Article 31 The Benefits of an Outdoor Wood Stove • Protects against chimney and house fires • Protects small children from being burned • Endorsed by a Sudbury Fire Fighter • Environmentally Responsible – Uses a Renewable Energy Source – Allows us to rely less on foreign oil – Carbon Neutral – EPA Report “emissions were of the same order as other stick wood burning appliances.”
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Article 31 The Benefits of an Outdoor Wood Stove Protects against chimney and house fires Protects small children from being burned Endorsed by a Sudbury.
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The Benefits of an Outdoor Wood Stove
• Protects against chimney and house fires• Protects small children from being burned• Endorsed by a Sudbury Fire Fighter• Environmentally Responsible
– Uses a Renewable Energy Source– Allows us to rely less on foreign oil– Carbon Neutral – EPA Report “emissions were of the same
order as other stick wood burning appliances.”
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Facts About Wood Burning• Indoor Wood Stoves
– 300-400 cord per year sold by Rusty’s Tree Service alone to Sudbury and surrounding town’s
– A Supplemental Heat Source– 75-80% of Wood Stoves in use today are not EPA Certified– To install a wood stove today in Sudbury, it does not have to be
EPA certified only UL certified.
• 1,099 Outdoor Burning Permits issued (1 out of 5 homes)
• Fire Fighting Academy Burns 10-12 times a day simulating a small house fire for training purposes
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Sources of Particle Matter
Automobiles
Diesel Trucks/Buses
Road Paving
Wood BurningAgricultural Operations
Construction
Lawn Mowers
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As a Responsible OWB Owner
• Burn well seasoned firewood• Stack Height is 30 feet • Spent an additional $2,500.00 on our
original $12,500.00 investment to increase stack height and install a draft inducer due to one complaint
• Voluntarily Will Shut down May 1 in alignment with outdoor burning season
• Support Fair Regulations
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What will be next?
• Indoor Woodstoves and Fireplaces?
• All Outdoor Wood Burning?
This Article will set the precedent!
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Here are the two most important reasons why we chose an Outdoor