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The Maine Forest Service, Maine Statewide Wood Energy Assistance Team maintains an interactive map feature where people can learn more about modern wood heating installations all over the state. The map feature can be accessed here. On October 25, the 1st Maine Modern Wood Heat Symposium will be held at Northern Maine Community College in Presque Isle.  The public is welcome to attend. More information can be found at www.woodheatmaine.org.

Special installation requirements: The condensate removal is much like a normal condensing furnace. The collector box has a valve that is utilized for roof mount units — condensate must be brought to a conditioned space, trapped, and disposed of properly. In a ground-mount situation, condensate will track through the vent piping and down a drain 6 to 8 inches below the frost line.

Serviceability features: Simplified servicing with Charge Assurance™. A touchscreen provides a readout of system condition as well as head pressure and suction pressure while calculating superheat and subcooling. A swing-open electrical box provides corner access to unit interior. The Wi-Fi Hx3 thermostat supports a service app for remote service and monitoring.

Adding to the danger is the reality that some owners use their stoves improperly, burning waste wood such as pallets, which often contains toxic chemicals, or using logs with high moisture content.

Mikah Sargent is Senior Editor at Mobile Nations. When he’s not bothering his chihuahuas, Mikah spends entirely too much time and money on HomeKit products. You can follow him on Twitter at @mikahsargent if you’re so inclined.

Lighting brand Sylvania has expanded its Smart+ lighting collection with two new lighting solutions that offer HomeKit support. This brings the total of HomeKit-enabled lighting products up to three, as the company also recently released a HomeKit-compatible color A19 bulb. All three can be controlled via the Home app or by simply voicing commands to Siri, and can also be added to preexisting "scenes." The best part is like LIFX HomeKit-enabled lights, none of Sylvania’s lights require a hub in order to function — you just need a smartphone and the lighting itself.

Here, you can also set schedules by day for each room. That’s handy, as you can have the bedroom warm up first, before heating the kitchen up later for when you come downstairs, for example. Schedules can be copied from day to day, but not between rooms, which is a little annoying. Finally, you can override a schedule entirely, switching to manual mode to keep a constant temperature.

With the Bridge hub in place you can expand your lighting setup by purchasing additional bulbs and lamps, as well as runners and ceiling lights that are suitable for office use.

An illustration of a radiator in a model home at the St. Louis World’s Fair of 1904. Image via "Radiation and Decoration"

I hope D-Link’s win inspires more companies to get their cameras ship-shape and out on the market soon.

I’ve been waiting for Apple create its latest mini site since I first heard the word "HomeKit" way back in 2014. The site, lovingly nestled within the iOS section of Apple’s site features a fun film that shows off some of the cool stuff you can do with HomeKit-enabled accessories, Siri, and the iOS Home app. Personally, I think the gal in the video has way too many HomeKit scenes, but that’s neither here nor there.

Two custom art pieces dress the walls. Chairs in an oatmeal, woven fabric surround the plaster-top table from Bernhardt Furniture Company. A textured tone-on-tone rug highlights the wood floors, original to the home, that were sanded down and stained in a gray wash.