Sustainable North

ASK A BUILDER By CCHRC Staff The “Ask a Builder” series is dedicated to answering some of the questions Fairbanks residents have about building, energy and the many other parts of home life. Q: Does it matter what type of wood I burn in my woodstove? Most species of local wood are suitable for burning [...]

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From The Alaska Science Forum, Sunday, August 15, 2010: A friend says that among his most satisfying moments are those he stands contemplating his pile of firewood. He inhales the sweetness of birch, the tang of aspen and the sharp bite of spruce while he ponders the moisture wafting out of his wood. My friend [...]

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From The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Monday, August 2, 2010: The borough began taking applications last week for its wood stove repair and replacement program. “The program is up and operational,” air quality director Glenn Miller said. Applications are available at the borough air quality office on Peger Road. The program is still evolving, and applications [...]

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From The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Tuesday, July 13, 2010: The number of people who heat with wood in the Fairbanks North Star Borough is slowly rising, a new study shows. Researchers called 300 area households last winter and asked a series of questions, mostly regarding home heating habits. They found the number of borough households [...]

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From The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Saturday, July 10, 2010: A ballot group succeeded in gaining the signatures to put a question to the Fairbanks area voters that, if approved, would reverse new air pollution regulations. A Fairbanks North Star Borough canvassing board approved the signatures last week. The question about whether the borough should be [...]

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From The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Saturday, June 26, 2010: A local group opposed to a new borough ordinance that regulates the sale, installation and use of wood and coal stoves, has gathered enough signatures to challenge the ordinance. North Star Landowners, sponsors of The Home Heating Protection Act, gathered more than 3,000 signatures for the [...]

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From The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Sunday, June 13, 2010: A group trying to overturn new wood stove regulations has until June 24 to gather 2,379 qualified signatures to put a question before the Fairbanks North Star Borough voters on Oct. 5. “We are well under way,” said Rick VanderKolk, treasurer of the North Star Landowners, [...]

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From The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Friday, June 11, 2010: The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly adopted new chimney smoke regulations early Friday in an effort to crack down on air pollution, although the rules are looser than those sought by Mayor Luke Hopkins. The panel approved the ordinance in a 5-3 vote shortly after midnight [...]

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From The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Thursday, June 10, 2010: One of the questions put to borough officials during a forum on wood smoke pollution was this: “Isn’t there enough existing laws on the books to take care of neighbors with outdoor boilers being rude to their neighbors and not burning the proper material? Don’t you [...]

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From The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Saturday, May 1, 2010: Fort Yukon could turn to wood-fired power to ease its reliance on diesel fuel. Tanana could install wind turbines and start using half as much fuel within a few years. The Alaska Energy Authority published those scenarios and about 200 more, including cost estimates, this week. [...]

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