How much do people use their woodburner?
One of the big science questions behind the CONA project is: How much do people use their woodburner? Or perhaps, more precisely, does the amount they use their woodburner change much from day to day? Why? And is the variation predictable? Another question we're interested in being able to answer is - if homes are supplied with new burning technology (maybe a new woodburner, or a catalyst, or different fuel) how can we measure if it has changed the amount they use their woodburner (and the amount of smoke their burner generates)? Starting in mid June we began to send temperature sensors to 8 homes in Rangiora. We asked householders to fix one to their woodburner flue and one elsewhere in the living room. After 2 - 3 weeks we sent them some more and asked them to send the original ones back to us for analysis. A temperature sensor on a woodburner We have just completed our analysis of that original data for 5 of our homes and sent some results back to the householders. 2 to 3 weeks