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Members of the Wayne Conservation District say they plan to sit down with the Wayne Highlands School Board in the future to discuss the advantages of switching to a bio-fuel heating system.
“I’d love to see them do that, because of the savings to the school district,” said Len Grover, Resource Conservationist with the Wayne Conservation District. Grover’s already spoken with school Superintendent Tom Jenkins and requested the oppportunity to make a bigger presentation to the board.
Grover says the school could be retrofitted to use bio-fuel, such as woodchps or sawdust, instead of oil. “Mountain View School District (MVSD) in Susquehanna County saved a yearly average of $141,000,” he said.
MVSD has had their bio fuel heating system in place since 1991. “We’re the longest running wood burning boiler in Pennsylvania — for a school,” said Bob Taylor, MVSD Supervisor of Maintenance, Buildings and Grounds. Burning two-inch wood chips in their wood burning boiler, as opposed to utilizing an oil furnace, saved the District $130,933.17 last year. So far this year, their net savings amounts to $117,913 and the winter season isn’t over. “We pump it undergound a quarter of a mile and heat two buildings,” he said, the elementary school and combined jr. high/high school building.
Taylor says one ton of wood costs $36, which equals $253.80 worth of fuel oil or the equivalent of burning 78.16 gallons of fuel oil.
Anyone wishing to learn more about bio-fuels as a heating source may pick up a brochure titled “Fuels for Schools and Beyond” at the Wayne Conservation District office, located at the Park Street Complex in Honesdale or phone them at 253-0930.
Members of the Wayne Conservation District say they plan to sit down with the Wayne Highlands School Board in the future to discuss the advantages of switching to a bio-fuel heating system.
“I’d love to see them do that, because of the savings to the school district,” said Len Grover, Resource Conservationist with the Wayne Conservation District. Grover’s already spoken with school Superintendent Tom Jenkins and requested the oppportunity to make a bigger presentation to the board.
Grover says the school could be retrofitted to use bio-fuel, such as woodchps or sawdust, instead of oil. “Mountain View School District (MVSD) in Susquehanna County saved a yearly average of $141,000,” he said.
MVSD has had their bio fuel heating system in place since 1991. “We’re the longest running wood burning boiler in Pennsylvania — for a school,” said Bob Taylor, MVSD Supervisor of Maintenance, Buildings and Grounds. Burning two-inch wood chips in their wood burning boiler, as opposed to utilizing an oil furnace, saved the District $130,933.17 last year. So far this year, their net savings amounts to $117,913 and the winter season isn’t over. “We pump it undergound a quarter of a mile and heat two buildings,” he said, the elementary school and combined jr. high/high school building.
Taylor says one ton of wood costs $36, which equals $253.80 worth of fuel oil or the equivalent of burning 78.16 gallons of fuel oil.
Anyone wishing to learn more about bio-fuels as a heating source may pick up a brochure titled “Fuels for Schools and Beyond” at the Wayne Conservation District office, located at the Park Street Complex in Honesdale or phone them at 253-0930.
