Our project, a small non-profit farm house renovation, is using a wood fired biomass boiler. Wood for the boiler is timber blow-down from the 917 acre largely wooded property contiguous to the project site and owned by the same owner. EAc2 allows for "untreated wood waste", but states that "forestry biomass waste" is ineligible. I am making the assumption that blow-down is untreated wood waste and that forestry biomass waste is a by-product of timber management practices. Does anyone want to weigh in????
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Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
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March 25, 2011 - 12:09 pm
With "untreated wood waste" I think we're talking about lumber waste from the construction industry."Mill residue" is sell-explanatory and clearly doesn't apply here.The question is whether this is "forestry biomass waste" or "agricultural crops," which I would strongly consider. I think that if you have a forest management plan that calls for certain management practices, including harvesting of blow-down, then it should qualify under this credit. In the absence of a forest management plan I would not try to argue for this, however. Harvesting blow-down may seem benign but could really do damage to an ecosystem if not done properly. A management plan provides assurance to LEED that you are doing the right thing.I don't have experience with this but that's my analysis. Anyone else have thoughts?