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Masonry Heater AssociationAnnual Meeting
April 18, 2012
Masonry Stoves and the Strange History of Wood
Heating in the US
John Ackerly, President
* Alliance for Green Heat is a 501c3 non-profit based.* We have a staff of 3 & were founded in 2009* Our budget is $100,000 a year, raised from
foundations, donations and US government grants.* We believe in progress.
Alliance for Green Heat Goals
Voice for wood heat consumers in Wash. DCRecognition of cleanest wood heatersParity in government incentives with solar
(rebates & tax credits)R &D funding for “next generation” stovesMore regulation of wood burning
No new installs of unqualified outdoor boilersNo new installs of uncertified stoves in urban
areas
Euro track:Hot, quick
fires
Euro track:Hot, quick
fires
US track:Slow,
smoldering fires
US track:Slow,
smoldering fires
Masonry Pellet Wood boiler w/ thermal storage
Fireplace Franklin stove 1970s Air- tight stove
Outdoor wood boiler
Time
Effici
ency
0%
100%
50%
Masonry Heater
Fireplace
Pellet Stove
Cat Stove
How we like to think of technological progress
Time
Effici
ency
0%
80%
1600 1700 1800 1900 2000
50%
Franklin Stove
Five Plate Closed Iron Stove
Jamb Stove
Outdoor Wood Boiler
Masonry Heater
Technological Progress in the US is not always upward
What Did Ben Franklin Invent?
• In 1741, Ben Franklin assembled a stove far less efficient and dirtier than many other stoves on the market. It is still hailed as a tremendous advance in wood burning.
• It undermined the deployment and development of far more efficient stove designs.
• Why? Anglo culture, led by scores of opinion leaders, believed an open fire was more civilized than the closed “Germanic” stoves.
From Fireplace to Cookstove:
Technology and the Domestic Ideal in America, by Priscilla Brewer (2000)
A fascinating look at how culture, gender & class shaped wood Stoves.
Troy, NY: World Center of Stove Factories, 1830. Nearly 200 wood stove factories in Troy, alone.
Technology Competitions Through Time driven by wood scarcity, oil prices & climate change
Per Capita Heating with Wood 1940 – 2000 (US Census)
Residential Heating Trends, 2000-2010
2010: Wood overtakes propane and oil as 3rd most common heating fuel
Top 10 States with Fastest Growing Wood Heat Households
Michigan
Fossil Fuel Reduction of a $2,000 Wood/Pellet Stove =
Fossil Fuel Reduction of a $20,000 Solar PV
• Both systems can displace equal amounts of carbon from fossil fuel: 3 tons.
• 1 kw solar system, 1 cord of wood or 1 ton of pellets all displace about 1 ton of carbon from fossil fuels.
Transforming Wood Heat in America: A Toolkit of Policy Options
Full report available at: www.forgreenheat.org/resources/toolkit.html
Wood Stoves vs. Solar PV & the Prius( or, why incentives to the rich are inefficient)
Transforming Wood Heat in America: A Toolkit of Policy Options
Full report available at: www.forgreenheat.org/resources/toolkit.html
Northeastern State Residential Renewable Energy Incentives
The Way Forward
• Embracing Government1. Regulation. At least factory built masonry heaters need to have an EPA certification program.2. Standards: ASTM3. Incentive programs. Masonry heaters need to be included and listed. You need to demand inclusion.
Incentive ProgramsPACE Programs. Property Assessed Clean Energy Loans. These
programs are coming back and masonry stoves need to get recognized. Whoever owns the home pays off the loan.
On Bill Financing (OBF). Pay off loan thru utility bill. Longer term and more complex for heating systems.
Home Star. Did not pass, but details still circulating as a model for other programs. AGH got wood heaters included.
HUD Power Saver Loans. 4.99% loans. Wood is now included.LIHEAP. States wondering if they can get folks off oil & onto
wood. Currently, system is locked into most expensive fuels.States – Precedence, Recognition, EducationOregon’s $300 tax creditMontana $1,000 tax creditIdaho $5,000 tax deduction (w/ trade in of old wood stove)
Future?
1. Combining biomass thermal storage with solar thermal.
2. Mini residential CHP units. 3. Real time digital display
of emissions/efficiency.
3. Making electricity just to recharge a cell phone or light a room.
Technology competition modeled on Solar Decathlon to see who can build cleanest more efficient stove.
Stoves should be idiot-proof and mitigate the problems associated with unseasoned wood.
Designs are submitted by Dec. 20. Finalists bring their stove to Washington DC to compete on mall. Stoves judged on efficiency, emissions, cost, innovation and marketability.
Judges
•James Meigs, Editor in Chief, Popular Mechanics Magazine•Rod Tinnemore, Washington Dept. of Ecology•NYSERDA representative•Bill Clarke, Osprey Foundation•Ray Albrecht, BTEC Board, former NYSERDA staff Invited Judges•Dr. Thomas Butcher, Brookhaven National Lab•EPA representative
Judges
Goals: To challenge perceptions of policymakers and public about their image of wood heatChallenge wood heater industry’s image about who we are and where we can go. Build expectations and demand for really clean, efficient heaters.Recognize and publicize cleanest heaters.
