Domestic heating accounts for a large proportion of domestic greenhouse gas emissions. Heating with wood fuel is one of a raft of solutions which can reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Compared to heating with fossil fuels or heating with non renewable electricity wood fuel is a clear winner! This guide shows you the ins and outs of heating with wood, wood pellets, even how to burn in a smoke control area.
Rocket stoves are super efficient wood-fired stoves that can easily be built using readily available and recycled materials. They are a common sight in cob, straw bale, and other natural building designs.
Apparently the US Military has a green tinge to it; a new case study/article:"The world's largest collection of solar air heated buildings; 50 SolarWall systems installed on 27 buildings, 110,000f2 of solar panels, Projected fuels savings of 44,000 million BTU/h (46,000GJ) per year, 4MW of thermal energy capacity, 2,000 tons of CO2 displaced/yr"
With the rising costs of gas and oil, you may find your heating bills escalating out of control. (In fact, some homeowners in the northern part of the United States spend as much as half of their annual energy bills just on heating and cooling.) But if your boiler is 15 years old or more, you may not have to simply accept this fate. You can actually lower your monthly expenses simply by upgrading to a more energy efficient model.
Turning off the heating at night is a great tip to help you save a lot of money and carbon emissions.
You won't get a good night's sleep if you are not warm though, so here are eight ideas to keep you comfortable and warm at night while using less resources.
Just think about the excess body heat of a crowd of commuters. A turn-off, or turn on? A quarter of a million people a day pass through Stockholm Central station, but it’s not a problem – they’re seizing this opportunity to heat an adjoining office, hotel and shopping mall.
Mark Wolfe, Executive Director, National Energy Assistance Directors Association, is interviewed about how rising energy prices is making it harder for low-incomeAmericans to pay their home heating and cooling bills. He also talks about efforts in Congress and the states to deal with the problem.
This little gizmo lets you turn waste paper and card into briquettes you can burn on an open fire, log burner etc. It's easy to use, and sturdily constructed. If you're worried that the paper you recycle so dilgently actually gets shipped to China, why not recycle it yourself, and cut your home heating bills at the same time?
The largest employer in Abilene, Texas - and a model among military installations around the country - has reduced both its energy and water usage with various enviro-friendly approaches. By using graywater, Dyess Air Force Base has cut the city's water usage by 2 percent. With the installation of skylights, dimmer switches and by just turning off the AC, the base has reduced its electrical consumption by about 20 percent.
Representatives from states across the U.S. speak in a conference cosponsored by the National Association of State Energy Officials about their challenges facing a winter with rising heating and fuel costs, particularly trouble low-income Americans will have paying heating bills with diminishing grants available at the same time of rising heatingcosts.
Here is a pattern on how to make your own draft stopper that looks like a snake if you are feeling crafty.
[w pics], check out these easy solutions anyone can do to feel less wallet pain this winter, which plans to be a pricey one if you want to stay warm.
Evaluate your home for energy leaks.
Are you tired of outrageous winter heating bills? Want to save some electricity and some dough? Just read (and follow) these three simple steps, and you will be on the road to saving money and energy this winter!
