Every winter as I turn on my oil burner heat unit I do so with a touch of trepidation and guilt. I pride myself on living as sustainably as possible and on my pursuit of environmentally friendly ...

They are popping up in backyards all over. Outdoor wood burning furnaces are replacing traditional oil and natural gas boilers as the primary heating source for some homeowners in a bid to buck ...

Save money and increase self-reliance with this DIY wood burning furnace. Building a homemade outdoor wood furnace can heat your home and hot water. Marcus Ashley’s solution to the skyrocketing cost ...

Tower company claims to have best wood furnace around Restricted in some big cities as smoke-belching smog machines and targeted by the federal Environmental Protection Agency for tough new emissions ...

The tension between use of local, low-cost energy sources and the health effects of breathing wood smoke played out for hours in a hearing room Wednesday, as the Environment Committee heard testimony ...

Any resident who wants to buy an outdoor wood-fired furnace must now do so according to city regulations, which control things such as the height of the furnace’s stack and the distance it must be ...