Wood Stove Exchange Program Back
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Tuesday, March 02, 2010 03:51 AM
Prince George, B.C.- The provincial wood stove exchange program has returned to Prince George for one last year.
This is the last of the three year program aimed at encouraging residents to turn in their older, less efficient wood stoves or inserts in exchange for newer low emission appliances.
2010 will mark the end of the three-year provincial wood stove exchange program, designed to encourage British Columbians to exchange older, smoky wood burning appliances for low emission appliances.
The Prince George program is being carried out by the Prince George Air Improvement Roundtable (PG AIR) and is open until December 31, 2010.
During the program, residents who replace their qualifying old wood burning appliance with a qualifying new gas, pellet or wood burning appliance will receive a $150 industry discount (March and April only) from participating retailers – PLUS the first 100 participants from qualifying areas will receive a voucher for a $250 provincial rebate from PG AIR.
Residents who replace their old wood burning appliance may be eligible for additional rebates or incentives under the federal ecoENERGY Retrofit Home Program (these rebates and incentives are not part of the wood stove exchange program and must be applied for separately).
There are a couple of new elements for the program in Prince George:
Permit Fee Waiver – Until April 30, the City of Prince George will waive the woodburning appliance permit fee for program participants. (Permits are still required by participants; participants must bring in their voucher to receive the permit fee waiver.)
Bonus $250 Rebate Draws – Until April 30, properly-completed rebate vouchers received by PG AIR will be entered into monthly draws for bonus $250 rebates, so early birds are eligible to receive a total rebate of $500 from PG AIR.
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Posted by: Don Frye on March 2 2010 7:07 PM
Air quality? Give me a break, even in its most basic configuration, a fire produces organic materials that are blown away and settle over a huge area to be washed into the soil by rain. Recycling at its most basic process.
Modern wood stoves are extremely efficient and produce very little particulates. If a home owner were to invest in a device to capture those particulates, the wood stove actually IMO ends up cleaner than natural gas.
I see this as a step back and pandering to the natural gas industry. Instead of forcing every one to give up their wood stove, create a bylaw enforcing chimney scrubbers and efficiency targets for those systems. The technologies that are not yet mature enough for industrial applications could be scaled top the residential capacity. The principles are the same, just smaller.