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If you’ve been looking for eco- and wallet-friendly ways to heat your business, facility or home, you might have heard about wood-fuel heating. But you might also have some questions about just how “green” it is to heat with wood. There is a lot of conflicting information and opinion out there, and it can be hard to wade through the clutter. This article summarizes what we know about the economic, energetic AND environmental benefits of using wood fuel for heat.
For many customers, a wood boiler is easy to picture, but the full system is not. They may imagine one appliance replacing another, when in […]
Thermal storage is one of the most important ideas in modern wood heating, and one of the least understood by first-time buyers. Some customers see […]
Wood comes in many forms, species, sizes and origins. Let’s simplify the discussion to just the three wood mainstays: wood chips, wood pellets and logwood (firewood). My other resource posts will detail considerations for each fuel type but for now, let’s consider them broadly.
You have a home, workshop or office building and you’d like to get away from oil heating and move to cheaper and renewable wood options. How much heat do you need? What size of boiler will provide you with enough heat?
Heating with wood can be one of the most practical and cost-effective ways to heat a rural home, farm, shop, or larger building. But it […]
Many homeowners first experience wood heat through a stove. That makes sense: a stove is familiar, visible, and easy to understand. But once someone wants […]
Many buyers first encounter wood heat through outdoor boilers because they are easy to picture: the fire stays outside, the smoke stays outside, and the […]
For a modern indoor cordwood boiler, many detached homes end up somewhere in the range of roughly 3 to 6 full cords per winter, while […]
Many buyers start with one question: will a wood heating system actually save money? That is a fair question, but it usually gets answered too […]
Bulk wood pellet heating for automatic wood pellet boilers as well as pellet stoves offers some advantages in cost and ease of use. It’s not for everyone at the moment but for consumers who have a large heat load, there is cost savings and convenience to be found with bulk delivery.
Bulk wood pellets delivered by pneumatic truck can be stored in many acceptable ways. Here is a description of a few of the most common methods.