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CHIPPING AWAY AT COSTS & PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY: CROTCHED MOUNTAIN REHABILITATION CENTER NOW HEATS WITH WOOD

System Saves Thousands in Fuel Costs Annually While Supporting the Local Forest Products Industry

Crotched Mountain Rehabilitation Center is keeping its campus warm while keeping costs down, and supporting the local forest economy at the same time. The organization's new heating and hot water system is an environmentally-friendly wood chip plant that burns wood from the New Hampshire forests.

"Using wood chips as fuel for our heat and hot water makes sense for many reasons. The supply of fossil fuels is uncertain in the long run and cost of fuel oil is likely to increase dramatically over time. The biomass wood resource from wood chips can be sustained indefinitely, is a healthier alternative fuel overall for people and the planet, and historically cost increases have been much more modest. We're already saving a lot of money using wood chips compared with our previous oil expense. Finally, by relying on wood chips, we're supporting the local forest economy" said Donald Shumway, President of Crotched Mountain Foundation and Rehabilitation Center. More...

Let The Chips Fall... and Burn By SAM BONACCI Monadnock Ledger-Transcript Staff Read this article about our woodchip plant published in the Monadnock Ledger.  More...