Local company entertains students and open house visitors using captivating demonstrations to educate and promote modern, wood-fired heating with highlights on international trends. Today’s open house showcased Greenwood’s ground-breaking residential wood boiler, the Greenwood® Frontier CX and shed insight on the use of wood as a renewable resource. REDMOND, Wash. (October 18, 2017) – With the […]
The Cost of Wood Pellets Is On The Rise
If you are worried about heating costs this winter, you are not alone. Everywhere you look there are forecasts about how cold and snowy it is going to be. What makes this worse are the reports that heating costs are also on the rise as well. If you’re using propane – you’ve likely already felt the […]
Getting the Most Out of Firewood
So, you are heating with wood. So how can you tell if you are getting an efficient, green, clean burn out of your wood supply — much less all the energy you put into preparing it? Are you aware of the tons of outside variables that affect how much heat you actually GET out of […]
Greenwood Seen as Solution to Local Air Quality Problem
Winter months bring air quality issues to the greater Puget Sound region. Pierce County News interviews Greenwood executives about the companies clean wood burning technology and how it helps address the growing wood smoke problem.
EIA Predicts Significant Increases in Wood Heating this Season
According to the January issue of the EIA’s Short Term Energy Outlook, the number of homes using wood heat will increase significantly over this heating season. The report indicates that during the 2012-’13 winter 598,000 households in the Northeast are expected to heat with woody biomass, a 7.7 percent increase. In addition, the EIA is […]
EIA: Expect 20% Increase in Heating Bills for 2012/13 Winter
According to the EIA (U.S. Energy Information Administration), the average US home heating with fuel oil will spend almost 20% more this year on heating as compared to last year. In their annual Short-Term Energy and Winter Fuels Outlook Report, they indicate that the return of normal winter conditions and increases in fuel prices will […]
A Quick Safety Tip: Have your Chimney Inspected!
Earlier this month it was National Chimney Safety Week, a gentle reminder to wood burning homeowners to have an annual inspection by a professional chimney sweep. Cutting corners and delaying routine maintenance may lead to additional expense in the future. Even the Greenwood Frontier or that new wood stove you got last year, that produce […]
Wood: The Fastest Growing Heating Fuel in the United States
Data from the 2010 US Census shows that wood heat grew faster than any other heating source in the last decade. The use of wood fuel grew 34% compared to the 26% increase for electricity. Wood heat grew fastest in the Northeast and the Great Lakes regions with Michigan and Connecticut seeing the largest increases […]
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 […]