Masonry Heater Association Technical Papers Archive

Woodburning, forestry and global warming
This paper was written for the 1993 Air and Waste Management Association annual conference by Dr. Ole Q. Hendrickson, Forest Ecologist, Forestry Canada and John F. Gulland, Gulland Associates Inc.

Design and Operating Factors Which Affect Emissions from Residential Wood-Fired Heaters: Review and Update
Paul Tiegs
OMNI Environmental Services
PO Box 743
Beaverton, Oregon 97075

Short Course on Masonry Heater Emissions Testing Methods and Combustion Design

Discussion Regarding Reporting Units for Emissions from Residential Cord-wood Burning Space-heating Appliances
Paul Tiegs
OMNI Environmental Services, Inc.
PO Box 743 Beaverton, Oregon 97075
January 10, 1994 (revised February 1995)
paper is located at Rumford.com

Fireplaces: Studies in Contrasts
A.C.S. (Skip) Hayden, P.Eng
Combustion and Carbonization Research Laboratory
CCRL/CANMET, Ottawa
(Paper is located at HearthNet)

Link to Lopez Labs Archive
Published technical papers, abstracts, preprints and datasets from masonry heater and masonry fireplace testing at Lopez Labs

Sustainable Construction: Has it Reached Critical Mass?
Norbert Senf / MHA News V7N1

Home Power magazine
Extensive on line index of back issues. Articles available on a bulletin board. Feb/Mar 1996 issue (51) has a good article on masonry heating systems.

Sustainable Developments: The Complementary Roles of Passive and Active Design: The Development of A New Vernacular
Architronic, The Electronic Journal of Architecture, V4N3