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Burn Baby Burn, or Burn Baby Burn, or NOTNOT
Energy Efficiency & Energy Efficiency & SustainabilitySustainability
National Tribal Forum on Air National Tribal Forum on Air Quality Quality
May 21, 2015May 21, 2015
Susan Flensburg, BBNASusan Flensburg, BBNA
Tina Tinker, Aleknagik Traditional Tina Tinker, Aleknagik Traditional CouncilCouncil
Are We Doing it Right?Are We Doing it Right?• Are our wood and oil Are our wood and oil
stoves efficient?stoves efficient?• Are we seasoning, Are we seasoning,
storing and stacking storing and stacking our wood properly?our wood properly?
• Are we familiar with Are we familiar with EPA certified stoves?EPA certified stoves?
• What type and how What type and how much firewood are we much firewood are we burning?burning?
• How far are we How far are we travelling to get travelling to get firewood?firewood?
Project LocationProject Location
Home Heating & Wood Home Heating & Wood Harvest Survey ProjectHarvest Survey Project
• PurposePurpose: Collect information on home : Collect information on home heating systems and practices with a focus heating systems and practices with a focus on woodstoves, steam bath, and smoke on woodstoves, steam bath, and smoke houseshouses
• CollaborationCollaboration between: between:– Bristol Bay Native Association (Tribal Bristol Bay Native Association (Tribal
Environmental, Energy and Forestry Programs)Environmental, Energy and Forestry Programs)– Aleknagik Traditional CouncilAleknagik Traditional Council– Alaska Native Tribal Health ConsortiumAlaska Native Tribal Health Consortium– Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency
Project StepsProject Steps• Survey QuestionnaireSurvey Questionnaire - drafted by project team & - drafted by project team &
pre-tested pre-tested • Quality Assurance Project Plan Quality Assurance Project Plan - ensure data - ensure data
collected is valid and can be relied upon for its collected is valid and can be relied upon for its intended purposeintended purpose
• Survey Implementation Survey Implementation – completed 400 plus – completed 400 plus surveys with households (May-Oct 2012)surveys with households (May-Oct 2012)
• Input Data – Input Data – survey responses entered into excel survey responses entered into excel spreadsheet (May-Oct 2012)spreadsheet (May-Oct 2012)
• Analyze Data – Analyze Data – in progressin progress• Report – Report – will include summary of findings & will include summary of findings &
recommendationsrecommendations• Outreach Outreach – community workshops, presentations– community workshops, presentations
Wood Stoves We Wood Stoves We EncounteredEncountered
Vigilant Stove-Vermont Castings
Blaze King Princess Blaze King
Country Earth Stove
Napoleon Wood Stove
US Certified EPA Wood Stove
Wood Stoves (home Wood Stoves (home made)made)
-Secondary chamber Secondary chamber -Energy efficient but Energy efficient but
does not have does not have catalyticcatalytic
converterconverter-Made from Made from repurposedrepurposed
materialsmaterials
Other Stove’s We Other Stove’s We EncounteredEncountered
• This stove was the first that had a housing This stove was the first that had a housing for the tea kettle.for the tea kettle.
• This one is a coal, oil, and wood stove.This one is a coal, oil, and wood stove.
Oil Stoves We Oil Stoves We EncounteredEncountered
Burnham
Slate Fins FurnaceSlate Fins Furnace
Weil-McLain's
System 2000 Furnace
Survey ResultsSurvey Results
Age of HomesAge of Homes
Size of HomesSize of Homes
Primary & Secondary Primary & Secondary Heating SourcesHeating Sources
Age of Primary & Age of Primary & Secondary Heating Secondary Heating
SystemsSystems
Are You Familiar with Are You Familiar with EPA Certified Wood EPA Certified Wood
Stoves?Stoves?
Heating Sources for Heating Sources for HomeHome
How Far Do They Travel How Far Do They Travel to Get Wood?to Get Wood?
How Long Do You Season How Long Do You Season Your Wood?Your Wood?
How Much Wood Have How Much Wood Have You Burned in the Past You Burned in the Past
Year?Year?
Cords 947
Average 5.5
Median 4
Mode 3
Pounds 0
Don't Know/Not Sure 0
Total Responses 171
Heating Sources for Heating Sources for Steam BathSteam Bath
Heating Sources for Heating Sources for Smoke HouseSmoke House
Fact Sheets DistributedFact Sheets Distributed
Some of the Questions, Some of the Questions, Concerns, Comments Concerns, Comments
from Respondentsfrom Respondents• What is an EPA certified stove?What is an EPA certified stove?• When are we going to run out of When are we going to run out of
wood?wood?• A lot of spruce bark beetle kill – A lot of spruce bark beetle kill –
more of this should be harvestedmore of this should be harvested• This is a good survey, especially This is a good survey, especially
when we receive information (fact when we receive information (fact sheets) too!sheets) too!
Survey Results will be Survey Results will be used to: used to:
• Assess the possibility of a wood Assess the possibility of a wood stove change out programstove change out program
• Tailor follow-up education and Tailor follow-up education and outreach programsoutreach programs
• Assist with research needed to Assist with research needed to determine sutainable harvest determine sutainable harvest levelslevels
Questions?
For more information about the project, contact:
Susan Flensburg, BBNA Environmental Program
P/ 907-842-5257 E/[email protected]
Tina Tinker, Aleknagik Environmental Program
P/907-842-4407 E/[email protected]