{"id":19644,"date":"2013-12-07T22:48:04","date_gmt":"2013-12-07T22:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/?p=314567"},"modified":"2013-12-07T22:48:04","modified_gmt":"2013-12-07T22:48:04","slug":"how-to-make-your-fire-more-eco-friendly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/how-to-make-your-fire-more-eco-friendly\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make Your Fire More Eco-Friendly"},"content":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fireplacewood-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"fireplacewood\"><\/p>\n<p>Did you know that the wood you burn in your fireplace can have an impact on the environment?<\/p>\n<p>The smoke created from wood burning can contribute significantly to air pollution and public health problems, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/oaqps001\/community\/details\/woodstoves_addl_info.html#activity2\" target=\"_blank\">says<\/a> the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Wood smoke can be a&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/apps1.eere.energy.gov\/tribalenergy\/pdfs\/tribal_community\/epa_wood_smoke_program.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">primary source of exposure<\/a> to fine particle pollution and contains other toxic (and some cancer-causing) compounds, such as&nbsp;carbon monoxide,&nbsp;polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons,&nbsp;benzene and&nbsp;formaldehyde.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fireplacewood.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"fireplacewood\" src=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/fireplacewood.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to burn the right kind of fuel, according to an article in&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/environment\/2012\/11\/chimney-sweeps-top-5-tips-cleanest-and-cheapest-fires\" target=\"_blank\">Mother Jones<\/a>.&nbsp;That&#8217;s because the cooler your fire, the more particulate emissions and soot the fire produces.&nbsp;Hard woods like maple, ash, oak and beech burn hotter than soft woods like pine and fir.&nbsp;Be sure to use wood that has been dried for at least a year and never burn wet wood.<\/p>\n<p>The extension office of Utah State University has a guide <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forestry.usu.edu\/htm\/forest-products\/wood-heating\" target=\"_blank\">Heating with Wood<\/a><\/em>, which gives tips on buying and burning firewood. Below is their table on the special characteristics of a number of wood species. Click on image to see a larger version.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/forestry.usu.edu\/htm\/forest-products\/wood-heating\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"firewood\" src=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/firewood.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"801\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Visit EcoWatch&rsquo;s <a href=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/category\/tips\/\" target=\"_blank\">TIPS<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>page for more related news on this topic.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/topnewsbanner1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/newsletter-signup\/\" src=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/topnewsbanner1.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"120\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,57],"tags":[12376,12201,12377,12202,12205,1969],"class_list":["post-19644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-green-building-posts","category-leed-news","tag-burning-wood","tag-featured-living","tag-firewood","tag-living","tag-tips","tag-trees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19644\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}