Every time you read a newspaper or watch TV, one of the major issues affecting our world today is the impact we are having on our planet. Even if you do not believe all that we are being told, the way things are going, wifh fossil fuel taxes etc., it makes sense to reduce your dependency on fossil fuels.
And one day the fossil fuels are going to run out !
Wood - the planet friendly fuel
Wood is a low carbon heating solution due to the fact that when burnt it only releases CO2 that it has absorbed out of the atmosphere during growth, whereas burning fossil fuels releases CO2 that has been stored in the fuel for millions of years.
The production of wood fuel is much friendlier than production of fossil fuels, green and pleasant woodlands are a far better sight than an oil refinery and certainly better for the environment.
Woodlands are aesthetically pleasing, havens for wildlife, wonderful for leisure activities and provide areas of peace and calm in this hectic world.
Unless trees are diseased or seriously damaged then there is usually no need to cut down and therefore kill individual trees. Hardwood such as willow, ash and hazel are wonderful renewable fuel as the practice of coppicing provides wood fuel as well as wood for traditional skills like basket weaving, garden screen manufacture etc. Additionally coppicing will prolong the life of individual trees, like hazel which will die after 50 or so years if not coppiced. So there is no need to destroy to get the benefits of burning wood for heat.
To minimise smoke when burning wood, only disease free and well seasoned wood should be burnt. This is good practice to ensure minimal emissions and maximum benefit from the heat produced by burning wood. Burning of processed or chemically treated wood, i.e. chipboard, MDF, old fence panels etc. is not desirable from an environmental point of view.
Our burner is designed to maximise the gasification of the burning wood. It has a very large space in at the top of the firebox where the hot gases rise and become trapped. There they burn and as the entire firebox (except the ends) is surrounded by the water jacket maximum heating is derived from the gasification process.
It is possible to argue that the harvesting of firewood is not carbon neutral, of course the wood needs to be cut down and transported to the point of use. However modern chainsaws are more energy efficient and buying from local suppliers, or harvesting your own, can reduce the transportation issues. As an added benefit our burners can take large pieces of wood, up to 75 x 40cm, so helping to reduce the cost of cutting and splitting.
Electricity use by our burners
Our burners use some electricity but it is a modest amount, 100 watts maximum in normal use. This means that it is entirely feasible to run them using electricity generated by a small wind turbine for instance. There are wind generator systems on Ebay right now for less than £1400 that are capable of generating up to 1.5 KW, with a bank of batteries and an inverter our burner can be even more environmentally friendly, and cheaper to run !
Reducing transportation distances
Our burners are manufactured in the heart of England, making shipping distances shorter in most cases.
Build quality
Unlike the throwaway nature of domestic white goods our burners are built to last, minimising the environmental damage of manufacturing short life products, and the cost of recycling worn out gas and oil boilers.
Your carbon footprint
Our burner will help reduce your carbon footprint, lower your heating costs and reduce your CO2 emissions, thats why we call it
The Low Pollution Energy Solution !
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