Summary
COUNCIL, Idaho -- The tiny Council School District used to pour thousands of dollars into outmoded oil and electric heaters. Nearby, the Forest Service burned brush piles on the mountainsides to keep the brush from fueling summer forest fires.
Looking for some savings, Council Superintendent Murray Dalgleish developed Idaho's first public school biomass heating system -- a project that's expected to save Council $1 million on fuel over the next 15 years.See the full content of this document
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Warming Up to Biomass
"We're surrounded by the Payette National Forest," said Dalgleish. "We're the Saudi Arabia of wood."
Biomass is plant or animal waste...See the full content of this document
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