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EWEB evaluates future of steam heat system.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 29-APR-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: EWEB evaluates future of steam heat system.(Environment)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Andrea Damewood The Register-Guard

Like the solid concrete buildings that dot Eugene's downtown, steam heat seemed like a good idea in the 1960s.

Back then, the Eugene Water & Electric Board fueled its steam plant with wood waste from local mills, releasing less pollution into the air than disposing of the waste in open fires would have.

"The original intent was a good one," EWEB spokesman Marty Douglass said. "It was an efficient use of resources."

But what was once a forward-thinking way to warm the heart of a town known for being green has morphed into a leaky, inefficient system that gobbles fossil fuel, expels carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and is becoming prohibitively expensive to operate and maintain.

And EWEB would like to get rid of it. But, EWEB is stuck with the dilapidated system until the...

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