Wood burning is carbon neutral. For thousands of years, wood burning has been carbon neutral. Now that we face a climate crisis, some people have concluded that wood burning is no longer carbon neutral. What changed? Here’s what hasn’t changed: People believe the science they want to believe. Some think all forestry is unsustainable. Other’s […]
A Fertile Opportunity for Renewable Heating Sometimes nice old buildings present fertile opportunities for renewable heating makeovers with Froling wood pellet boilers. Here is a great example. The 30,000 square foot office and warehouse was built starting in 1965 by New Hampshire Governor Meldrim Thomson for his Equity Publishing business. As Governor Thomson’s business grew […]
Our local newspaper, the Valley News, recently ran an article about heat pumps titled, “Innovation, or Just Hot Air?”. The article references a Vermont Public Service Department report, which found that in 77 studied heat pump installations, “the average annual energy cost savings was approximately $200.00 per heat pump, significantly less than had been assumed […]
Froling has received EPA approvals for PE1 20 and PE1 35 pellet boilers. Results will soon be posted on the EPA Hydronic Heaters List, which can be found here: https://www.epa.gov/compliance/list-epa-certified-hydronic-heaters The PE1 20 has an emission rate of .049 lbs/mmBtu/hr. and an annualized emission rate of .425 grams/hr. Annualized efficiency is 78%. The PE1 35 […]
There is a pattern of power use and renewable power production that is putting pressure on electric utilities. When power demand is highest- through the evening and overnight hours to morning- renewable electrical production is often at its lowest. Power demand, when plotted over a 24 hour period can look like the silhouette of a […]