They are both correct. The EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) label measures environmental emissions (particulate matter or smoke) based on a test using a controlled, standardized, high efficiency fuel.
Information on the mandatory EPA label regarding heat output efficiency is for similar non-catalytic wood heaters and EPA mandates a default efficiency rating of 63% for ALL [...]
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Why are the BTU & efficiency ratings different on the EPA Tag and the brochure?
Posted in Go Green, fireplace equipment, furnaces-heating, stoves-heating on December 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Home Heating Help
Posted in Go Green, Maintenance, Videos, Woodburning/fireplaces, fireplace equipment, fireplace equipment; heating equipment & Systems; stoves-wood, coal, pellet, etc- retail; furnaces-heating; stoves-heating, fireplaces, furnaces-heating, stoves-heating, stoves-wood, coal, pellet-retail on November 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Highly instructional videos are available for your viewing. A very nice description of getting the most effeciency from your alternative home heating source. I recommend that everyone who owns or is in the market for purchase, view these videos.
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New Products by Hearth & Home Technologies
Posted in Go Green, New Products, Woodburning/fireplaces, fireplace equipment, fireplaces, furnaces-heating, heating equipment & systems, stoves-heating, stoves-wood, coal, pellet-retail on August 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Introducing the 3100i ACC
Quadra-Fire announces the launch of the new 3100i, the first in our wood burning fireplace insert
line-up to feature Advance Combustion Control (ACC) technology. ACC delivers precision air
control for fire start-up and reloading and then shuts down automatically when it reaches the
homeowners desired burn level. Combined with easy front-to-back loading, the fire starts [...]
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS OF HEATING WITH PELLET FUEL
Posted in Go Green, fireplace equipment, fireplaces, furnaces-heating, heating equipment & systems, stoves-heating, stoves-wood, coal, pellet-retail on July 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Pellet Benefits
Wood pellets were first engineered in the 1970s in response to an energy shortage in the U.S. and are generally manufactured from wood waste generated in saw mills, furniture manufacturing facilities, paper mills, etc. Burning wood pellets can be used as a substitute for electricity; wood-fueled fireplaces and stoves; or fossil fuels, such [...]
OLD WOOD STOVES ARE DUSTY
Posted in Go Green, Maintenance, Woodburning/fireplaces, fireplace equipment, fireplace equipment; heating equipment & Systems; stoves-wood, coal, pellet, etc- retail; furnaces-heating; stoves-heating, fireplaces, furnaces-heating, heating equipment & systems, stoves-heating on June 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Old wood stoves are dusty and smoky. Wood stoves manufactured before 1990 are innefficient. They waste waste firewood, pollute the air in your neighborhood and create dust inside your home. This is especially harmful for the more than 20 million people (including 6 million children) with asthma in the U.S.
Small particles and pollutants in wood [...]
