Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

Some Americans are now going outside to turn up their heat. They're using outdoor wood furnaces that pipe hot-water heat into their homes. But neighbors say the units are a health hazard. Federal ...

Interest in wood-fired hydronic heating systems continues to rise along with the price of conventional fuel. One heat source used for such systems, especially in rural areas of North America, is the ...

You can chuckle all you want about outdoor wood furnaces and whether they’re a subject the legislature should even bother with given that there are probably only a couple of thousand in the state.

HAMDEN -- A half-dozen residents spoke to the Planning and Zoning Commission Tuesday night about the effects of outdoor wood-burning furnaces, the majority of them saying that banning them outright ...

For the first time in three years of trying, legislation to tighten regulations on outdoor wood furnaces has passed a chamber of the legislature. The Senate passed and sent to the House an amended ...

Outdoor wood furnaces that pipe hot-water heat into homes are becoming incredibly popular with homeowners — and the wood they burn is much cheaper than oil. But the smoke sometimes creates friction ...