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Zusatztext 68212131 Informationen zum Autor Erica Wisner is a skilled educator and project coordinator, with over 25 years' experience building teamwork and facilitating hands-on learning. She loves making things from scratch: anything from blueberry scones to the oven they were baked in. Erica is the author of The Ultimate Girls' Guide to Science and The Art of Fire. Together with her husband Ernie, she has built over 700 super-efficient, clean-burning masonry stoves and led over 50 workshops across North America. Klappentext Heat your home with 80% less wood while eliminating smoke, ash, and constant fire-tending. Complete construction manual for building ultra-efficient rocket mass heaters that provide superior comfort, slash heating costs, and burn so cleanly they're legal in smoke-restricted areas. Why Rocket Mass Heaters Outperform Traditional Wood Stoves: Conventional wood stoves waste 60-80% of fuel energy up the chimney. Rocket mass heaters capture and store that energy in thermal mass, providing 6-12 hours of radiant heat from a single 1-2 hour burn. What You'll Build: Complete construction plans - step-by-step guide and heater designTroubleshooting systems - prevent and fix common installation problemsSafety protocols - building code compliance and insurance considerationsFuel efficiency calculations - reduce heating costs by 50-80% immediatelyMaintenance schedules - ensure decades of reliable, efficient operation Proven Performance: Builders report heating 1,500-3,000 sq ft homes with just 1-2 cords of wood annually (vs 6-8 cords for conventional stoves), eliminating daily fire maintenance, and achieving payback within 2-3 heating seasons. Transform heating from daily chore to set-and-forget comfort. Build the last heating system you'll ever need. Vorwort Features offered to Mother Earth News, Permaculture Activist, Green Building Excerpts offered to Fine Homebuilding, Home Power Magazine, GRIT Advertising in Green Builder, on-line natural building sites Promotion with Permies.com Promotions targeting natural building organizations, permaculture organizations, green building organizations Publicity and promotion in conjunction with the authors' speaking engagements Galleys on Edelweiss Zusammenfassung Home heating that's safe, clean, efficient, and uses 70 to 90 percent less fuel than a typical woodstove Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments and Background Chapter 1: Rocket Mass Heater Overview and Terms Chapter 2: General Design Considerations Chapter 3: Design Examples Chapter 4: Step-by-Step Construction Example Chapter 5: Operation and Maintenance Chapter 6: Rules and Codes FAQs Appendix 1: Earthen Building Appendix 2: Rocket Mass Heater Building Code (Portland, Oregon) Appendix 3: Special Cases Appendix 4: Home Heating Design Considerations Appendix 5: Wood Heat Considerations Appendix 6: Supplemental Practice Activities Index About the Authors ...
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Erica Wisner is a skilled educator and project coordinator, with over 25 years' experience building teamwork and facilitating hands-on learning. She loves making things from scratch: anything from blueberry scones to the oven they were baked in. Erica is the author of The Ultimate Girls' Guide to Science and The Art of Fire. Together with her husband Ernie, she has built over 700 super-efficient, clean-burning masonry stoves and led over 50 workshops across North America.
