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Wood Education and 
Resource Center Update
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U.S. Forest Service and WoodWorks Partner to Advance the Use of Wood in Buildings
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Woodworks, an initiative of the Wood Products Council,  partnered with the U.S. Forest Service to provide training for architects, engineers, and builders related to the use of advanced wood materials in U.S. buildings and transportation structures. Cross-laminated timber provides an opportunity for building with wood in nonresidential and multifamily buildings. Learn more about WoodWorks. View upcoming training events.
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Second Annual National Bioenergy Day - October 22, 2014
 National Bioenergy Day is a nationwide day to showcase
all kinds of heat and power generated by woody biomass and agricultural waste, from large-scale utilities to home heating stoves. This event will unite all aspects of the bioenergy supply chain, including foresters, landowners, manufacturers, power producers, and consumers. Last year's National Bioenergy Day featured 25 events in 14 states. Learn more at the Biomass Thermal Energy Council's Web site.
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Wood Energy Technical Assistance Team WERC Update
The WERC Wood Energy Technical Assistance Team recently completed a project in cooperation with the West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund at the Elk Country Visitor Center in Benezette, PA. The Sustainable Energy Fund provided a grant for energy-efficient provisions, including a biomass boiler that will heat the visitor center using cordwood. The team provided a feasibility study for the project and oversaw the installation of the boiler and associated plumbing requirements. The use of renewable energy to heat the facility will be included in education programs provided at the Visitor Center as a biomass energy learning component.
The Technical Assistance Team is also working with the U.S. Forest Service Southern Region Biomass Coordinator Dan Len to evaluate projects with the Georgia Department of Corrections in cooperation with the Georgia State Forester. Evaluations are complete for the Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, GA, and the Wilcox State Prison in Abbeville, GA. Both projects are moving forward for a more indepth investigation and potential funding under a new project funding mechanism recently approved by the Georgia legislature.
Several projects that were analyzed by the Wood Energy Technical Assistance Team are now under construction--the Narragansett School District and Saint Benedict Center in Massachusetts, Menominee Tribal Enterprises Combined Heat and Power project in Wisconsin, and the Holderness School in New Hampshire. For additional information, contact Lew McCreery at 304-285-1538.
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2014 Wood Industry Week @ WERC Sessions Available Online
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2014 Wood Industry Week @WERC
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The 2014 Wood Industry Week @ WERC was held in March 2014. This year's theme focused on improving manufacturing operations to remain competitive. Virginia Tech's Department of Sustainable Biomaterials organized the training event. Feature speakers included Urs Buehlmann, Associate Professor, Virginia Tech Department of Sustainable Biomaterials, who focused on assessing industry competitiveness and market economics. Scott Leavengood, Director of the Oregon Wood Innovation Center at Oregon State University (OSU), also spoke. The center is a joint initiative of OSU's College of Forestry and the OSU Extension Service. View the list of presentations, slide presentations, and presentation videos.
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Workshops
Urban Wood Utilization Webcast
October 14, 2014
Tuesday, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm Eastern
To attend, go to: https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/usda/join?id=BP62RN&role=attend&pw=tK-%287%26Dwt, by 10:00 am on October 14th. For telephone conference, use 888-844-9904, assess code: 7578516.
Lumber Vacuum Drying
Friday, December 5, 2014
Location: WERC Facilities, Princeton, WV
The goal of this workshop is to provide information about vacuum drying technology for hardwoods, including how the technology can support the concept of lean manufacturing. For additional information, contact Brain Bond at 540-231-8752.
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Update on the Housing Market
From Urs Buehlmann, Virginia Tech, Department of Sustainable Biomaterials. View all housing reports here.
Update on Wood Markets
From Don Deckard, Minnesota DNR Division of Forestry
USDA Announces Inclusion of Wood Products and Other Materials in BioPreferred Program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued a final rule eliminating the restrictions on including mature market wood products and other materials in the BioPreferred program. Read the news release here.
Wind Wood Utilization
Wind Wood Utilization is the hub for information specifically related to the preparation for, response to, and recovery from major wind events and the utilization of downed and damaged timber and woody debris that can be generated.
Urban Forest Products Alliance Linked In Group 
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Archived Webinars
July 8, 2014: Quarterly Webcast and Conference Call on Urban Wood Utilization
Presentation topics include Bringing Urban Forestry Full Circle; Baltimore County, MD, Wood Utilization Project; Overview of the IL Urban Forestry Program; Urbana, IL, Wood Recycling Center; Urban Wood Utilization in North Carolina; and Urban Forest Waste Utilization Project in Virginia.
Profitable Firewood Processing Workshop
April 17, 2014
Hosted by Wood Products Extension, Department of Forest Biomaterials, North Carolina State University. Workshop details and slide presentations can be viewed here. For additional information, contact Harry Watt from North Carolina State University at 704-880-5034.
April 15, 2014: Quarterly Webcast on Urban Wood Utilization
Presentation topics include A300 Part 11, Urban Forest Products Standard; Building an Urban Wood Utilization Program via Industry Clusters; Urban Wood Utilization Efforts in Southeast Michigan; Urban Wood Utilization Efforts in Chicago, IL; New Urban Wood Market Place in Madison, WI; and Urban Wood Utilization Study in Virginia.
2012 Wood Industry Week @ WERC
View this series of workshops online. Topics include ROMI 4.0, enhancing economic competitiveness, developing new marketing strategies, mass customization, lean manufacturing, making effective use of technological advances, product costing, and small- and medium-sized enterprises in the U.S. wood products industry.
Biomass Thermal Energy Council's Educational Webinar Series
A series of educational Webinars about emissions, combined heat and power, thermal markets, and advanced technologies, among others, were completed with the assistance of a WERC-sponsored grant.
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