Posted: August 4, 2025
There are numerous ways that homeowners and business owners here in central Massachusetts or southern New Hampshire can reduce their carbon footprint. Making sure the lights are turned off when you’re leaving a room, cutting down on your water usage, recycling, taking the stairs over an elevator when you have the option, opting to bike or walk somewhere instead of driving and unplugging appliances when they are not being used are all ways to accomplish this. You can also minimize your carbon footprint by switching to and using Bioheat fuel from Fraticelli Oil & Propane.
Bioheat fuel is an energy source that is made from a combination of ultra-low sulfur heating oil and biodiesel (biodiesel itself is made from organic and recycled waste products such as used cooking oil, soybean oil, inedible corn oil, canola oil and various types of animal fats). While it falls under the heating oil category and is used in the same way, Bioheat fuel is different than conventional heating oil in certain aspects.
The United States currently makes about three billion gallons of Bioheat fuel a year and this number is only going up!
Bioheat fuel can be used as a replacement for petroleum heating oil. Making this switch doesn’t require any changes to an oil-powered boiler or furnace, but it does deliver the same amount and level of heat. Using Bioheat fuel instead of standard heating oil cuts down on carbon emissions by about 50%. The energy source also produces considerably fewer toxic emissions such as mercury, carbon dioxide, sulfur oxide and particulate matter compared to petroleum heating oil.
Using Bioheat fuel instead of conventional heating oil can decrease your home’s greenhouse gas emissions and, therefore, decrease your carbon footprint.
The perks that Bioheat fuel offers to the environment are great on all their own. However, the energy source provides additional advantages as well. Here is a look at what those are:
The heating oil industry itself has a goal of reaching net-zero carbon emissions by the year 2050. It is working towards accomplishing this by developing a product that is made of 100% biodiesel.
If you are a homeowner or business owner here in central Massachusetts or southern New Hampshire who is looking to reduce his or her carbon footprint let Fraticelli Oil & Propane set you up with our Bioheat fuel. We treat our Bioheat fuel with a Clean Zone product that decreases the amount of debris and impurities that you sometimes find in Bioheat fuel. In turn, this helps reduce wear and tear on your heating equipment.
Contact Fraticelli Oil & Propane today to learn more about the Bioheat fuel services we provide throughout the area.