Study on home heating wood: markets and supply. Summary

heated by wood burning individual equipment, with a goal of energy efficiency with respect to both the housing and heating equipment use and designed to stabilize the volume of timber consumed. The goal is therefore, by 2020, to increase the number of users and the overall performance of all wood heaters. The latest data, describing the markets and supply chain for firewood nationally, date from 2000. ADEME wanted to update the key figures of wood energy in households: use and supply. This mission therefore had the following objectives: Characterize wood resources and modes of supply. Identify significant changes in terms of usage profiles: what impact on the markets and supply chains? Make recommendations on the supply offers of professionals, the communication in favour of wood heating in relation to development issues. This study is based on a literature review, interviews of professionals, the results from household surveys and supplier surveys. Thus, an analysis on the market and supply of firewood is provided through the intersection of quantitative and qualitative data.