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The EnergyWise House's fireplaces use state-of-the-art technology to produce clean, efficient heat. Ross Morrison from Heat-N-Glo joins energy expert Steve Easley on location for a preview of a few of the heating technologies that will be used in the home. On display are 33,000 Btu direct-vent model capable of heating up to three rooms, and indoor/outdoor model that does not require a flue, and a portable "campfire" style that can run on propane or natural gas.
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" Fireplace technology has come a long way in recent years in fact -- fireplaces are direct vent very energy efficient and you can even -- a room with. Now the energy -- homeless electric heat most of fireplace manufactured with me as Ross Morrison. Ross tell me about this unit and how it works."

" Obviously the -- has direct vent fireplace though with a sealed combustion unit he uses no indoor air for combustion it as citizens at all to the outside of the home. And -- brings only outside air for combustion so it's extremely efficient. All you're gonna get his heat into the room and nothing bad and you know getting back drafting of smoke like you some absolutely not entertain it now being direct -- that means you can vented directly out the back -- house here have a -- that something that's correcting -- you want to do you could go up through the roof -- can use a number of nobles and over on the house if you have a kind of funky insulation you need to put out. This here is that glass him over the -- at this stays on all time great like a door open exactly it's that steel the steel chamber. -- They -- Riviera again that's a compressed ceramic fiber so there really durable and again very lightweight. What it allows us to do was to created a true masonry look and the insides so you get those -- to traditional fireplace. But at a fraction of the cost you can use these here room. Absolutely infecting go beyond that just you know not only -- to run your hand. But has the opportunity to -- the heat into different ways from desperate place so you can have the warmth and on the outs of the players in your great room. And yet still be heating year round master bedroom and had dinner as well how what is the output of this when this output is about 33000 be used for -- And this what with -- complexities. Well we have this is the standard 36 inch -- but we go all the way up to a fifteen swift product called -- Olympian. What do you like this cost is about 2400 dollars. Let's check out the -- about this this -- quite different than most fireplaces very different effect that's the only one of its kind in the world it's indoor outsourcing to gas fireplace. The beauty of this is that it's actually works both as a fireplace and as a window is built into the exterior of your home and so you were allowed to be able to enjoy the fireplace in your family emigrated from. In at the same time on on your pool -- Now I notice there's no flew here was exhaust gas comes out gives us this comes out through area right through here -- looks very clean and aesthetically pleasing on the outside outside. And this unit cost about them about 3400. All right. The also on the fireplace here like it's our our campfire -- this is portable again it's mean out of a ceramic material. It's very mobile it's actually need to be portable so you have the ability to take this with you where you want to go if you want to go. To tailgating if you going to bring in and a picnic you just pick it up commitment article with you I'm outside of that it's again made out of ceramic fibers so you can burner right on the wood deck outside your home. And -- as long as you want when you're done audience to -- at the gas hop in and always you don't have to worry about any -- of something that was part of fire now we're tap the gas. And work out and natural gas or liquid propane. Great information forcing these need to thank you."

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