[Greenbuilding] Wood is the #1 domestic renewable energy source in the U.S., by far

Norbert Senf mheat at mha-net.org
Wed Sep 25 14:19:25 CDT 2013


>Interesting stats from Alliance for Green Heat:

http://forgreenheat.blogspot.ca/2013/09/2012-census-shows-wood-heating.html

" According to recently released U.S. Census 
statistics, 63,566 more families used wood or 
pellets as a primary heating fuel in 2012 
compared to 2011, which amounts to an increase of 
2.6%, making wood again the fastest growing heating fuel in America.

 From 2000 to 2010, wood and pellet home heating 
grew by 34%, faster than any of the other heating 
fuels, including solar and natural gas. Oil and 
propane use declined between 2000 and 2010, and the decline continued in 2012.

Today, 2.1% of Americans use wood or pellets as 
their primary heating fuel, up from 1.6% in 2000. 
An additional 7.7 % of U.S. households use wood 
as a secondary heating fuel, according to the 
2009 EIA Renewable Energy Consumption Survey.

Nearly 2.5 million households use wood as a 
primary heating fuel, making it, by far, the 
dominant residential source of renewable energy 
in the United States. In comparison, only about 
500,000 of U.S. homes have solar panels and less 
than 50,000 use solar thermal heating. Solar 
thermal heating dropped by 2% in 2012 from 2011, 
according to the new Census numbers.

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Norbert

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