[SustainableTompkins] Home Heating with Biomass seminar November 29

[GayNicholson at aol.com]

Home Heating with  Biomass 
Ithaca ─  Wondering how high prices for fuel oil, propane, and natural gas 
will go this  winter? Thinking about finding another way to heat your home? The 
Green Resource  Hub of the Finger Lakes and Cornell Cooperative Extension  of 
Tompkins County will present “Home Heating with Biomass” on Thursday, Nov. 29 
 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Home Green Home on the Commons in  Ithaca. There is a $5 
fee, and light  refreshments will be provided. 
With rising energy costs and concerns around global climate change, many  
people are seeking alternatives to fossil fuels.  The Finger Lakes Region has 
plentiful  soil and water resources for growing our own biomass fuel sources in a 
 sustainable manner. This consumer education program will review biomass 
options  for heating your home that can help reduce energy costs and emissions of 
fossil  carbon. 
Speakers will discuss the pros and cons of heating your home with  different 
types of biomass, including firewood, wood pellets, corn, and grass  pellets. 
They will cover stove types, fuel efficiencies and availability, costs,  and 
safety. Presenters include Professor Jerry Cherney of  Cornell  University’s 
Crop and Soil Sciences  Department and local wood and pellet stove retailers. 
The Green Resource Hub’s winter seminar  series also includes classes at Home 
Green Home on choosing the best insulation  system for your home (December 
13) and small hydropower systems for rural  landowners (January 17). 
The Green Resource Hub of the  Finger Lakes is a non-profit organization that 
aims to  expand the regional marketplace for sustainable living through 
consumer  education and workforce training in green building, energy efficiency, 
renewable  energy and green purchasing.  


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Gay  Nicholson, Ph.D. 

607-533-7312 (home office)
607-279-6618  (cell)

1 Maple Avenue
Lansing, NY  14882
gaynicholson at aol.com

Sustainable Tompkins 
Program  Coordinator 
w_ww.sustainabletompkins.org_ (http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/) 

Southern Tier Energy$mart Communities
Regional  Coordinator
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County
615 Willow  Ave., Ithaca, NY 14850
agn1 at cornell.edu




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