Environmentally Friendly Fireplaces

EcoSmart Fire has created some earth-friendly fireplaces for those of us who still like a fire now and then (or all the time) but also want to stay green and use less energy.

EcoSmart is a company founded in Australia. The EcoSmart Fire is an open fireplace that works for businesses, homes, apartment, or most other places you can think of. It lacks a flu and requires no installation or utility connection. The best part — it runs on Denatured Ethanol (a renewable energy resource), burns clean, and requires almost no maintenance.

There are lots of cool designs to choose from to. I didn’t see any that looked very rustic to me (I like woodstoves and old school brick) but in the right atmosphere and placement you could find a model that would suit your space and design style. Plus they’re more earth friendly than traditional fireplaces or woodstoves so what you give in rustic aesthetics you gain back for the planet.

Look at how you can integrate the fire into furniture pieces (under the TV):

Some benefits from the EcoSmart Fire website:

• “No flue, no hard connection
• Efficient and effective heating solution
• Independently tested
• Unprecedented design flexibility
• Fuelled by a renewable green energy
• You can regulate the flame and turn it on/off at any time”

Of course you may be interested in where to get the fuel you’ll need to run this fireplace. EcoSmarts states, “You can purchase Methylated in standard packaging of 1, 2, 4 and 20 litres from Supermarkets, Hardware Stores, Petrol Stations and Corner Shops and decant into the Jerry Can as per instructions. The Fire Company offers a fuel delivery service within the Sydney Metro area and will be expanding to other areas as soon as possible.”

You can contact EcoSmart to see when they might be delivering fuel in your neck of the woods.

I like the idea; I’m actually wondering if you could use it in an RV. It seems like you could. Maybe… I’m going to look into it. If so that would be very slick.

Visit EcoSmart Fire to see many more design choices and accessories like screens and extinguishers.