Zone Heating And How To Make It Work For You; The Benefits Of Low Emissions And High Efficiency; Enerzone's Commitment To You And The Environment - Enerzone EB00027 Installation And Operation Manual

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2.2 ZONE HEATING AND HOW TO MAKE IT WORK FOR YOU

Your new Destination 2.3 wood stove is a space heater, which means it is intended to heat the

area it is installed in, as well as spaces that connect to that area, although to a lower temperature.

This is called zone heating and it is an increasingly popular way to heat homes or spaces within

homes.

Zone heating can be used to supplement another heating system by heating a particular space

within a home, such as a basement family room or an addition that lacks another heat source.

Houses of moderate size and relatively new construction can be heated with a properly sized and

located wood stove. Whole house zone heating works best when the wood stove is located in the

part of the house where the family spends most of its time. This is normally the main living area

where the kitchen, dining and living rooms are located. By locating the wood stove in this area,

you will get the maximum benefit of the heat it produces and will achieve the highest possible

heating efficiency and comfort. The space where you spend most of your time will be warmest,

while bedrooms and basement (if there is one) will stay cooler. In this way, you will burn less wood

than with other forms of heating.

Although the wood stove may be able to heat the main living areas of your house to an adequate

temperature, we strongly recommend that you also have a conventional oil, gas or electric heating

system to provide backup heating.

Your success with zone heating will depend on several factors, including the correct sizing and

location of the wood stove, the size, layout and age of your home and your climate zone. Three-

season vacation homes can usually be heated with smaller wood stoves than houses that are

heated all winter.

The low smoke emissions produced by the special features inside the Destination 2.3 firebox mean

that your household will release up to 90 percent less smoke into the outside environment than if

you used an older conventional wood stove. But there is more to the emission control

technologies than protecting the environment.

The smoke released from wood when it is heated contains about half of the energy content of the

fuel. By burning the wood completely, your wood stove releases all the heat energy from the

wood instead of wasting it as smoke up the flue system. Also, the features inside the firebox allow

you to reduce the air supply to control heat output, while maintaining clean and efficient flaming

combustion, which boosts the efficient delivery of heat to your home.

The emission control and advanced combustion features of your wood stove can only work

properly if your fuel is in the correct moisture content range of 15 to 20 percent.

The Enerzone team is committed to protecting the environment, so we do everything we can to

use only materials in our products that will have no lasting negative impact on the environment.

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