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| HOME HEROES DOCUMENTS THE REGISTER ABOUT SOLIFTEC | ||
SOLIFTEC INFORMATION
News Archive
The Building Regulations
The Solid Fuel Dictionary
Fuel cost and carbon emissions - spreadsheet and
example
Stoves conforming to
EN13240 - preliminary checklist 
Properties of Fuels
Environmental Emissions
Authorized and other Test Laboratories
Appliance Components
Domestic Appliance Manufacturers - Address
List
Thatched Properties
Building Regulations
(England & Wales)
European Standards, CE Marking and The Construction
Products Directive
5% UK VAT
EXTERNAL DOCUMENTS
| An
Economic Analysis to Inform the Review of the Air Quality
Strategy Objectives for Particles For UK
Government, 2001 http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/airquality/publications/particle-objectives/igcb.pdf Includes an Assesment of total particle emissions from domestic solid fuel appliances |
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| UK
Low Carbon Transition Plan For UK Government 2009 http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/publications/lc_trans_plan/lc_trans_plan.aspx This presents important ideas about improving wood fuel supply both from forests and by diverting waste. It has nothing to say about appliances or installations. |
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| ENERGY
CHALLENGE REPORT For UK Government 2006 http://www.dti.gov.uk/files/file31890.pdf The UK Government review of energy supply and use over the next fifty years. Mainly concerned with large-scale energy production and consumption - electricity distribution, road transport etc - but also notes that the part to be played by "Biomass stoves and boilers provide space and/or water heating from a variety of fuels such as wood pellets, woodchips, logs and non-wood fuels." |
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| STERN
REVIEW ON THE ECONOMICS OF CLIMATE CHANGE For UK
Government by Sir Nicholas Stern 2006 The full report: www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/stern_review_report.htm Comments on Stern Review by Patrick J. Michaels, University of Virginia http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/d/patrick.pdf presents an alternative, less pessimistic, view. Possible economic consequences of climate change, suggests could shrink the global economy by a fifth unless drastic action is taken - including a move towards renewable energy sources. KEY POINTS Taking action now would cost about 1% of global gross domestic product. Without action up to 200 million people could become refugees through drought or flood. Unless the world, including USA and China, tackles climate change it is heading for the worst global recession ever seen. 1% of global gross domestic product (GDP) must be spent on tackling climate change immediately. If no action is taken, floods could displace up to 100 million people, melting glaciers could cause water shortages for 1 in 6 of the world's population, 40% of species could become extinct, droughts may create tens or even hundreds of millions of refugees. Failure to act early could cost 5% to 20% of global GDP and render large parts of the planet uninhabitable with poor nations, especially in Africa, hit worst. Switching to cleaner energy sources, like wind and solar, can help avoid the worst of the damage. Support for energy R+D should at least double and support for deployment should increase five-fold. Green taxes and changing behaviour will help - but schemes must be international. If the UK shut down all of its power stations tomorrow, the reduction in global emissions would be wiped out in just over a year by increased emissions from China. Action now will still take 30 yrs to show benefit. |
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| UK
Government 'The Energy Efficiency of Dwellings' Report UK
Department of Communities and Local Government November
2006 http://www.communities.gov.uk/pub/373/TheEnergyEfficiencyofDwellingsInitialAnalysis_id1504373.pdf Shows that millions of homes across the country could benefit from cost effective improvements which cut both carbon emissions and fuel bills. Widespread implementation of such improvements could save around 7M tonnes of carbon a year. KEY POINTS: implementing measures with the fastest pay back and replacing boilers over time could save 7MtC a year and make householders better off; cavity wall insulation has increased from 20 per cent of our housing stock in 1996 to 36 per cent in 2003; the number of homes with over 150mm of loft insulation increased by 4 million between 2001 and 2004; a further 8.5m homes could benefit from cavity wall insulation saving 2.1MtC a year; cavity wall insulation typically costs £340 to fit and pays for itself within 2.6 years. (Over a 5 year period householders would get a 200 per cent return on their investment). In practice, these costs and the payback period can be reduced through grants and subsidies, with some householders, on qualifying benefits, being eligible for free installation; increasing loft insulation could help 6.1m homes and deliver carbon savings of 1.2m a year. Pay back time for loft insulation is 2.7 years and householders get a 180 per cent return over 5 years. Again grants and subsidies are available; reaching the 60 per cent target by 2050 will require high take up of microgeneration including emerging technologies such as heat pumps and micro CHP (combined heat and power); research suggests that costs of low and zero carbon technologies could be reduced significantly for each doubling of installed capacity; and social housing is on average more energy efficient than private housing. |
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| EU
Action Plan for Energy Efficiency European
Commisson 2006 http://ec.europa.eu/energy/action_plan_energy_efficiency/doc/com_2006_0545_en.pdf Outlines a framework of policies and measures with a view to realising over 20% savings in EU annual primary energy consumption by 2020. This is considered to be technically and economically feasible. KEY POINTS The document outlines a series of Priority Actions, expected to be backed-up by legislation. 1: Appliance and equipment labelling and minimum energy performance standards. The Commission will begin, in 2007, the process of adopting minimum energy performance standards for priority product groups including boilers, water heaters by the end of 2008 2: Building performance requirements and very low energy buildings ("passive houses"), including zero-energy houses- houses not requiring heating. 3: Making power generation and distribution more efficient 4: Achieving fuel efficiency of cars 5: Facilitating appropriate financing of energy efficiency investments for small and medium enterprises and Energy Service Companies 6: Spurring energy efficiency in the new Member States 7: A coherent use of taxation 8: Raising energy efficiency awareness 9: Energy efficiency in built-up areas 10: Foster energy efficiency worldwide |
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| Real-life
Emissions Testing of Wood Burners in Tokoroa Colleen
Kelly, Victoria University Suri Mues, Ministry for the
Environment Wayne Webley, Applied Research Services 2007 http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/energy/emissions-testing-wood-burners-tokoroa-jun07/emissions-testing-wood-burners-tokoroa-jun07.pdf Includes comparison of simple hand-held one-test instruments against comprehensive laboratory tests. |
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| Heat
Release in Fires V. Babrauskas, S. J. Grayson 1992 Taylor & Francis Textbook |
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| Handbook
of environmental engineering calculations C. C.
Lee, Shun Dar Lin 2000 McGraw-Hill Textbook |
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| Emissions
from Wood-Fired Combustion Equipment Paul A. Beauchemin, Martin Tampier, Envirochem Services Inc. for Ministry of Environment, Brtitish Columbia 2008 http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/epd/industrial/pulp_paper_lumber/pdf/emissions_report_08.pdf Analysis of emissions from commercial wood-fired plant. |
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| Round
robin test of a wood stove: The influence of standards,
test procedures and calculation procedures on the
emission level O. Skreiberg, E. Karlsvik, J. E. Hustad, O. K. Sonju 1997 Biomass and Bioenergy, Volume 12, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 439-452 Comparison of results from same stove tested at six different national laboratories. |
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| Principles
of Turbulent Fired Heat Georges Monnot 1986 Institut français du pétrole Textbook |
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| Smoke
dilution methods for the evaluation of the smoke emission
from burning polymers: A comparative approach Alberto Ballistreri, et al, Istituto Dipartimentale di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Catania, Viale A. Doria 8, 95125 Catania, Italy 1980 Fire and Materials. Volume 5 Issue 2, Pages 61 - 6 Comparison of dilution tunnel/filter method with optical scattering for smoke from burned plastics |
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| Assesment
of Benzo[a]Pyrene Concentrations in the UK in 2005, 2010,
2015 and 2020 K.J., Vincent, T., Bush and P., Coleman 2997 AEA Energy and Environment http://www.airquality.co.uk/archive/reports/cat17/0707171119_Bap_report_05_issue1.pdf Includes distribution maps for solid fuel use in the UK |
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| The
Outdoor Air Myth Exposed Unsigned, Woodheat.org http://www.woodheat.org/outdoorair/outdoorairmyth.htm Opinion piece regarding outside air supply to stoves. |
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| Efficiency
and gases emissions with incineration of composite and
one-component biofuel briquettes in room heater P. Jevic, P. Hutla, J. Malaták, Z. &Scaronedivá 2007 http://journals.uzpi.cz/uniqueFiles/00404.pdf ~ Compares Emissions from various biofuels including wood, straw and beet pulp briquettes. |
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| A
Woodfuel Strategy for England UK Forestry
Commission 2007 http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/fce-woodfuel-strategy.pdf/$file/fce-woodfuel-strategy.pdf |
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| Wood
for Energy UK Forestry Commission 2009 http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/see-wood-for-energy-poster.pdf/$file/see-wood-for-energy-poster.pdf Useful schools / general interest poster |
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| Air
Quality Standards European Commission 2009
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/air/quality/standards.htm Table of permitted pollutants. |
