Grant announced as finalist in top business awards

Leading Offaly company Grant has been announced as a finalist in the sustainability category of The Irish Times Innovation Awards 2021.

Operating at the forefront of the home heating industry for over 40 years, with their cutting edge sustainable and innovative product development, Birr-based Grant is a trusted brand for homeowners throughout the country and has been nominated for their highly efficient HVO biofuel compatible Vortex condensing boiler range.

Looking to the future and supporting the Climate Action Plan for over 50% reduction in emissions by 2030, Grant demonstrated its commitment to innovation and sustainability by embarking on an R&D project, representing an investment of over €250,000, to help existing rural houses and hard to heat homes reduce carbon emissions and help prevent homeowners from incurring the high cost and subsequent disruption to the daily life of deep retrofitting.

Founder, Stephen Grant said: “We are delighted to be recognised for our innovation. Our breakthrough in the research and development of HVO-ready condensing boilers means that we have largely transformed to a renewable heating company with our portfolio including ranges of biofuel ready condensing boilers, condensing pellet boilers, solar thermal panels, underfloor heating, hot water cylinders, aluminum radiators, and air to water air source heat pumps.

"As a company, we remain committed to helping homeowners throughout Ireland reduce their carbon footprint and future-proof their homes.”

“The HVO biofuel compatible Grant Vortex range of condensing boilers has the ability to help decarbonise over 1 million liquid fuelled homes in Ireland, in particular those off-grid with poor thermal efficiency.

"Utilising HVO for heating will also help Ireland to significantly decarbonise existing residential homes, at a cost of approximately €500 per existing oil boiler installation when matching and changing to a new biofuel burner and substantially less if the boiler is already biofuel ready,” he continued.

The Irish Times Innovation Awards aim to recognise and promote the best service, product, or operational innovations throughout the island. The finalists were selected by an independent panel of judges to secure a place at the final and a chance to win the overall ‘Innovation of the Year’ award as well as a unique and high profile communications and advertising package worth €100,000. Category Winners will receive a €10,000 communications package in Business+Innovation and a one-year premium digital subscription to The Irish Times.

Grant, who are a major employer from their base in Crinkle, Birr, will be competing against two other finalists GlasPort Bio, a Galway-based biotechnology company bidding to tackle the high levels of methane, and nergy company Vivid Edge, who help large energy users to deliver net-zero projects with no capital outlay.

The winners of the 2021 competition will be announced at an awards ceremony in Dublin on March 9 next.