How Wood Fuel Systems Can Heat Your Home Effectively

If you are interested in using an effective heating system that is environmentally friendly you may want to consider using a system that is fuelled by wood. Wood fuelled systems are carbon neutral and, as wood fuel grows quickly, it is much more abundant and renewable than fuel sources such as peat and coal. There are a number of different ways that you can use wood to power your home.

Why wood is considered to be carbon neutral

Burning fuel produces carbon. Since wood burning stoves do emit carbon it can be difficult to tell why they are considered carbon neutral and therefore environmentally friendly. As a tree grows it absorbs carbon dioxide from the air and uses it during photosynthesis. As a waste product it produces oxygen. A forest of trees can remove a massive amount of carbon dioxide. It is the fact that wood absorbs an equal amount of carbon dioxide as it produces that makes this fuel source carbon neutral.

This makes it much more environmentally friendly than other fuel sources such as coal, peat and natural gas. These fuel sources also produce carbon when they are burned but they do not absorb any while they are being generated. Therefore they are considered to leave a carbon footprint.

How to use wood in our home

Although many people think that the only way to use wood in a home is in a wood-burning fireplace this is not true. There are a number of ways that wood products can be used in a home in order to heat it. Wood can either be used as is, or waste wood can be turned into pellets that can then be used in several different ways.

Pellet stoves and boilers can heat a home very efficiently. A pellet stove with a hopper can be filled with pellets that travel into the stove gradually. This means that they do not need constant attention in order to allow them to continue to emit heat.

A boiler can be used to heat water for use in a radiator or a radiant floor system. A radiant heat system can often warm a house very efficiently and has a number of benefits when compared to traditional forced air systems.

Taking the time to learn how pellets can be an advantage. You will often see how using one of these systems can translate into a greener earth as well as lower heating costs for your home.