Pellets may be made from various sources of biomass, including hardwood sawdust, pine, and sunflower seeds.
Solid-fuel heaters can reduce your reliance on conventional fossil fuels like oil and natural gas. They are available as boilers, furnaces, and multi-fuel units for whole-house heating, and as stoves and fireplace inserts that can heat smaller areas. The most common fuel is hardwood, but other options include pellet fuel (made largely of sawdust and other forms of biomass), and coal.
Wood stoves and wood-fueled fireplace inserts make sense if you live in a rural area where you can gather your own firewood. Pellet- and coal-burning stoves and pellet-fueled fireplace inserts can go anywhere. You can buy bags of pellet fuel from home centers or have them shipped to your home at the beginning of the heating season. Multi-fuel furnaces and boilers typically allow you to burn wood and coal, and either oil or gas. They are well-suited to suburban living.
If you're interested in solid-fuel heaters for your home, Dr. Energy Saver can help you choose and install the right system for you. Schedule a home energy audit with your local dealer today!
Solid-fuel heaters of all types are far more efficient than their predecessors. New woodstoves, for example, are 30% more efficient than old ones, wresting between 70 and 80% of the British thermal units (BTUs) from every log. They're much cleaner-burning today, too. A new EPA-certified stove, at worst, produces less than 7.5 grams per hour (g/hr) compared to the 40-60 g/hr of older woodstoves. If you use sustainably harvested firewood, you won't be contributing to global warming at all. That's because the CO2 emissions that do remain are absorbed by new tree growth at roughly the same rate it is burned.
Installing an efficient solid-fuel heater offered by Dr. Energy Saver is sure to increase your home comfort and lower your energy bills. Call or contact your local dealer online if you're ready to install this product in your home!
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