A recent study by FPL economists Peter Ince (retired) and Prakash Nepal finds that U.S. output of wood fuel feedstock did not decline significantly during the recent recession. What’s more, production is projected to rise in the coming decades. The … Continue reading
The FPL’s National Forest Service Library is a go-to resource for current and historical information on wood and wood products. Having recently moved to a newly renovated space in FPL’s historic Building One, supervisory librarian Julie Blankenburg describes the new … Continue reading
Sustainable home designers take note! The 2013 “Carbon Challenge” Residential Design Competition is underway. As Robert Clark of APA -The Engineered Wood Association explains (via the video link above), the Carbon Challenge requires architects to create residential designs with a low carbon footprint … Continue reading
“You can tell a lot about a person from his firewood stack.” So declared Lars Mytting in a recent New York Times piece about the debate among firewood-splitters in Norway. The central question remains: bark up or down? Mytting has ignited … Continue reading
Sharpen your grant-writing pencils, folks. Project proposals are now being accepted for the 2013 Hazardous Fuels Woody Biomass Utilization grant program. Application deadline is April 8, 2013. The official language reads a little something like this: To address the goals … Continue reading
