Thursday, April 29, 2010
Earth’s Flame™ wins 2010 Green Award at the HPBA Expo
Hearth & Home honors Earth’s Flame™ hybrid retrofit for reducing fireplace emissions
Corona, CA—Earth’s Flame™ took top honors at the 2010 Hearth, Patio and Barbecue Expo’s 10th Annual Vesta Awards where they were presented “The Green Award”. Earth’s Flame™’s http://www.earthsflame.com environmentally-friendly fire grate was honored for its revolutionary design and superior technology for reducing emissions in wood burning fireplaces. The Vesta Awards are presented by Hearth & Home Magazine and were created as a recognition of accomplishment in the Hearth and Outdoor Room categories. The Green Award was presented by Richard Wright Editor of Hearth and Home and Gil Wood from the EPA at an industry-wide ceremony that drew a crowd of over 1,700 members on March 12, 2010 at the Expo.
The Vesta Awards (http://www.vestaawards.com )recognize and honor companies and specific products for innovation in design and/or technology. Judging teams were made up of retailers, distributors, product designers, test lab engineers, affiliate leaders and industry experts, and were selected to be a balanced representation of different disciplines. “Earth’s Flame™ worked diligently to develop a product worthy of The Green Award,” says Lisa Leighton, Owner of Canterbury Enterprises located in Corona, California. “We created a simple retrofit solution for most existing fireplaces. It allows homeowners to once again enjoy their fireplace. The product is ‘Green’ because it improves ambient air quality and reduces the health risks associated with harmful emissions. This award is an honor for Canterbury Enterprises and great news for our environment.”
For years Air Quality Management Districts all over the United States have told homeowners when they can and cannot use their wood-burning fireplaces depending on air quality. In many areas, such as Southern California, wood-burning fireplaces were banned in new construction. Earth’s Flame™ has created a solution. Earth’s Flame™ looks forward to working with air quality authorities to amend and create positive guidelines and with the EPA to promote their Burn Wise program. The hybrid retrofit grate reduces emissions 33% below the Phase 2 Emissions Level of the EPA’s Voluntary Wood-Burning Fireplace Program as tested in a typical 36” zero clearance fireplace. Pollutants from wood burning fireplaces will be reduced up to 72% by using the Earth’s Flame Grate/Log Lighter System.
Earth’s Flame™ was developed by Canterbury Enterprises and engineer Steve Marple of Project Services International of Bayfield, Colorado to reduce fireplace emissions and preserve the tradition of wood-burning home fireplaces. “Earth’s Flame™ would like to get our environmental grate into the approximately 38 million existing wood-burning fireplaces in the U.S. This grate will help reduce the 50,000 to 70,000 tons of particulates per year created by wood-burning fireplaces, decrease health risks of individuals from smoke inhalation and save the government millions of dollars in related health care costs,” adds Leighton. “My dad, Joe Leighton, had a vision and a love of wood-burning fireplaces. He changed the industry by inventing the Blue Flame™ Log Lighter to ignite wood in fireplaces. Now we have gone a step further and made wood-burning fireplaces Green!”
About Earth’s Flame™
The new hybrid retrofit for wood-burning fireplaces features a gas-enhanced combustion system combined with an emission-reducing grate. Earth’s Flame™ (patent pending) can be retrofit into almost any fireplace, and requires no maintenance. Its 304 Stainless Steel construction ensures the reduction of pollutant emissions with the same efficiency over the entire lifespan of Earth’s Flame™. The unique design addresses the three “T’s” of good combustion: Time, Temperature and Turbulence. Earth’s Flame™ starts with a Blue Flame™ Log Lighter underneath the fire grate that creates a rapid and sustained ignition of the wood diminishing the initial smoke when a fire is lit. The refractory plate above the fire keeps combustion gases in the fireplace longer for more complete combustion. The refractory plate also prevents gases and particles from going straight up the chimney and it creates turbulence. The resulting fire has reduced harmful emissions.
Where to Find Earth’s Flame™
Coming this summer, Earth’s Flame™ will be available at: fireplace retail stores, fireplace distributors, plumbing wholesalers and hardware stores.
For more information on Earth’s Flame™ visit: http://www.earthsflame.com or call (888) 201-8805.
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About Canterbury Enterprises
Over 55 years ago, Joe Leighton, the founder, came up with the idea of bringing gas into fireplaces. He designed the Blue Flame Log Lighter™ and gas valve, to eliminate the frustration of lighting fires with paper and kindling. This family-owned business wants to keep the American tradition of families gathering around a wood-burning fireplace, while improving air quality and reducing the health risks associated with inhaled fireplace smoke.