An opinion piece I co-wrote with Sofie Pelsmakers (author of The Environmental Design Pocketbook) appears in the February 2013 issue of the CIBSE Journal.
We look at the carbon footprint from biomass burning (high, even according to DECC) and point out the unintended consequences of well-intentioned planning requirements for ‘renewables’ and ‘sustainability’ – that lead to biomass plant eating up the budget, efficiency being sidelined, and CO2 emissions being high instead of low.
Read the article here: Biomass – the heat is on
Sofie and I also wrote a longer version for the AECB ‘Soapbox’ column – here: