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North
Country
Woody Biomass Alternative Energy
Feasibility Project
for
Municipal and Institutional Facilities |
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The
Opportunity:
The
Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and the Adirondack Energy
$mart Park Initiative (E$PI) are administering a grant program for
municipal and institutional facilities that are interested in exploring
the feasibility of using locally produced wood to reduce annual heating
costs. It is expected that colleges, prisons, schools, municipal
buildings, and many other small- to medium-scale energy facilities will
benefit most from this program because they are large consumers of
fossil fuels and the buildings involved often meet the unique
requirements needed to utilize wood for fuel.
Adirondack Sustainable Communities is a charter member of
the Energy $mart Park Initiative, which co-sponsored this
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Potential
Savings on Heating Costs by Using Local Wood:
Every
year,
North Country
building managers spend millions of dollars on fossil fuels to heat
their buildings, many of which leak heated air throughout the harsh
winter season. The DEC and E$PI have developed a program to study
ways to convert some facilities to the use of locally abundant and
sustainable woody biomass fuels for heat, while also educating facility
managers about opportunities to dramatically cut energy costs through
energy conservation measures.
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