Sustainable North

Gail Koepf and Rocky Reifenstuhl, Fairbanks, Alaska homeowners, are building a new home using sustainable, energy efficient techniques. CCHRC staff are filming aspects of the construction for use in a future “Best Practices” video about homebuilding in the North. The following is the first entry from Gail’s ongoing journal about the project. We will continue [...]

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From the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, on Saturday, December 6, 2008:

In early winter 2008, Fairbanks [Alaska] has had some of the worst air quality ever recorded, according to Jim Conner, an air quality specialist for the Fairbanks North Star Borough.
“We exceeded (federal air quality) standards in October this year for the first time,” Conner said. “It [...]

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From the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Monday, December 15, 2008:
The silver disc in the electric meter box has been turning a little faster for a little longer as the days have shortened and the lights, televisions and computers have been put to greater use in our homes.
The extra spins of the disc haven’t meant higher electric [...]

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From the Fairbanks Daily News Miner, on Monday, December 8, 2008:
The Fairbanks North Star Borough will look to create a trade-in program to reduce the number of older, inefficient home-heating systems — think old wood stoves and outdoor boilers — borough Mayor Jim Whitaker said this week.
Outdoor, wood-fired furnaces and older indoor wood stoves, particularly [...]

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From the Fairbanks Daily Newsminer July 23, 2008
Air-quality and health officials said Tuesday that chronic air pollution presents long-term health risks for people in Fairbanks.
They also said they’re still nailing down exactly where the pollution — a mix of soot, dust and other particles — comes from.
Health specialists on the panel, which addressed the Fairbanks [...]

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Title: Winter Trade Show
Location: Carlson Center
Start Date: 2008-07-26
Start Time: 12:00
End Date: 2008-09-28
End Time: 17:00

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Title: Fairbanks North Star Borough, I/M and Air Pollution Control Commission Meeting
Location: Borough Assembly Chambers, 809 Pioneer
Description: Report on air quality in the borough. Experts on air quality, health effects and wood burning will be available for questions.
Start Time: 18:00
Date: 2008-07-22
End Time: 21:00

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From the Fairbanks Daily Newsminer July 19, 2008
Proponents of a plant that would make liquid fuels out of coal say such a facility could be the solution to high energy costs in Fairbanks and Interior villages.
However, a financial specialist warned that private-sector financing will be hard to find without some government assistance, either as cash, [...]

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From the Fairbanks Daily Newsminer July 18 2008
The University of Alaska Fairbanks is crunching numbers to study how much greenhouse gas we emit.
The university’s Alaska Center for Energy and Power is conducting the study using a $20,000 grant from the Fairbanks North Star Borough.
The work will serve as a baseline document needed to responsibly advance [...]

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