Resources

Links

Key National Groups with Biomass Focus:

BERC- Biomass Energy Resource Center
http://www.biomasscenter.org/

BTEC- Biomass Thermal Energy Council
http://www.biomassthermal.org/

Forest Guild
http://www.forestguild.org/

FSC – Forest Stewardship Council
http://www.fscus.org/

HPBA- Hearth, Patio and Barbeque Association
http://www.hpba.org/consumers/hearth

NESCAUM- Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management
http://www.nescaum.org/

Masonry Heater Association of North America
http://www.mha-net.org

PFI- Pellet Fuels Institute
http://pelletheat.org/2/index/index.html

Pinchot Institute for Conservation
http://www.pinchot.org/

RVCC- Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition
http://www.sustainablenorthwest.org/rvcc

Wood Heat Organization 
http://www.woodheat.org/

Select Government Agencies

EPA Burn Wise
http://www.epa.gov/burnwise

USDA Wood Education and Resource Center
http://www.na.fs.fed.us/werc/

U.S. Energy Information Administration
http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/solar.renewables/page/biomass/biomass.html

New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
http://www.nyserda.org/programs/Research_Development/biomass.asp

Washington State’s Site
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/air/indoor_woodsmoke/wood_smoke_page.htm

Regional, state and local groups with thermal biomass focus:

Baltimore Biomass (Maryland)
http://www.baltimorebiomass.com/

Biomass Utilization and Restoration Network of the Upper Peninsula (Michigan)
http://www.upwoodybiomass.org/

Community Woodland Alliance (Maryland)
http://www.woodsurgeon.com/CWA/CWAFACTSHEET-1.pdf

New York Biomass Energy Alliance
http://www.newyorkbiomass.org/

Public Policy Virginia
http://www.ppvir.org

Sustainable Northwest (Oregon)
http://www.sustainablenorthwest.org/resources/biomass/community-based-wood-heat

Silent Heat (Vermont)
http://www.strattonfoundation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=181:silent-heat&catid=66:urgent-needs-grants&Itemid=112

Takoma Park Corn Co-op (Maryland)
http://saveoursky.com/default.aspx

Vermont Sustainable Heating Initiative
http://www.sustainableheatingvt.org/?page=main

Other National Groups

ACEEE- American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
http://www.aceee.org/

Alliance To Save Energy
http://ase.org

American Lung Association
http://www.lungusa.org/

Center for American Progress
http://www.americanprogress.org/

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
http://www.cbpp.org/

1Sky
http://www.1sky.org/

NRDC- Natural Resources Defense Council
http://www.nrdc.org/

Sierra Club
http://www.sierraclub.org/

Union of Concerned Scientists
http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/technology_and_impacts/impacts/growing-energy-on-the-farm.html

USGBC- US Green Building Council
http://www.usgbc.org/