With winter well underway and inflationary pressures still high, you might be wondering: which is a cheaper way to heat your home — a wood burning stove or central heating? The U.S. Energy Information ...

Amid rising gas and electricity costs, many people are looking for creative ways to stay warm without hefty bills or environmental impacts. The Amish, who have lived off-grid for generations, have ...

Anyone who heats with a wood stove knows that the experience is completely different from typical central heating. It’s not for everyone, though, and it’s certainly not without its trade-offs. One of ...

Heating with wood can be one of the most economical choices, but only if the stove is used efficiently. By paying attention ...

This commentary is by Emma Hanson, wood energy coordinator at the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation. She has been heating her fossil-fuel-free home with advanced wood heat in the ...

For years, Maryland has been giving generous rebates to families to install solar photovoltaic panels, geothermal systems and wind turbines. That’s great, as far as it goes, but the rebates typically ...

Nothing beats a warm fire on a cold winter day, especially when you are burning firewood you cut, stacked and stoked yourself. As homesteaders surpassing year five, we know a thing or two about ...

When many people think of wood-burning stoves, the chances are that they imagine bulky cast-iron boxes, smoky chimneys and soot-blackened glass. The models that were a mainstay of old cottages and ...

Each week, Mansion Global tackles a topic with an elite group of designers from around the world who work on luxury properties. This week, we look at tips for designing with a wood-burning stove. Wood ...

No way was Ginger Rice going to put up with another year of $300-a-month heating bills. So when she heard natural gas prices would climb even higher this season, Rice did the only thing she thought ...

It’s the middle of winter for those of us who live in the Northern Hemisphere, which naturally turns minds towards heating, or sometimes the lack of it. It’s particularly difficult for those who rely ...