Energy Efficient Wood Burning Stoves

Get a list of more efficient epa certified wood stoves.

Energy efficient wood burning stoves.

Learn the benefits of a new wood stove in epa s brochure your old wood stove s dirty little secrets. Consider switching to a more efficient gas or wood pellet stove or buy a new epa certified wood stove that is 50 percent more efficient than older models. Epa approved wood stove with an app. Cleaning out the inside of a wood stove with a wire brush periodically will also help the wood burning appliance heat more efficiently.

A new generation of high efficiency wood stoves are as low in emissions as they are high in energy efficiency. The epa requires manufacturers of all wood heating appliances subject to the 2015 air emission rules i e any wood stove manufactured after may 1 2015 to test and report overall efficiency as part of the epa certification process. For pellet fuel appliances it is very important to follow the manufacturer s instructions for operation and maintenance. Even one tenth of an inch of soot can drop the heat transfer efficiency of the metal by 50.

The internal design of wood stoves has changed entirely since the epa issued standards of performance for new wood stoves in 1988. Even better catalyst is constantly learning. As the epa introduces regulations to make wood stoves even more efficient people are. Epa s mandatory smoke emission limit for wood stoves is now 4 5 grams of smoke per hour g h under step 1 of the revised standards of performance for wood burning room heaters.