Carbon monoxide sends up to 50,000 people to the emergency room every year. Learn more about how a CO detector can keep your family safe.
Furnaces that are ducted rather than blowing heated air directly out of the furnace into the space they heat are not as efficient because of the way they produce heat in a building. For example, a forced air propane furnace burns the fuel inside the furnace which heats up a heat exchanger...
The trouble is that power plants don't produce pure CO2 because there's often not enough oxygen for complete combustion they produce other pollutant gases as well. One way to purify the exhaust is to blow extra oxygen into the furnace so the fuel burns completely producing relatively pure ...
Biochar is a special kind of charcoal that seems to have many benefits as a soil amendment. It holds water, acts like a fertilizer and grows bigger plants. While doing all this it is also eco-friendly and sequesters carbon in the soil for many thousands of years. Sounds like a win-win-...
A strong maple syrup smell from your heat is usually an indicator of a leaking furnace. You will need to contact a professional and evacuate your home until they can verify if it is natural gas leak or carbon monoxide leakage. Why does my room smell like brown sugar? This sweet scent cou...
Both outside and inside, several gaseous contaminants get discovered. For example, gases like nitrogen dioxide (NO2) andcarbonmonoxide (CO) get produced when we use fuel. It does not matter whether in a town industry, in your gas stove or furnace, or your car. These types of gases get ...