BC’s Wood Stove Exchange Program · • Prince George - wood burning contributes up to 26% of...
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BC’s Wood Stove Exchange Program presented at: the 2018 Wood Smoke Educa?on and Outreach Tools Workshop 4 June 2018 Markus Kellerhals Clean Air Sec?on Environmental Standards Branch
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BC’sWoodStoveExchangeProgrampresentedat:
the2018WoodSmokeEduca?onandOutreachToolsWorkshop
4June2018MarkusKellerhalsCleanAirSec?onEnvironmentalStandardsBranch
Outline
1. BackgroundonwoodsmokeinBC2. Ra?onalefortheWSEP3. Programhistory4. Howtheprogramworks5. Results6. Issuesandchallengesforthefuture
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WoodSmokeSourcesinB.C.• ForestFires–(bothnaturalandhumancaused)• Openburning(forestrywaste,firehazardreduc?on,prescribedfire,land
clearing)– Includes“backyardburning”
• Domes?c(WoodHeatandCooking)• Commercial/Ins?tu?onal–hea?ng,districtenergy• Industrial(forsteam,processheat,andwastedisposal)
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Whatpollutantsareinsmoke?
CarbonMonoxide
FinePar/culateMa4er
Vola/leOrganicCompounds
PolycyclicAroma/cHydrocarbons
Methane
...andmore
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Φινε Παρτιχλεσ - ΠΜ2.5
• Tinypar?clesthatreachdeepinthelungs
• Manyfromcombus?on• increaseriskof
hospitaliza?onanddeathfromheartandlungdiseases
• No“Safe”levelofexposure
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BiomassBurningandAirQualityinBCAnumberofstudies,calledsourceappor?onmentstudies,havelookedatthecontribu?onofwoodsmoketoairqualityinmanyBCcommuni?es• Golden-60%ofmeasuredPM2.5• PrinceGeorge-woodburningcontributesupto26%oftotalPM2.5• WilliamsLake,Quesnel–upto60%woodsmoke
• Emissionsfromresiden?alwoodheatandopenburningarethedominantpollu?onsourceinmanyBCcommuni?es
Airqualityadvisoriesfromsmokeinsummer(forestfires)andfall/
winter(openburningandwoodheat)
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WhytheWSEP?
• Howtoaddresswoodsmoke?– Woodhea?ngiswidelyusedinBCandsomecommuni?esareveryreliantonthatheatsource
– MOEhaslimitedregulatoryauthoritytoaddresswoodhea?ng
– Localgovernmenthasregulatoryauthoritybutlimitedcapacitytoregulatewoodhea?ng
– Woodhea?ngtechnologyhasimprovedover?me• Leapforwardin1988-1994• Maybeanotherleapforwardin2020?
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WhytheWSEP?
• Surveysshowedalargenumberofwoodburningappliancess?llinusefrom“pre-cer?fica?on”?mes.– Muchhigheremissions– Lowerefficiency
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Fourprongedapproach
1) Regulatethesaleofnewappliances– SolidFuelBurningDomes?cApplianceRegula?on(1994)and(2016)
2) Incen?vestoupgradefromoldappliances– WoodStoveExchangeProgram
3) LocalBylaws– Dealingwithnuisancesmoke,rulesoninstalla?on,etc.
4) Educa?ononwoodsmokeandcleanburningprac?ces
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Emissionscomparison
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GoalsoftheExchangeProgram
• Exchangeoldstovesforbeaerop?ons– Cer?fied(EPAorCSA)woodburningappliances– Pelletappliances– Gasorpropaneappliances– Electricheatpump
• Educateoncleanburningprac?ces
• Raiseawarenessofwoodsmoke
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ExchangeProgramHistory
• 10yearsofexchangeprograms(95-04)~1350exchanges• CurrentProgram–
• SkeenaPilotyear1(2007)~200exchanges• 2007-2010–significantfundingthroughAirAc?onPlan• 2011-2017–sustainingfundingof$200,000peryear
• 2008-2012:5000exchanges• 2013-2017:7500exchanges
• Hasbeenofferedin10en?reregionaldistrictsandanaddi?onal15communi?esorregions
• 2015Programevalua?on
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HowdoestheWSEPwork?• Communi?esapplyforfunding• Communi?esrunlocalprograms• Partnerwithretailers• Seongupdisposaldestruc?onop?onsforoldstoves• Ci?zensgetridofoldappliances,purchaseandinstallnew
qualifyingapplianceandreceiverebate• Communi?esalsoundertakeeduca?onalwork• Endofyearrepor?ng
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ExchangeProcess• Eachprogrammayhaveslightlydifferentrequirementsbutessen?allyrequirethefollowinginforma?on:• Customercontactinforma?on• Cleanburningpledge• Detailsaboutappliancesbeingchangedoutandinstalled• SomeprogramsrequireaWETTinspec?on• Manycommuni?esrequirebuildingpermits• Retailstoreinforma?on• Recyclinginforma?on
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Suppor?ngDocumenta?on
• Programsmayrequiresuppor?ngdocumenta?onforeachrebateapplica?on,including:• photosofunitbeforeandaperdisablingprocess,• buildingpermit#,weainspec?on#orgaspermit#(mostapplicantssendcopiesofthebuildingpermitorWETTinspec?onorgaspermit–whicheverisapplicablefortheircase)
• recyclingreceipt(ifavailable)• copyofinvoicefornewunit
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Driversforthepublic
• Oldstoveisdying• Wantbeaerefficiency/savemoney• Insuranceinspec?on• Dotherightthing• Bylaws• Health(community/family)
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Results• Nearly8000changeouts
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• Ontheotherhand……….• TotalPMfromdomes?cwoodhea?ngunchanged• Frac?onalcontribu?ongreaterin2012
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PrimaryHea?ngSources
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IncidenceofWoodBurning
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Reasonsforburning
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Significantregionalvaria?on.Costconcernsimportantinallbutafewloca?ons.Aesthe?caspectswerehighlightedinafewurbanizedareas.Lackofnaturalgasimportantinafewloca?ons
Concernedaboutwoodsmoke
• Usersandnon-usershavesimilarviewsonthisques?on• Forthoseconcernedthereasonswere:health,environment,smell• Propor?onatleastsomewhatconcernedrangedfrom10to50%• Concernsseemhigherincommuni?eswithseveralyearsofPMmonitoring,historyof
wood-smokestudiesandinvolvementwiththewoodstoveexchangeprogram
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RecentchangestotheWSEP
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• 2016-includeheatpumpsintheprogram• 2017–two?erincen?ve– Woodstovereplacement-$250incen?ve– Cleanreplacement-$400incen?ve(gas,propane,pellet,heatpump)
• 2018–50%increaseinfundingfrom$200,000to$300,000
Issues/Challenges• Programinitscurrentformisnotveryaccessibletolowincomeresidents
• Lialeuptakeinfirstna?onscommuni?es• S?llquiteafewuncer?fiedstovesbutinsomecommuni?espoolofwillingpar?cipantsisnearlyexhausted
• Apropor?onofthepopula?onburnspoorlyevenwithcer?fiedappliances
• Elimina/nguncer/fiedapplianceswillimproveairqualitybutmaynotgetsomecommuni/esto“cleanair”.
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Futuredirec?ons
• Increasethenumberof“clean”changeouts.• Expandprogrameligibility
• Oldestcer?fiedstovesarenow30yearsold(1988)
• Increasedfocuson“redzone”communi?es• Exceedingna?onalPMstandards
• Expandingreachoftheeduca?oncomponent• Increasingawarenessofwoodsmoke
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