EPA pellet stove/ Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...stoveyou choose to burn in. As for emissions - high-temperature fires produce less airborne particulates than low-temperature fires;EPA-certified woodstoves produce less than un-certifiedstoves andpelletstoves produce less thanEPA-certified woodstoves, they are closer to gasstoves in the emissions they produce...

...Pelletstoves: Apelletstovelooks pretty much like any woodstove, and gives you the same localized heat and ambience. But rather than firewood,pelletstoves only burn compressed waste-wood products, grain, seed or corn. One major difference with apelletstoveover a woodstove, is that they have a hopper which...

...pelletstovefor maximum heat output and minimum environmental impact, see here Woodpelletstoves burn efficiently as the fire triangle is tightly controlled

...stoves andpelletstoves are eitherEPA-certified or meet the CSA B 415 standard. High performance masonry heaters and wood cookstoves are exempt. Combustion space and water heating equipment (such as natural gas) must be either closed combustion, have power-vented exhaust, be detached from the building, or loca...

...stovecan be rather complicated, so how do you choose? Let's shake loose the important points from all the technical jargon and make the process a bit more enjoyable so it's easier to tell which wood burning inserts andstoves give the most heat, burn best and burn the cleanest - especially important if choosing a stov...