Fuels for Schools growing
| October 10, 2005 |  View for printing |
Thompson Falls School will soon be the newest addition to a growing list of state schools being heated by biomass fuel from nearby forests.
For the school's sixth-grade class, the change in heating systems means something more than simply just staying warm this winter.
The cost savings achieved by switching from diesel fuel to biomass means the school could hire an additional teacher this year to meet the demands of a growing student body. ”I don't know what we would have done this year, with the price of diesel going up so quickly,“ said Thompson Falls Superintendent Jerry Pauli. ”We had a lot more sixth-graders than normal. We needed another teacher.“
With the expected cost savings of about $30,000 from heating with biomass, the district was able to afford that teacher.
By PERRY BACKUS of the Missoulian
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Resources: Fuels for Schools - To promote and encourage the use of wood biomass as a renewable, natural resource to provide a clean, readily available energy source suitable for use in heating systems in public and private buildings. http://www.fuelsforschools.org/
Further Info:
Wood chip boiler cuts Phillipsburg schools heating costs http://www.matr.net/article-13522.html
Thar's Btus in them thar hills - Biomass heating systems http://www.matr.net/article-13336.html
Thompson Falls schools going with biomass http://www.matr.net/article-13058.html
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