Woodstove Heating in Tribal Homes – Using Best Practices and Targeted Outreach to Reduce Emissions and Health Risks
Training | Woodsmoke & Smoke Events
Webinar date: January 25, 2011
In areas where wood is the predominant house heating fuel, wood stoves have been shown to contribute as much as 80% of the ambient PM (fine particle) concentrations during winter months. Rising concentrations of woodsmoke, in turn, are associated with an increase in hospital admission rates for the elderly, those with asthma, lung and heart disease. Yet funding to upgrade woodstoves is limited and thus far, there are few alternative heating sources that can compete economically with wood heating. This webinar will look at some of the options for reducing both the emissions – and the health risks – associated with woodsmoke.
Presenters:
Dr. Jane Q. Koenig – PhD, MS, Professor Emeritus, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington School of Public Health
Michelle Davis - Tribal Coordinator, Anchorage Office, EPA Region X
Leigh Herrington - EPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards;
Claudia Vaupel - EPA Region X Tribal Woodstove Contact
Johna Boulafentis - Nez Perce Tribe, ERWM Air Quality
Charles Prince – Algaaciq Tribal Government, St. Mary’s, AK
View slides from Johna Boulafentis: Nez Perce Tribe Woodstove Study and Changeout
View slides from Michelle Davis, EPA Tribal Coordinator, Cleaner Burns with your Woodstove