David Miliband MP tours Viessmann social housing biomass installation
New heating system will save residents £384 per propertyOn May 11th 2012, local MP, David Miliband, attended the unveiling of the latest installation in South Shields of leading international manufacturer of heating systems, Viessmann.
Viessmann was tasked by building contractor Thomas Armstrong (Construction), working for housing and care provider, Places for People, to revamp the heating for 31 flats which make up Bents Cottages in Mowbray Road, South Shields. Originally built in the early 1980s, the flats were previously heated by a plant room containing gas boilers as much as thirty