14 January 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Scandinavian-style warmth for Yorkshire Riding Centre

HARROGATE, NORTH YORKSHIRE, UK – One of Europe’s leading equestrian training centres has installed eco-friendly Scandinavian-style heating to keep its visitors and staff warm when there’s a chill in the Yorkshire air.

At his Yorkshire Riding Centre headquarters, Chris Bartle – Olympic dressage specialist and current National Coach to the 2012 Olympic Gold medal-winning German Three Day Event Team –turned to Leeds-based Bio-Nordic to supply a new biomass heating system which was in place just before Christmas 2015.

The YRC’s two brand-new Ariterm boilers are at the heart of a new decentralised energy network. Fuelled by wood pellets, sustainably sourced from Scotland, they provide clean energy and heat to several of the centre’s buildings, including the well-appointed Courtyard Guest House, its adjacent accommodation block plus other lodges and chalets at the complex.

“Roughly a third of our clients are residential in some way, and after a day’s riding it is wonderful to return to a warm and inviting room” said Bartle, who will be at the Rio Olympics in summer 2016 hoping to help the German team win another Gold medal. “We needed to replace our old oil-fired boilers, and Bio-Nordic’s solution has future-proofed our heating system while also making long-term financial sense. Having a group heating network like this is also an environmentally-responsible choice, of course.

“I would recommend other riding centres look into biomass heating. Bio-Nordic’s attention to detail, and their project management while the new heating system was being installed, was excellent.”

Located in the secluded North Yorkshire village of Markington, a few miles north of Harrogate, the YRC has offered a first-class training getaway for horses and riders from around the world for over fifty years.

Under the direction of Chris Bartle and his sister Jane Bartle-Wilson, herself also a former Olympic competitor, the centre offers a variety of accommodation options to those who choose a residential option as part of their visit.

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Bio-Nordic Ltd is a UK based Building Services Engineering company specialising in the delivery of Scandinavian Expertise and Products in the Renewable Energy and Sustainable Building sectors. We span all technologies from Biomass Heat through to Passive Ventilation; we cover all markets – residential, commercial and industrial; and we provide an all-encompassing service including design consultancy; product distribution; plus product installation, commissioning, service & maintenance via our national network of manufacturer-trained engineers.

For fifty years the Yorkshire Riding Centre has been offering top class training for horses and students from around the world. The centre is under the direction of Christopher Bartle and his sister Jane Bartle-Wilson. Themselves both Olympic competitors, they both offer training and tuition at the centre and around the world. The centre is located in North Yorkshire, in the village of Markington near the spa town of Harrogate. Set in over thirty acres of rolling Yorkshire countryside, part of the Barolin Farm estate, the centre offers superb facilities. Two large indoor arenas, an international size outdoor dressage arena, an outdoor jumping arena, a selection of cross country fences from novice to intermediate standard, and a canter track. We provide quality stabling for up to fifty horses. Our team of Instructors are available for training riders of all levels of ability and experience on their own horses. Throughout the year we host clinics with resident and visiting trainers as well as affiliated and unaffiliated dressage and occasional unaffiliated jumping competitions. All of the centre’s facilities are available for hire to individuals, small groups, visiting trainers, riding clubs and pony clubs. In addition to the equestrian facilities, we have excellent accommodation available on site either in the Courtyard Guest House or in the Chalet accommodation.