Biomass Workshop

Resource Innovations, in partnership with several other organizations, hosted a workshop on community-scale biomass utilization on May 1-2, 2008, in Bend, Ore. The workshop focused specifically on opportunities to use modern biomass-fired boilers to heat schools, hospitals and other large facilities.

For more information, including pdfs of workshop presentations, visit Sustainable Northwest's website:
Woody Biomass Heat: Making it Work for Communities

The workshop was a collective effort of several nonprofit organizations and government agencies, including:

• Sustainable Northwest
• Resource Innovations
• Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council
• Mount Adams Resource Stewards
• The Watershed Research and Training Center
• Northwest California Resource Conservation & Development Council
• US Forest Service, Regions 1 & 6
• Oregon Department of Forestry