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<DIV>Sustainably sourced wood, properly dried and burned, can't be beat. The
last part (properly burned) is the one most folks have difficulty with. </DIV>
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<DIV>Ron </DIV>
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<A title=jason@amicusgreen.com href="mailto:jason@amicusgreen.com">Jason
Holstine</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 02, 2012 6:47
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Greenbuilding] Fireplace
options</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">From a true-sustainable emboddied energy perspective,
I would submit that a wood burning stove is likely superior to a gas insert.
If you are burning local woods—especially from urban surplus (storm damaged
trees, deconstruction, etc.)--then it is effectively carbon neutral and
doesn’t have the ghosts of the fossil gas. There have to be some good sources
of local surplus woods in the Berkeley area, Sausalito, Napa, etc,
etc.<BR><BR>There are a couple of European brands, such as RAIS from Norway,
that are very efficient and thus burn clean—they minimize the PM emissions.
However, they create a TON of BTUs (heat). Maybe they would be overkill if she
really doesn’t want heat as much as prettiness. Or, maybe she’d see how
effective and efficient it is at keeping them cozy without their “other”
heating source and would switch to use it as their primary or more-often heat
source.<BR><BR><BR>On 10/2/12 2:49 PM, "Kirsten Flynn" <<A
href="kf@declan.com">kf@declan.com</A>> wrote:<BR><BR></SPAN></FONT>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><BR>Hi everyone,<BR><BR>I have mostly been lurking
on the list, I am a green interior designer, so don't always come across
issues of building science. Now I do have a question I think the
combined wisdom of this list could help me with.<BR><BR>In my region, most
municipalities ban wood fireplaces in new construction. I usually recommend
that folks that have an existing convert to a good quality gas insert, they
burn cleaner and give the hearth feeling in the winter. In our climate
(SF bay area) we are very temperate, and don't need heating. I live on
the San Francisco Peninsula, which is very population dense, and does have
air pollution issues on occasion. <BR><BR>I have a client that has a
1950's house, and wants to keep her fireplace. She is very green, but
is very opposed to fossil fuel use. She would like a solution for
occasional heating that is not dependent on natural gas, but she IS
concerned about particulate pollution. What should I tell her, I am
not as up on EPA rated wood burning inserts as I should be. <BR><BR>If
I need to convince her not to be so attached to the wood burning option, she
is intelligent and interested, I am happy to do so, but I want to know what
the best options are. <BR><BR>Thank you in advance for your
answers.<BR><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><FONT
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