Resources

Studies and Reports

1. Where Wood Works: Strategies for Heating with Woody Biomass
US Forest Service and the Colorado Governor’s Energy Office, 2007.
http://www.nrel.gov/docs/gen/fy08/42857.pdf

2. A Strategy for Increasing the Use of Woody Biomass for Energy
Innovative Natural Resource Solutions LLC, 2008.
http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/FD/Publications/documents/NASFbiomassdraft92008INRSHyannisMA.pdf

3. Wood Energy in America
Daniel deB. Richter. Dylan H. Jenkins, John T. Karakash, Josiah Knight, Lew R. McCreery, Kasimir P. Nemestothy, 2009
http://www.mass.gov/Eoeea/docs/doer/renewables/biomass/study-comments/karakesh-w.pdf

4. Thermal Energy Uses of Woody Biomass
Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition, 2009
http://www.sustainablenorthwest.org/resources/rvcc-issue-papers/2009IssuePapers/2009ipthermal

5. Heating the Northeast with Renewable Biomass: A Vision for 2025
BTEC, Alliance for Green Heat, MPFA, NYBEA and PFI, April 2010
http://www.forgreenheat.org/resources/vision2025.html

1. Policy Statement: Forest Biomass
The Forest Guild, 2010
www.forestguild.org/publications/policy/Policy_biomass.pdf

2. Advancing Sustainable Forest Management in the U.S.
Pinchot Institute, 2006
http://www.pinchot.org/?module=uploads&func=download&fileId=3

3. Agriculture and Forestry in a Reduced Carbon Economy- Solutions from the Land
25 x ’25 Carbon Work Group, 2009
http://www.25x25.org/storage/25x25/documents/Carbon_Subcommittee/carbon_policy_discussion_
guide_april_1_2009.pdf

4. Ensuring Forest Sustainability in the Development of Wood Biofuels and Bioenergy: Implications for Federal and State Policies
Bioenergy Outlook Forum, 2009
http://www.pinchot.org/uploads/download?fileId=251

5. Northern Forest Biomass Energy Action Plan
Biomass Energy Resource Center, 2007
http://www.biomasscenter.org/pdfs/NFBEI.pdf

6. Sources and Uses of Wood For Energy
John I. Zerbe and Kenneth E. Skog. USDA- Forest Service, 2008
http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/tmu/biomass_energy/sources-uses-of-wood-for-energy.pdf

7. Biomass Retention and Harvesting Guidelines for the Northeast
Biomass Retention and Harvesting Guidelines

1. North America’s Wood Pellet Sector
Henry Spelter and Daniel Toth, USDA, 2009
http://128.104.77.228/documnts/fplrp/fpl_rp656.pdf

2. Can Residential Biomass Pellet Stoves Meet a Significant Portion of Minnesota’s Residential Heating Needs?
Adela Terroba, Carl Nelson, Nancy Kelly, The Green Institute, 2009
http://www.greeninstitute.org/media/documents/pelletstovepaper_v2.pdf

3. Wood Pellet Heating: A Reference on Wood Pellet Fuels & Technology for Small Commercial & Institutional Systems, 2007
http://www.mass.gov/Eoeea/docs/doer/publications/doer_pellet_guidebook.pdf

1. Controlling Emissions from Wood Boilers
NESCAUM, 2008
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBIQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nescaum.org%2Fdocuments%2Fcontrolling_emissions_from_wood_boilers.pdf%2F&ei=47p_TJHVNYOClAen3LyPDg&usg=AFQjCNE7q1SMq25YrzvEuB1-59XiduDIYw

2. NESCAUM Response to April 21, 2006 Letter of Philip H. Gitlen, on Behalf of Central Boiler, Inc. re: Assessment of Outdoor Wood-fired Boilers
NESCAUM, 2006
http://www.nescaum.org/documents/assessment-of-outdoor-wood-fired-boilers/nescaum-response-to-april-21-comments-on-owb-rept.pdf

3. Biomass Boiler & Furnace Emissions and Safety Regulations in the Northeast States
Mass. Dept. of Energy Resources, CONEG, Rick Handley and NESCAUM, June 2009
http://www.nescaum.org/documents/doer-biomass-emissions-safety-regulations.pdf

4. European Wood Heating Technology Survey
NYSERDA & BioEnergy2020+, April 2010
http://www.nyserda.org/programs/Research_Development/wood_heating.asp

5. Outdoor Hydronic Heater Model Regulation
NESCAUM, 2007
http://www.nescaum.org/documents/modelregulationoutdoorhydronicheatersfinalB.pdf

6. Petition for Rulemaking Regarding Outdoor Wood Boilers
Eliot Spitzer, New York Attorney General, 2005
http://www.vtwoodsmoke.org/pdf/NYS-EPA8-05.pdf

The Personal-Use Firewood Program on Three National Forests: a Cost Analysis
Floyd Timson, USDA, 1983
http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/15078

1. Research Relating to Regulatory Measures for Improving the Operation of Solid Fuel Heaters
J J Todd, Eco-Energy Options, 2003
http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/resources/woodsmoke/execsummary_toddreport.pdf

2. Controlling Emissions from Wood Boilers
NESCAUM, 2008
http://www.nescaum.org/topics/commercial-wood-boilers

3. Control Analysis and Documentation for Residential Wood Combustion in the MANE-VU Region
James E. Houck and Brian N. Eagle, OMNI Environmental Services, 2006
http://www.marama.org/visibility/ResWoodCombustion/Task%201%20Final.pdf

4. Performance Standards for Wood-Burning Devices
Arthur Marin, NESCAUM and Dan Johnson, WESTAR, 2008
http://www.nescaum.org/documents/nsps_residential-wood-heating-nescaum-westar_final.pdf

5. Residential Wood Stoves, Environmental Protection Agency, 1996.
http://www.epa.gov/ttnchie1/ap42/ch01/final/c01s10.pdf

6. Wood Stoves and Air Pollution: Clean Burning Wood Stoves Minimize Health Risks,
Environmental Fact Sheet, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, 2009.
http://des.nh.gov/organization/commissioner/pip/factsheets/ard/documents/ard-36.pdf

7. Air Emissions from Residential Wood Combustion, James E. Houck, OMNI Environmental Services,
http://www.omni-test.com/publications/Air%20Emissions%20from%20RWC.pdf

8. Strategies for Reducing Residential Wood Smoke, Air Quality Planning Division, EPA
Stategies for Reducing Wood Smoke Final

Renaissance of District Heating in the US: Renexpo-Austria. Sun and Wind Energy 2010
Policy/Strategy.
http://www.forgreenheat.org/resources/Biomass_district_energy_in_the_US.pdf

1. Residential Wood Combustion Consultation
Wood Heat Organization, Inc., 2002.
http://www.woodheat.org/canadaregulation/responsebywho.htm

2. Emissions Inventory Oriented Residential Wood Combustion Survey
Chun Yi Wu, Ronald Piva, David R. Broderick, James E. Houck, and John Crouch, 2004
http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/conference/ei14/session9/broderick.pdf

1. Wood Burning Handbook- Protecting the Environment and Saving Money
California/EPA Resources Board, Enforcement Division, 2005.
http://www.arb.ca.gov/cap/handbooks/wood_burning_handbook.pdf

2. Wood and Pellet Heating, Energy Savers, U. S. Department of Energy, 2011.
http://www.energysavers.gov/your_home/space_heating_cooling/index.cfm/mytopic=12570

3. Heating with Wood in Maryland, Fact Sheet #926, University of Maryland Extension, 2010.
http://www.naturalresources.umd.edu/Publications/PDFs/FS926WoodFuel.pdf

1. Clearing the Smoke- The Wood Stove Changeout in Libby, Montana
The Hearth, Patio, and Barbeque Association, 2008
http://www.woodstovechangeout.org/fileadmin/PDF/Libby_Report-Final.pdf

NSPS Review: EPA's new wood stove regulations
USSC SBI Position Paper final