Burn Baby Burn, or Burn Baby Burn, or NOTNOT

Energy Efficiency & Energy Efficiency & SustainabilitySustainability

National Tribal Forum on Air National Tribal Forum on Air Quality Quality

May 21, 2015May 21, 2015

Susan Flensburg, BBNASusan Flensburg, BBNA

Tina Tinker, Aleknagik Traditional Tina Tinker, Aleknagik Traditional CouncilCouncil

Are We Doing it Right?Are We Doing it Right?• Are our wood and oil Are our wood and oil

stoves efficient?stoves efficient?• Are we seasoning, Are we seasoning,

storing and stacking storing and stacking our wood properly?our wood properly?

• Are we familiar with Are we familiar with EPA certified stoves?EPA certified stoves?

• What type and how What type and how much firewood are we much firewood are we burning?burning?

• How far are we How far are we travelling to get travelling to get firewood?firewood?

Project LocationProject Location

Home Heating & Wood Home Heating & Wood Harvest Survey ProjectHarvest Survey Project

• PurposePurpose: Collect information on home : Collect information on home heating systems and practices with a focus heating systems and practices with a focus on woodstoves, steam bath, and smoke on woodstoves, steam bath, and smoke houseshouses

• CollaborationCollaboration between: between:– Bristol Bay Native Association (Tribal Bristol Bay Native Association (Tribal

Environmental, Energy and Forestry Programs)Environmental, Energy and Forestry Programs)– Aleknagik Traditional CouncilAleknagik Traditional Council– Alaska Native Tribal Health ConsortiumAlaska Native Tribal Health Consortium– Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency

Project StepsProject Steps• Survey QuestionnaireSurvey Questionnaire - drafted by project team & - drafted by project team &

pre-tested pre-tested • Quality Assurance Project Plan Quality Assurance Project Plan - ensure data - ensure data

collected is valid and can be relied upon for its collected is valid and can be relied upon for its intended purposeintended purpose

• Survey Implementation Survey Implementation – completed 400 plus – completed 400 plus surveys with households (May-Oct 2012)surveys with households (May-Oct 2012)

• Input Data – Input Data – survey responses entered into excel survey responses entered into excel spreadsheet (May-Oct 2012)spreadsheet (May-Oct 2012)

• Analyze Data – Analyze Data – in progressin progress• Report – Report – will include summary of findings & will include summary of findings &

recommendationsrecommendations• Outreach Outreach – community workshops, presentations– community workshops, presentations

Wood Stoves We Wood Stoves We EncounteredEncountered

Vigilant Stove-Vermont Castings

Blaze King Princess Blaze King

Country Earth Stove

Napoleon Wood Stove

US Certified EPA Wood Stove

Wood Stoves (home Wood Stoves (home made)made)

-Secondary chamber Secondary chamber -Energy efficient but Energy efficient but

does not have does not have catalyticcatalytic

converterconverter-Made from Made from repurposedrepurposed

materialsmaterials

Other Stove’s We Other Stove’s We EncounteredEncountered

• This stove was the first that had a housing This stove was the first that had a housing for the tea kettle.for the tea kettle.

• This one is a coal, oil, and wood stove.This one is a coal, oil, and wood stove.

Oil Stoves We Oil Stoves We EncounteredEncountered

Burnham

Slate Fins FurnaceSlate Fins Furnace

Weil-McLain's

System 2000 Furnace

Survey ResultsSurvey Results

Age of HomesAge of Homes

Size of HomesSize of Homes

Primary & Secondary Primary & Secondary Heating SourcesHeating Sources

Age of Primary & Age of Primary & Secondary Heating Secondary Heating

SystemsSystems

Are You Familiar with Are You Familiar with EPA Certified Wood EPA Certified Wood

Stoves?Stoves?

Heating Sources for Heating Sources for HomeHome

How Far Do They Travel How Far Do They Travel to Get Wood?to Get Wood?

How Long Do You Season How Long Do You Season Your Wood?Your Wood?

How Much Wood Have How Much Wood Have You Burned in the Past You Burned in the Past

Year?Year?

Cords 947

Average 5.5

Median 4

Mode 3

Pounds 0

Don't Know/Not Sure 0

Total Responses 171

Heating Sources for Heating Sources for Steam BathSteam Bath

Heating Sources for Heating Sources for Smoke HouseSmoke House

Fact Sheets DistributedFact Sheets Distributed

Some of the Questions, Some of the Questions, Concerns, Comments Concerns, Comments

from Respondentsfrom Respondents• What is an EPA certified stove?What is an EPA certified stove?• When are we going to run out of When are we going to run out of

wood?wood?• A lot of spruce bark beetle kill – A lot of spruce bark beetle kill –

more of this should be harvestedmore of this should be harvested• This is a good survey, especially This is a good survey, especially

when we receive information (fact when we receive information (fact sheets) too!sheets) too!

Survey Results will be Survey Results will be used to: used to:

• Assess the possibility of a wood Assess the possibility of a wood stove change out programstove change out program

• Tailor follow-up education and Tailor follow-up education and outreach programsoutreach programs

• Assist with research needed to Assist with research needed to determine sutainable harvest determine sutainable harvest levelslevels

Questions?

For more information about the project, contact:

Susan Flensburg, BBNA Environmental Program

P/ 907-842-5257 E/sflensburg@bbna.com

Tina Tinker, Aleknagik Environmental Program

P/907-842-4407 E/tinatinker@yahoo.com