An Outdoor Wood-fired Boiler system was funded to replace a natural gas heating system at Allerton Park. By replacing the previous system, CO2 emissions will be eliminated and there will be a substantial cost savings. The use of a renewable resource (wood), obtained from landscape management at the park grounds in place of a non-renewable one (natural gas), combined with the greenhouse gas emissions reduction will help increase campus sustainability. The Student Sustainability Committee Granted the project $25,500.

The system replaced the forced air natural gas units that heated the Enviromental Education center, the woodshop and the car shop. In the 2008-2009 heating season, the former system cost Allerton Park $13,500 in natural gas utility bills. With the new system in place, this cost should be eliminated unless the back-up boiler system were engaged.