A Guide to Residential Wood Heating

A Guide to Residential Wood Heating
Author: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Publisher:
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2002
Genre: Dwellings
ISBN:

This publication is intended to help plan a successful installation of a wood-burning heating system and to use the system in the most safe and effective way. Topics covered include: low-emission wood burning technology; wood heating options, including space heaters, wood stoves, conventional and high-efficiency fireplaces, pellet stoves, high thermal mass masonry heaters, and central heating; planning a space heater installation; installation safety; installation of wood stoves and flue pipes; chimneys; avoiding wood smoke spillage; efficient wood combustion; purchasing and preparing the wood supply; calculating costs of heating; and heating system maintenance.

The Kenya Ceramic Jiko

The Kenya Ceramic Jiko
Author: Hugh Allen
Publisher: Practical Action
Total Pages: 118
Release: 1991
Genre: Cooking
ISBN:

Modelled on the Kenyan traditional stove, the Kenyan ceramic jiko burns 25 to 40 per cent less charcoal compared to traditional metal stoves and has been introduced successfully into many parts of Africa. This book describes methods of production and discusses questions of product quality.

The Rocket Mass Heater Builder's Guide

The Rocket Mass Heater Builder's Guide
Author: Erica Wisner
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2016-06-01
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1550926160

Home heating that's safe, clean, efficient, and uses 70 to 90 percent less fuel than a typical woodstove A rocket mass heater is an earthen masonry heating system which provides clean, safe and efficient warmth for your home, all while using 70-90% less fuel than a traditional woodstove. These unique and beautiful installations provide luxurious comfort year-round. In cold weather a few hours of clean, hot burning can provide 20 or more hours of steady warmth, while the unit's large thermal mass acts as a heat sink, cooling your home on sizzling summer days. Packed with hard-to-find information, The Rocket Mass Heater Builder's Guide includes: Comprehensive design, construction and installation instructions combined with detailed maintenance and troubleshooting advice Brick-by-brick layouts, diagrams, and architectural plans augmented with detailed parts drawings and photographs for clarity Relevant and up-to-date code information and standards to help you navigate the approval process with local building departments. Earthen masonry heating systems are well-suited for natural and conventional builders alike. A super-efficient, wood-burning, rocket mass heater can help you dramatically reduce your energy costs while enhancing the beauty, value and comfort of your home.

WHO Guidelines for Indoor Air Quality

WHO Guidelines for Indoor Air Quality
Author: World Health Organization
Publisher: World Health Organization
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2014
Genre: History
ISBN: 9241548878

Built on existing WHO indoor air quality guidelines for specific pollutants, these guidelines bring together the most recent evidence on fuel use, emission and exposure levels, health risks, intervention impacts and policy considerations, to provide practical recommendations to reduce this health burden.

Cast With Style

Cast With Style
Author: Tammis K. Groft
Publisher: SUNY Press
Total Pages: 124
Release: 1984-01-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780939072033

Introduction to the influential cast-iron stoves manufactured in Albany and Troy in the nineteenth century

Regeneration

Regeneration
Author: Paul Hawken
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2021-09-21
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0143136976

A radically new understanding of and practical approach to climate change by noted environmentalist Paul Hawken, creator of the New York Times bestseller Drawdown Regeneration offers a visionary new approach to climate change, one that weaves justice, climate, biodiversity, equity, and human dignity into a seamless tapestry of action, policy, and transformation that can end the climate crisis in one generation. It is the first book to describe and define the burgeoning regeneration movement spreading rapidly throughout the world. Regeneration describes how an inclusive movement can engage the majority of humanity to save the world from the threat of global warming, with climate solutions that directly serve our children, the poor, and the excluded. This means we must address current human needs, not future existential threats, real as they are, with initiatives that include but go well beyond solar, electric vehicles, and tree planting to include such solutions as the fifteen-minute city, bioregions, azolla fern, food localization, fire ecology, decommodification, forests as farms, and the number one solution for the world: electrifying everything. Paul Hawken and the nonprofit Regeneration Organization are launching a series of initiatives to accompany the book, including a streaming video series, curriculum, podcasts, teaching videos, and climate action software. Regeneration is the inspiring and necessary guide to inform the rapidly spreading climate movement.