What does it mean to own a La Nordica-Extraflame product? For a start it means environmental awareness, because all our products are certified to the strictest standards by prestigious organisations, and respond to the strictest standards of eco-compatibility.

Our strong commitment to protecting the environment and respecting the world’s eco-systems has led La Nordica–Extraflame to invest heavily in research and product development. As a result, our products guarantee maximum efficiency and minimum consumption, and burn only wood or pellets, fuels that come from nature and return it in a continuous cycle. Thanks to large areas of woodland, Italy has a ready supply of wood. Use of this resource offers major benefits in two areas:

The environment:
When a tree decomposes in nature, it releases into the atmosphere a certain quantity of CO2 (carbon dioxide). This, however, is re-absorbed and used in the growth of new trees.

Cost:
2.3 kilograms of dry wood has a calorific power equivalent to 1 litre of fuel oil or 1 cubic metre of natural gas. All three fuels therefore provide similar heat output, but wood is much cheaper, costing 50-60% less than the other two fuels.

Biomass

Clean, renewable energy

The term “biomass” can refer to any material of organic origin (i.e. vegetable or animal), that has not become fossilised, and that can be burned to produce energy.
Biomass materials are renewable fuels since the CO2 emitted during their combustion does not add to the carbon dioxide already in the atmosphere. In the case of wood, the CO2 released is that which the tree has absorbed during its lifetime, and that would in any case be returned to the atmosphere when the tree dies, through the normal decomposition of organic matter. The burning of biomass merely accelerates the return of this CO2 to the atmosphere, making it available for use by new plant life. CO2 emissions from biomass fuels are therefore a natural part of the normal carbon cycle, and do not affect the balance between emitted CO2 and absorbed CO2.
The effective use of organic materials can make a major contribution to the production of thermal energy (heat). In medium and large systems these materials can even generate electrical energy, thus reducing carbon dioxide emissions in line with the requirements of the Kyoto protocol.

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Approvals: the most part of the "La NORDICA-EXTRAFLAME" products are certified by the most prestigious approval agencies.

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