2015 Wood Innovations Grant Recipients
Project Title
Community Sustainability Handbook: Best
Practices for a Biomass-Heated Greenhouse at your Alaska School
A Market Characterization of Salvaged
Yellow-Cedar Wood Products in Southeast
Alaska: Opportunities for Innovation, Expansion, and Community Economic
Composting Forest Biomass to Reduce
Hazardous Fuels and Promote Forest Restoration in the Southwest
Round Wood Guardrail Demonstration
Project
Sierra Foothills Bundled Energy Development
Blue Lake Roundstock Company, LLC
(BLRC) Plant Expansion Project
Thermal Gasification of Forest Residues
for Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Application in the SMUD Region
Blast-Resistant Testing for Massive Timber
Exterior Wall
Plumas County Energy System
Utilizing Biochar to Sequester Carbon,
Fortify Local Agriculture, Reduce Soil and
Water Pollution, and Improve Land Management
Pagosa Springs Biomass Power Project
CRE, LLC Wood Pellet Facility Pre-Financial Close Project
The Potential for Fuel Switching to Wood
in Illinois - A Sector Study
Development of Bio-Based Spray Foam
Insulation from Wood Residues
MA Statewide Wood Energy Action Team
Statewide Wood Energy Team for Michigan
Minnesota State Wood Innovation Team
Using Thermal Modification Technology
to Add Value to Small-Diameter Logs from
Underutilized Species
Deploying a Value-Added, Woody Biomass-Based Product Suite
Organization
Alaska Energy Authority
Location
Anchorage, AK
University of Alaska Southeast
Juneau, AK
Good Earth Power AZ (GEPAZ)
Flagstaff, AZ
AZ State Forestry Division
Phoenix, AZ
Fire Safe Council of Nevada County, Grass Valley, CA
Inc.
Allotrope Partners
Oakland, CA
Sacramento Municipal Utility District
Sacramento, CA
WoodWorks
San Marcos, CA
Sierra Institute for Community and
Environment
Western Excelsior Corporation
(WEC)
Taylorsville, CA
Renewable Forest Energy, LLC
Centennial Renewable Energy, LLC
Pagosa Springs, CO
Pocatello, ID
Mancos, CO
University of IL Sustainable Technol- Champaign, IL
ogy Center
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA
Massachusetts Forest Alliance
Michigan State University
Marlborough, MA
East Lansing, MI
University of Minnesota Duluth
University of Minnesota Duluth
Minneanapolis, MN
Minneanapolis, MN
Dovetail Partners, Inc.
Minneanapolis, MN
Project Title
Montana’s Building More with Wood
Project
Planning, Design, and Specification of a
New Cross-Laminated Timber Plant
Appalachian and Foothills Wood Energy
Markets
Chadron District Energy Project
NV Pinyon-Juniper Partnership and Continued Development of Biomass Product
Markets
Central OR Biomass Energy Cluster
Development Strategy + Project Development
Utilization of Low-Value Lumber from
Small-Diameter Logs Harvested in Pacific
Northwest Forest Restoration Programs
in Hybrid Cross Laminated Timber Core
Layers
Bulk Biomass Fuel Distribution for Biomass Thermal Market Expansion in the
Northwestern U.S.
Oregon Forest Products Marketing Program
Commercial Biochar Products for Forest
Restoration in the Pacific Northwest
Waste Heat Recovery and Residual Drying
The Pennsylvania Wood Energy Team
Expanding the Use of Wood Building
Products in SC
Utilization of By-Product from the Ecological Restoration of Forests on the Pine
Ridge Reservation
A Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) Educational Building and Awareness Building
Campaign
Flexible Distributed Bio-Fuel Production
from Forest Residue Targeting Hospitals
for Combined Heat and Power Installations
Market Access for Tall Wood Construction
Virginia Statewide Wood Energy Team
Innovations in the Design and Fabrication
of Wood Barrels Used to Age Wine and
Other Spirits
Development of a National Woodchip
Heating Fuel Stand
Organization
MT Dept. of Natural Resources &
Conservation
SmartLam LLC
Location
Mssoula, MT
Whitefish, MT
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC
University of Nebraska
Lincoln, NE
Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalition Ely, NV
Central Oregon Intergovernmental
Council
Bend, OR
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR
Ed Staub & Sons, Inc
Klamath Falls, OR
Oregon Forest Resources Institute
Portland, OR
Family Forests of Oregon
Salem, OR
Integrated Biomass Resources, LLC
The Pennsylvania State University
Clemson University
Wallowa, OR
University Park, PA
Clemson, SC
Oglala Sioux Parks and Recreation
Authority
Kyle, SD
Utah State University
Logan, UT
Clean Development International
Salt Lake City, UT
American Wood Council
Center for Natural Capital
Southern Virginia Higher Education
Center
Leesburg, VA
Orange, VA
South Boston, VA
Vermont Energy Investment Corporation
Burlington, VT
Project Title
Pilot Supply Chain for Advanced
Manufacture of CLT in the Pacific
Northwest
Conversion to Biomass in the Food
Processing and Commercial Laundry Sectors in Yakima, WA
Wisconsin Wood Products Market
Expansion
Menominee Tribal Enterprise’s
Woody Biomass Value-Added Fuel
Market Development and Energy
Cluster Project
Organization
Washington State University
Location
Pullman, WA
Yakima Specialties, Inc.
Yakima, WA
Sustainable Resources Institute,
Inc.
Menominee Tribal Enterprises
Florence, WI
Neopit, WI