This audio conference will address:
- High efficiency (pellet, chip and cordwood) wood fuel boilers
- Discuss innovative technologies & applications
- How new technologies can drive down heating costs
- Fuel types and delivery options – Pellets/Wood Chips/Cordwood
- Discuss available and pending tax incentives for biomass heating
- Wood heating innovations coming to market
Our speaker will provide an overview of available wood heating boiler technology, and discuss why, now so more than ever, heating with wood, can drive down heating costs. Combustion technology using wood as heating fuel has entered the 21st century by providing high efficiency fuel combustion and heat transfer, with very low emissions.
New boilers allow for the use both pellets and cordwood as heating fuel. New technology and its application, along with sourcing wood fuel will be discussed.
State and Federal tax incentives play a big role in the adoption of new wood heating/boiler technology. Incentives currently available, and those that are pending for 2010 will be discussed, and how you may take advantage of them in upgrading your current system or by installing a new one.
Who should attend?
- Federal, State, Municipal Facility Managers
- University and College Sustainability, Env. Resource, and Facility Managers
- Extension Educators- Forest Product Marketing & Utilization
- LEEDs Architects, Developers and Specialists
- EPA, State, Regional Air Quality & Regulatory Professionals
- Wood Utilization Specialists
- Arborists
- Solid waste professionals
- Renewable Energy, Project and Program Managers
- Forest Product Technologists
- Federal, State, Regional Energy Program Managers
- Tribal Administrators, Council Members, Fuel Supervisors and Specialists
- Boiler, Furnace & Appliance Manufacturers and Resellers
- Wood Biomass Fuel Producers
- Planning and Zoning Officials, State, Local and Regional
- Heating Engineers and Consultants
- Community and Rural Development Professionals
Speaker Biography
Scott Nichols is President of BioHeatUSA, North America's leading importer of high efficiency European wood, and pellet boilers. Scott is a recognized biomass heating expert, speaker, and industry leader and a co-founder of the Biomass Thermal Energy Council, where he advocates on behalf of biomass fuel producers, distributors, supply chain companies and manufacturers. Scott has worked with municipal, state and federal regulators on emissions, compliance, and regulatory issues, of importance to advance the biomass thermal heating sector.
For decades, in the US and Canada, BioHeatUSA has promoted innovative, high efficiency wood heating solutions for both residential and commercial applications. BioHeatUSA was honored by Hearth and Home Magazine with the 2009 Vesta award, in the category of "Renewable Fuel Central Systems".
Scott received a B.S. in Business Law and Public Policy from Syracuse University with a focus on environmental studies.
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