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Past events:
Insider Firewood Festival, Inshriach House, 17th June 2010
A
free fun family event open to the general public, making use
of yurts erected in the fantastic setting of Inshriach House birch
woodlands, that will be used over the weekend as music venues. The
firewood festival will provide a wide range of hands on crafts,
traditional skills and access to information about all aspects of
wood and wood fuel. Photos
Seminar: Wood fuel for the
Construction Industry, 11th May 2010, Boat of Garten Community Hall
Seminar: Setting up a Community Wood Fuel Enterprise, 1st May 2010, Pony tacking shed, Wolftrax car park, Laggan
See http://www.lowcarboncairngorms.org/woodfuel/community-woodfuel.asp
for a report on the day in Laggan and links to all the information.
Training course: Planning a domestic Wood fuel Installation, - 24th April 2010, Boat of Garten
Seminar: Making the most of farm woodlands - 29th March 2010 Glenbuchat Farms, Glenbuchat, Strathdon
Seminar: Community Wood fuel – This seminar is specifically for community groups and local community members interested in
starting a wood fuel initiative. It will outline the issues involved in
supplying and running different types of wood fuel installation, and will also
cover business models and give examples of community initiatives already in
operation. It is a half day event, will be held indoors, refreshments will be provided. It
will be run twice:
Saturday morning 10am to 1pm, 28th November 2009 - Boat of Garten Community Hall
Training: Wood fuel Supply &
Fuel Quality
- This event covered fuel
supply issues and was aimed at landowners, wood fuel suppliers,
timber merchants, system suppliers and installers, end users (managers
of public buildings) to ensure all parts of a supply chain understand
the issues and implications surrounding wood fuel supply and quality.
It covered raw
material supply, fuel production, business models and also fuel
quality. It was run twice:
Monday 16 th November 2009 - Glenlivet Estate Offices, Tomintoul
Saturday 21st November 2009 - Aboyne Academy
Wood fuel Fair 27th May 2009 - This general event aimed at the general public, publicised
the benefits wood fuel can bring. It showcased installers,
suppliers and advice sources. The venue was Alvie Estate.
       
Wood fuel stakeholders workshop, 16 October 2008
2. Promotion and and knowledge transfer
A
programme of publicity and information will be carried out to
support the above events. Most of this effort will be focused through
an a new initative lead by the Cairngorms national park authority; Low Carbon Cairngorms.
This
innitiative will focus on the building and dissemination of
knowledge through the creation of a new website promoting Low carbon
activities in the Park, initiatally focusing on Wood fuel: www.lowcarboncairngorms.org. The system will ultimately feature all
other technologies/sectors in the future.
An
introductory page on www.lowcarboncairngorms.org will direct visitors to the Wood fuel section and others as they become available.
The
Wood fuel website contains articles promoting the benefits of the
technology. These explain how the systems work for the end user. We have set
up a facility to show a ‘near real-time’ cost comparison
between Kerosene and Wood fuel pellets to highlight the cost benefits. A
directory of installers, suppliers and other associated firms within
the park has been included in the website
A package of case studies is also to be produced, some local and some from Finland.
Case studies and power points available so far:
 The district heating plant at Aviemore North Info card 29Nov
3. Community Log Supply Chain
The popularity of wood burning stoves as a supplementary household heat
source is increasing, and semi-automated log boilers are now available which
make heating with logs a convenient and viable possibility for primary domestic
heat sources. However, small scale domestic firewood supply in the CNP area is
difficult to source economically (unless you own woodland) and often poor quality
and the Clim-ATIC project will support the set up a community-led firewood supply
chain with the help of the Community Woodland Association. Steps towards this will include:
Quantification of demand
Identification of community and
formation of steering group
Visit to existing community supply
chain ( e.g. Dunnest or Find horn)
Assistance with business plan and
grant applications
Seminar for other interested
communities outlining the process
Training – e.g. health and safety
and insurance etc.
Background documents
Project plan
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