HomeMy WebLinkAboutForest Service Seward Ranger District LOSSeward P.O. Box 390
Ranger . . 334 Fourth Avenue
District Seward, AK 99664-0390
Pile Code: 1500 ,
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Date: September 13,2012.
Subject: Seward Schools Biomass Heating System Feasibility Study
TC Kenai Peninsula Borough School District
Alaska Energy Authority,
This letter is to express our sipport for the Seward Schools Biornass'Heating Systems project. . .
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especially to schools and other public buildings. We are interested in the potential for cost
savings and cost stability, along with the economic benefits of using more localized and
renewable' fuels for heat.
We support the School District in applying for a grant fiom Alaska Energy Authority through the- .
Renewable Energy Fund Round V1, to conduct a Feasibility Study on the use of biomass heating
systems for ttik Seward schools.
Our institutional commitment to renewable fuels; carbon reduction and green practices are an
' important $art of our mission. We at the Forest Senrice have taken many steps and initiated
many programs to work towards a smaller carbon footprint. some' of. these include: paper
reduction by converting to electronic versions of forms and ~gleam'training systems, placing
video conferencing equipment at all of our offices to reduce travel and cut dovim on use of fossil
fuels, Installing florescent or energy saving light bulbs throughout our facilities, placing wood .
biomass bo*rs in some facilities, also using water -saving devices and purchasing hybrid
vehicles are just some of the things we have done to show our commitment to renewable energy
and green practices.
TRAVIS G. MOSELEY
Seward District Ranger
cc: Robert Stovall, Joseph P Ford, Travis Moseley
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