Burning firewood

1: Light a fire using sufficient kindling to establish a hot fire quickly and open air vents fully.
2: Use smaller logs to get the fire established.

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Firewood is stored and seasoned outside

Wood that is wetted down on the surface seasons more quickly...

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"Green" Energy

Heat your home without heating the globe

Wood fire's are better for the environment.

In terms of limiting net greenhouse gas emissions, firewood is generally more favourable for domestic heating than other non-renewable fossil fuel sources of energy.

"One of the best ways to address climate change is to use more wood, not less. Wood is simply the most abundant, biodegradable and reusable material on the planet".
(Patrick Moore, co-founder of Greenpeace)

Greenhouse benefits of firewood

Warm your home without warming the planet.

Did you know that by using sustainably harvested firewood to heat your home you can help to reduce New Zealand's greenhouse gas emmissions?

Substainably managed forests, growing trees absorb the same amount of carbon dioxide that is released when firewood is burnt. There are some other greenhouse gas emissions associated with burning firewood and with its transport, but it is practically a carbon neutral system, unlike burning fossil fuels.

Firewood should be recongnised as a practical, readily available source of "green" energy. Burning firewood releases no more harmful greenhouse gases than would be produced were the wood to simply rot on the forest floor.

Bioenergy Gateway provides tools and information for utilising wood waste as a renewable energy source. www.bkc.co.nz