People praise our wood boilers for their efficiency and high-tech approach to a tried and true methodology, but lost in a lot of the science are some of the less publicized benefits of our boilers. Convenience Though it’s an impressive, cutting-edge piece of technology, our furnaces work with your existing heating ducts and thermostat, so […]
Why Purchase a Wood Furnace
Heat is a basic and often overlooked or expected part of your daily life. You need to heat water for cooking or cleaning; you must keep yourself warm and during the dead of winter, you need to heat your house. For all these activities, you have several products including gas or oil furnace or wood […]
The Biomass Thermal Utilization Act Provides 30% Tax Credit on High-Efficiency Wood Boilers
Imagine someone handing you a $3,000 check. And this is after saving over 70% on your heating bill by using a high-efficiency biomass heating system. That’s a pretty sweet deal. This image is one step closer to reality with the introduction of the Biomass Thermal Utilization Act of 2013. The proposed BTU Act would amend […]
New Hampshire Improves Pellet Boiler Rebate Program
The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission (NH-PUC) has announced improvements in its Residential Bulk-Fuel Fed Wood-Pellet Central Boilers and Furnaces rebate program for automated wood pellet boilers and wood furnaces. The program allows consumers to get a rebate of 30% up to a maximum of $6,000 on the purchase and installation of a qualifying heating […]
What is the Real Cost of an Outdoor Wood Boiler?
Are you looking to purchase an outdoor wood boiler, but don’t know which one to buy? There are a number of things to be considered in addition to the initial cost of the appliance. These involve installation costs and “operating costs” in terms of dollars spent and time spent. Whatever your reason for heating with […]
Indiana Joins the Clean Air Movement
With the EPA’s Residential Wood Heater New Source Performance Standard (NSPS) now on the horizon, the State of Indiana has joined with many states in regulating outdoor hydronic heaters (also referred to as outdoor wood boiler or outdoor wood furnace). On May 18th, Indiana’s first rules regulating the sale, installation and operation of outdoor wood […]
A Modern Day Parable About Home Heating: A Look at Heating Assistance Contingency Funds
As part of the federal government’s initiative to reduce spending, the contingency budget for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) that provides heating assistance for those with low incomes was cut by 67%, from $591 million to just $200 million. LIHEAP is a federally-funded program that helps low-income households pay their home heating and […]
New York State Adopts Stricter Regulations for New Outdoor Wood Boilers
In a surprise move, two months after putting the regulation on hold, the NY DEC approved stricter regulations for new outdoor wood boilers effective April 15th, 2011. Like many other northeastern states, New York follows the format of much of the EPA voluntary OWHH standard — this includes: emission performance, wood boiler stack height, approved […]
So you have not heard of the “Kachelofen”?
What is that mysterious Kachelofen, pronounced (kah-kel-low-fen)? Mark Twain called it “a masterly performer” and “One firing is enough for the day; the cost is next to nothing; the heat produced is the same all day, instead of too hot and too cold by turns.” It is a thousand year old tradition of building wood […]
Outdoor Wood Boiler Regulations on Hold
According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the NY DEC has put a hold on a DEC proposal that would have mandated statewide regulations on outdoor wood boilers (OWBs). The proposed regulations were tabled at a board meeting on Monday. This was less than a week after the NY DEC announced it would be submitting the […]