Heating with wood/ Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...heatingsolution . Burning firewoodand other biomass fuels are a way to gain that independence.Heatingefficientlywithbiomass fuel (wood, grain, seeds and manufactured fire logs) The good news is, improvements in stove and fireplace technology have been so dramatic that burningwood或者生物质燃料可以…

...heatingHow to find the bestwoodburning fireplace insertswitha blower? Here we love innovation and innovative products, but when looking for the bestwoodburning fireplace insertswitha blower, maybe some automation and for the purpose of whole homeheatingwithawoodfire, we have to gowith经历一个……

...woodpellet stove sales in that area went through the roofwithpeople wanting heat security at home, particularly the people who may have lived in a school gymnasium orwiththeir in-laws for those two gruelling weeks.Woodstoves only create an air quality issue when there is a high concentration of them in urban a...

...woodcombustion relies on getting thewoodtemperature up to 212 degrees Fahrenheit as the water in thewoodbegins to boil, then evaporates. As we explained in our Guide on efficientheatingof swimming pools, evaporation takes a lot of energy - which goes against the grain where burningwood因为热量消耗，所以首先r…

...woodthere is a taboo against burning softwood, but you should keep that in perspective. In British Columbia or Washington State, most people who heatwithwoodonly use softwoodsimply because that is all that is available. We happily encourage comments from both softwoodand hardwoodusers below, so we can settle thi...

...heatingand cooling is to use that consistent interior earth temperature to balance our wildly varying North American & Canadian surface temperatures.Withthe use of heat pumps, geothermalheatingand cooling systems extract heat energy and transfer it into buildings, saving approximately 50 to 60% onheatingand co...

...WoodWindows: Pros :Woodis a natural, renewable resource and has comparatively good insulation value; it can be finished naturally orwithany paint colour;woodis among the more affordable of frame materials. Cons: It require regular ongoing maintenance and are susceptible to moisture and insect damage; it's ...

...withnew and better performing windows to save money. Usually to the surprise and relief of homeowners we most often tell them to stickwiththe ones they've got. Not to say that the idea of replacing windows is always 'green washing', but it's not necessarily going to save energy and money once you run all the numbers...

...woodframing, recycled paper (cellulose insulation), andwoodfiber insulation panels . Double-framed wall constructionwithtwo offset rows of 2x4s studs injectedwithhigh-density cellulose insulation that will not settle over time The panelized prefab wall assembly was designed to dry outward,withglued, stic...

...witha percentage of recycled content will add pretty much nothing to your life, but the atmosphere will thank you. Fixtures and cabinetry : You can often find some pretty funky looking older lighting fixtures and great looking cabinets, but avoid plumbing fixtures. Not a lot of thought went into water conservation w...

...heating,withour building envelope we've been able to reduce that to about 10 percent of what most new homes require. Beyond that, the next big leap in efficiency comes from reducing interior loads. Heat pumps are a great way to do that, particularlywith热水。我们的热泵组合令人惊讶地在一起……