work?
Our property is part of a commonhold ownership (Stockwerkeigentümergemeinschaft). Therefore the heating is organized for the whole community. The wood chips heating is not on commonhold ground (gemeinschaftlicher Grund) but the heat comes from a local entrepreneur. He has a giant construction that burns wood chips and leads the energy to households through the whole community. When we changed the heating system a few years ago, we had to connect to his separate pipe system. Unfortunately, I cannot show you the heating system with a picture because it is locked away.