Vineyard Alternative Heating

The Reppert family of Oak Bluffs with their Enviro Empress wood pellet stove.
Pictured from left to right are: Mark, Sabrina, Phil, Christina, Suzanne, and Premala.

We have a winner!

Congratulations to Suzanne Reppert, who entered the free drawing at our Grand Opening on October 14 and won a year's supply of wood pellets.

"We just love our new pellet stove! Having just moved to the Island, we investigated many options to primarily enhance warm family times in the long winter ahead. Little did we know we could achieve that cozy feeling in our new home, as well as heat our whole house while saving money. We couldn't be happier with our choice! Our stove looks great, is easy to start up, warms our whole house efficiently and cost-effectively, is good for the environment and greets us with that warm, cozy feeling each morning!"

Pellets Power Store's Energy Alternative (from the Vineyard Gazette, October 2006)

More Praise for Pellets!

Phil Forest, of South Mountain Company (the West Tisbury design/build firm)
"I am thrilled that Vineyard Alternative Heating has opened their doors. We've been planning several pellet heaters into upcoming projects and it's great to have an on-island source both for heaters and fuel. Renewable, efficient and economical, pellet heat offers a great alternative to oil, propane and electricity, as a means of space and water heating. Vineyard Alternative Heating has a beautiful showroom and they demonstrate a strong commitment to providing us with the best technology and professional service. They have clearly done their homework."

Mother Earth News
"Pellet stoves offer the only practical way developed to date for conservation-minded people to heat with renewable fuel ... And the planet could use the help. Gas-log heaters are growing in popularity, but they don't distance us a bit from dependence upon fossil fuels. In that sense, those little nuggets might well represent a last stand for heat-energy independence. I view the pellet stove as an example of truly appropriate technology-exemplifying the right mix of brainpower and hardware to civilize wood heat so it is acceptable in America's living rooms-not as a fad as in the '70s but an economically competitive alternative to finite energy resources. In making renewable wood energy truly practical for all, a pellet-burner is perhaps the most 21st-century-modern home appliance there is."

SmartMoney.Com
"With prices reaching such staggering heights, many Americans are searching for alternative ways to heat their homes and cut their bills. One option: a pellet stove. Some 600,000 homeowners across the country use pellet stoves to help heat their homes. And as heating oil and natural gas prices rise, demand for these appliances is increasing. They are more convenient to operate and have much higher combustion and heating efficiencies than ordinary wood stoves or fireplaces. As a consequence of this, they produce very little air pollution. In fact, pellet stoves are the cleanest of solid fuel-burning residential heating appliances."

U.S. Department of Energy, Consumer's Guide Home
"Pellet fuel appliances are more convenient to operate and have much higher combustion and heating efficiencies than ordinary wood stoves or fireplaces. As a consequence of this, they produce very little air pollution. In fact, pellet stoves are the cleanest of solid fuel-burning residential heating appliances. With combustion efficiencies of 78%-85%, they are also exempt from United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) smoke-emission testing requirements."



The Reppert family of Oak Bluffs with their Enviro Empress wood pellet stove. Pictured from left to right are: Mark, Sabrina, Phil, Christina, Suzanne, and Premala.				*We have a winner!* Congratulations to Suzanne Reppert, who entered the free drawing at our Grand Opening on October 14 and won a year's supply of wood pellets. "We just love our new pellet stove! Having just moved to the Island, we investigated many options to primarily enhance warm family times in the long winter ahead. Little did we know we could achieve that cozy feeling in our new home, as well as heat our whole house while saving money. We couldn't be happier with our choice! Our stove looks great, is easy to start up, warms our whole house efficiently and cost-effectively, is good for the environment and greets us with that warm, cozy feeling each morning!"
Pellets Power Store's Energy Alternative (from the Vineyard Gazette, October 2006) *More Praise for Pellets!* Phil Forest, of South Mountain Company (the West Tisbury design/build firm) "I am thrilled that Vineyard Alternative Heating has opened their doors. We've been planning several pellet heaters into upcoming projects and it's great to have an on-island source both for heaters and fuel. Renewable, efficient and economical, pellet heat offers a great alternative to oil, propane and electricity, as a means of space and water heating. Vineyard Alternative Heating has a beautiful showroom and they demonstrate a strong commitment to providing us with the best technology and professional service. They have clearly done their homework." Mother Earth News "Pellet stoves offer the only practical way developed to date for conservation-minded people to heat with renewable fuel ... And the planet could use the help. Gas-log heaters are growing in popularity, but they don't distance us a bit from dependence upon fossil fuels. In that sense, those little nuggets might well represent a last stand for heat-energy independence. I view the pellet stove as an example of truly appropriate technology-exemplifying the right mix of brainpower and hardware to civilize wood heat so it is acceptable in America's living rooms-not as a fad as in the '70s but an economically competitive alternative to finite energy resources. In making renewable wood energy truly practical for all, a pellet-burner is perhaps the most 21st-century-modern home appliance there is." SmartMoney.Com "With prices reaching such staggering heights, many Americans are searching for alternative ways to heat their homes and cut their bills. One option: a pellet stove. Some 600,000 homeowners across the country use pellet stoves to help heat their homes. And as heating oil and natural gas prices rise, demand for these appliances is increasing. They are more convenient to operate and have much higher combustion and heating efficiencies than ordinary wood stoves or fireplaces. As a consequence of this, they produce very little air pollution. In fact, pellet stoves are the cleanest of solid fuel-burning residential heating appliances." U.S. Department of Energy, Consumer's Guide Home "Pellet fuel appliances are more convenient to operate and have much higher combustion and heating efficiencies than ordinary wood stoves or fireplaces. As a consequence of this, they produce very little air pollution. In fact, pellet stoves are the cleanest of solid fuel-burning residential heating appliances. With combustion efficiencies of 78%-85%, they are also exempt from United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) smoke-emission testing requirements."