Heating without polluting With stoves and fireplaces, you can Heating is considered to be one of the main culprits worsening our air quality. Burning wood or pellets instead of diesel or methane can be an excellent solution to reduce greenhouse gases. As long as you choose the right products. Let's see which ones. Categories: Respect the environment
Wood heating is good, even for the economy The wood-energy industry brings benefits not only to the environment A technical article and a "smart" video show that replacing non-renewable energy sources with wood or pellets brings benefits not only to the climate but also to the local economy and local employment. With the contribution of Valter Francescato, Technical Director of AIEL (Italian Association of Agroforestry Energy). Categories: Respect the environment
For “greener” forests, make them produce wood A managed forest has a greater positive impact on the climate than an abandoned one Is leaving our forests alone really the best thing to do? According to a recent study by the University of Vienna, forests that produce wood in a sustainable way actually contribute more to protecting the climate than an abandoned, virgin forest. Let's take a look at this interesting article by Valter Francescato, Technical Director of the AIEL (Associazione Italiana Energie Agroforestali - Italian Agricultural and Forestry Energies Association). Categories: Respect the environment
Switch to a renewable heating system Aspects to be taken into account Would you like to replace your gas boiler with a more environmentally friendly solution? In this article we will try to clarify the main issues to be considered to meet the energy requirements of a small home with “green” solutions. Categories: Compare Respect the environment Pellet boilers
How do you light up your firebox? Read the suggestion to obtain a cleaner combustion of wood logs Cristoph Schmidl, researcher at Bioenergy2020, updates up on studies conducted in Austria on the behaviour of end users of wood-burning stoves and fireplaces and the effect that these habits can have on the product's efficiency and emissions. Change one's behaviour, above all in the lighting stage of the wood logs, may help a lot to reduce polluting emissions. Categories: How to use Respect the environment Fireplaces Wood-fuelled stoves
A practical guide to correctly heating with wood Some useful tricks to correctly use wood The promoters of the Interreg IV COME project – A++ Boroughs have recently published a handbook on using wood for heating, with an eye to safety, environmental responsibility and air quality. Drawn up also thanks to the collaboration of Aiel and the Veneto Region, it is a goldmine of useful information. Here is a summary. Categories: Respect the environment Fireplaces Wood-fuelled stoves
