1. Planning a Domestic Wood Fuel Installation Support and Advice Use Green Heat www.usegreenheat.co.uk

2. What do I need to know and how do I find out? Why use woodfuel? Which type of woodfuel? What about storage? How do I decide which type of stove or boiler to install? And planning permission? Who else could I talk to?

3. Why use woodfuel? Widely available and versatile Range of scales Proven technology- widely used across Europe Environmentally sound –carbon neutral –can encourage sustainable management of forest resources

4. Why use woodfuel? Economically attractive – how much will it cost to heat my house? www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/ www.biomassenergycentre.org.uk www.usewoodfuel.co.uk www.usegreenheat.co.uk

5. Types of fuel Logs Woodchips Pellets Supplier lists: www.usegreenheat.co.uk www.lowcarboncairngorms.org www.usewoodfuel.co.uk www.scottishwoodfuelnews.org.uk

6. What about storage? How much space do I have? What about deliveries?

7. How do I decide which type of stove to install? Photographs courtesy of Stovesonline

8. Or which boiler? www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/GlobalData/ Publications/G_21-10-08_List-of-Approved- Productswww.energysavingtrust.org.uk/GlobalData/ Publications/G_21-10-08_List-of-Approved- Products.

9. Planning www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/Generate-your- own-energy/Getting-planning-permission Planning officers Building regulation officers Installers

10. Amanda.calvert@highlandbirchwoods.co.uk