Located in the Metropolitan City of Milan, the Parco Nord Schools serve 6,000 students and host a daily total of 7,000 people, including teaching and non-teaching staff. In 2017, the school required significant upgrades, but the city lacked the necessary resources. Carbotermo, member of Fiper, stepped in, proposing a comprehensive energy efficiency improvement intervention for the building, aiming to achieve significant economic savings and using those savings to pay for the investment over a medium-length period.

Founded in 1951, Carbotermo began as an energy manager using coal-powered plants. Initially, it provided energy mainly to residential buildings with coal. Over the years, it transitioned to diesel, then natural gas, and most recently, has introduced various renewable energy sources, primarily biomass, including wood chips, pellets, etc., depending on the size of the application.

The core of the Parco Nord project involved installing a 2 MW woodchip heating plant to replace two natural gas boilers. The original boilers had a combined power of over 4 MW, but due to increased efficiency, the new 2 MW system is sufficient.