[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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