2022 Wood Innovations Grant Recipients
The Wood Innovations Grants Program, launched in 2015, stimulates and expands wood products and wood energy markets. Relevant legislation includes the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Public Law 115- 334) and Rural Revitalization Technologies (7 U.S. Code [USC] 6601). National focus areas include mass timber, renewable wood energy, and technological development that supports fuel reduction and sustainable forest management.
(NEW) 2022 Wood Innovations and Community Wood Press Release
Project | Organization | City, State | Award |
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Biomass System Training and Audit Program | Alaska Energy Authority | Anchorage, AK | $112,500 |
Ionia Village Sustainable Heat and Home Project | Ionia, Inc. | Kasilof, AK | $96,060 |
San Carlos Apache Tribe Cutter Sawmill Start-Up and Training Assistance | San Carlos Apache Tribe | San Carlos, AZ | $249,725 |
Engineering Functionalized carbon from forest residue to enhance health of air and the built environment | Arizona State University | Tempe, AZ | $250,000 |
Woody Biomass/Wood Biomass Dryer, Grinder, and Briquette Machine | Joe Dirt Excavating, Inc. | Williams, AZ | $250,000 |
Tools for forest biofuels market development in California | University of California, Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | $102,529 |
Design and implementation of high-performance solar kilns for California feedstock and climate | University of California Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | $172,028 |
Sawmill Upgrade to Produce Higher-Value Lumber from Fire Salvage Logs | Collins Pine Company | Chester, CA | $250,000 |
Wildfire recovery and community rebuilding through a small-scale sawmill operation | J&C Enterprises | Crescent Mills, CA | $218,500 |
Demonstration of a Cost-Effective CLT Panel Capable of Resisting DOS/DOD Design Basis Threats – Phase II | Karagozian & Case, Inc | Glendale, CA | $92,200 |
Shavings Plant Expansion with New Innovative Technology-Jamestown, CA | American Wood Fibers, Inc. | Jamestown, CA | $250,000 |
North Fork Lumber 5MW Biomass Cogeneration Design & Permitting | North Fork Lumber Company | Korbel, CA | $250,000 |
LA TIMBER BRIDGE: Forest trees to furniture built for/by the unhoused in LA | Would-Works, Inc. | Los Angeles, CA | $50,000 |
Natural Fiber Insulation Material from Forest Biochar for Sustainable Fire-Resistant Buildings | University of California | Merced, CA | $207,361 |
Winch Assisted Attachment Installation for Steep Slope Harvesting | J & R Logging, Inc. | Mt Aukum, CA | $249,050 |
Engineering to support development of a wood waste to biofuel gasification plant in the Northern Sierra Nevada | Yosemite Clean Energy, LLC | Oroville, CA | $250,000 |
SF Bay Area Targeted Biochar Marketing Strategy Implementation: Compost Amendments, Storm Water Remediation & Manure Management. | Earth Foundries, Inc. | Saratoga, CA | $250,000 |
Forestree Collective: increasing wood products manufacturing & markets | Forestree Collective | Sebastopol, CA | $100,000 |
Forest Resilience Bond to Support Post-Fire Restoration | Blue Forest Conservation | Shaver Lake, CA | $249,130 |
Alpenglow Timber: Wood Processing Infrastructure Project | Alpenglow Timber LLC | Truckee, CA | $250,000 |
Trash is cash: Reducing the logistical barriers for utilizing non-merchantable wood as renewable biofuels and bioproducts | Takachar Limited | Ukiah, CA | $100,000 |
Mount Lassen Power Wood Energy Expansion - Biomass Power Plant Restart Project | Mount Lassen Power Inc. | Westwood, CA | $250,000 |
Wood Products Climate Forest Finance Initiative | Impact Finance Center | Denver, CO | $250,000 |
3495 Wynkoop | Wynkoop Investors, LLC | Denver, CO | $250,000 |
Advancing mass timber as a climate solution in three U.S. cities to scale up its use and encourage investment in U.S. manufacturing | Olifant, LLC | Denver, CO | $250,000 |
Accelerating Market Acceptance of Modular CLT Components Through Certification of Replicable Rural CLT Manufacturing Methodologies | Timber Age Systems, Inc. | Durango, CO | $117,606 |
Practical modeling approaches for buildings with mass timber lateral systems | Colorado School of Mines | Golden, CO | $150,000 |
Unified Marketing Strategy to Help Reduce Hazardous Fuels in the Wildland Urban Interface | Sustainable Resources Institute, Inc. | Lakewood, CO | $173,500 |
The Impacts, Benefits, and Challenges of Bioenergy from Forests: A Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue and Analysis Initiative | Yale University | New Haven, CT | $133,167 |
Resilient Forests – Responsive Structures: Regenerative Silviculture and Experimental Mass Timber Components for the US Northeast | Gray Organschi Architecture | New Haven, CT | $250,000 |
Mass Timber Outreach | Mass Timber Strategy | Washington, DC | $100,000 |
Advancing Social Impact Using Mass Timber in Industrial Building Types | Sustainable Forestry Initiative | Washington, DC | $249,108 |
Forest to Building: Catalyzing the Building Language of the Wood Basket | University of Florida | Gainesville, FL | $238,564 |
Engage ESG Stakeholders to Gain Assurance of Sustainability in Support of All Private Working Forests and Domestic Wood Supply | Forest Landowner Foundation | Atlanta, GA | $220,000 |
Advancing the Awareness and Acceptance of Mass Timber in Georgia | Georgia Forestry Foundation | Forsyth, GA | $199,100 |
Development and Distribution of Tools for Fast and Accurate CLT Engineering Design | Equilibrium Consulting Inc. | Sandy Springs, GA | $60,000 |
Forest-to-Farm: An innovative network to diversify wood product markets, encourage sustainable forest management, and enhance water quality | Iowa State University | Ames, IA | $241,216 |
Star Lofts | Cutler Development, LLC | Des Moines, IA | $250,000 |
Structural Evaluation and Architectural Design of a Mass Timber Overbuild at the University of Idaho | University of Idaho | Moscow, ID | $178,268 |
Production of Wooden School Furniture from Low-Value Hardwoods | Purdue University | West Lafayette, IN | $94,498 |
Fire Retardant Treated Oriented Strandboard (FRTOSB) for Modern Construction | Louisiana State University Agricultural Center | Baton Rouge, LA | $249,754 |
Ashfield Combined Biochar & Power Facility | Roberts Energy Renewables, Inc | Ashfield, MA | $250,000 |
Mass Timber Design in Minutes, not Months: A Hybrid Mass Timber Building Solution for Supply-Chain Integration | Generate LLC | Boston, MA | $250,000 |
88 NoWa Hotel Project | NOWA LLC and West End Acquisition LLC | Boston, MA | $250,000 |
The New England Heat Modified Mass Timber Initiative | IKD | Boston, MA | $250,000 |
High Efficiency Steam Energy from Woody Biomass Residuals | Maine Woods Company | Portage, ME | $250,000 |
CLT office tower and retail demonstration project to expand markets for Maine’s forest products | Dirigo Center Developers LLC | Westbrook, ME | $250,000 |
Catalyzing Michigan Mass Timber Manufacture and Demand by Piloting Michigan-Sourced-and-Made Nail-Laminated Timber | Michigan State University | East Lansing, MI | $252,638 |
Increasing acceptance of northern hardwood lumber into cross-laminated timber (CLT) by repurposing low-grade red maple | Michigan Technological University | Houghton, MI | $247,790 |
The mass-timber flagship building at Adelaide Pointe Marina | Leestma Management | Muskegon, MI | $256,856 |
Assessment for Scrimber Engineered Wood Products from Northern Minnesota Softwoods | University of Minnesota Duluth | Duluth, MN | $48,727 |
Life cycle analysis of cross laminated timber: increasing awareness and utilization of wood products in the building community | Mississippi State University | Mississippi State, MS | $249,999 |
Biomass Energy in the Wildland-Urban Interface, Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexico | Biocultural Connections – The Climate Conservancy | Mora, NM | $57,101 |
Heizomat wood chip boiler installation with integrated Cyclone/ESP emission control for kiln drying and heating of sawmill buildings | Brookside Lumber, Inc. | Moravia, NY | $151,130 |
Log Sorting and Optimization | Wyeast Timber Services | Hood River, OR | $243,125 |
Conversion of Post-Fire Charred Waste Woody Biomass to Sustainable Aviation Fuel & Renewable Diesel | Red Rock Biofuels Holdings, Inc | Klamath Falls, OR | $244,700 |
Milwaukie Courtyard Housing Project | HomeWork Development | Milwaukie, OR | $250,000 |
Modular Mass Timber Skeleton System | CutMyTimber | Portland, OR | $250,000 |
PathHouse Modular Mass Timber Prototype | PathHouse LLC | Portland, OR | $250,000 |
Restoration Wood, Building Projects with Positive Impacts | Sustainable Northwest | Portland, OR | $250,000 |
A Regional Model for the All-Wood Building | Waechter Architecture | Portland, OR | $124,084 |
Design Development for a Forestry Experience Center building demonstrating new, scalable, prefabricated mass-timber components | World Forestry Center | Portland, OR | $249,918 |
Stacking Value: Connecting Forest Restoration, Biochar, Heat, and Carbon | Heartwood Biomass LLC | Wallowa, OR | $236,740 |
Industry Outreach and Supply Chain Development for Birch Essential Oil Production Facility | Woodside Oils, LLC | Kane, PA | $250,000 |
Philadelphia Reforestation Hub & Wood Utilization Pilot: Job Training through Life-Cycle Forest Management | PowerCorpsPHL | Philadelphia, PA | $250,000 |
Development of a Clemson University Mass Timber Structure Training Program | Clemson University | Clemson, SC | $128,093 |
Mass Timber Reconstruction of a High-Profile Academic Building at Clemson University: Lehotsky Hall | Clemson University | Clemson, SC | $250,000 |
ForesTrust: Product and Carbon Traceability Throughout the Wood Products Supply Chain | U.S. Endowment for Forestry & Communities | Greenville, SC | $250,000 |
Capturing carbon, reducing hazardous wood fuel, and creating jobs within the Wildland Urban Intersection | Urban Wood Economy Inc. | Memphis, TN | $250,000 |
Full Circle Woodland Forestry a Circular Economic Project | Texas Urban Sawmill, LLC | Dripping Springs, TX | $248,180 |
Accelerating Mass Timber Adoption with Standard-Format CLT | Sterling Site Access Solutions, LLC | Lufkin, TX | $250,000 |
Highline Office Building | Gardner Company | Draper, UT | $250,000 |
Multistate effort to economically produce structural grade hardwood lumber | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Blacksburg, VA | $228,700 |
Expanding New Markets for Biochar Via Collaboration and Project Demonstrations | Virginia Department of Forestry | Charlottesville, VA | $250,000 |
Prototype biochar permeable interlocking concrete pavers from low-value slash piles | University of California Davis | Pullman, WA | $250,000 |
Assessment of borate‐treated lamstock for a more durable CLT | Washington State University | Pullman, WA | $249,954 |
The Digital Twins Project – Replicating Tall Wood Housing Models | atelierjones LLC | Seattle, WA | $250,000 |
Bakers Place and The Edison | The Neutral Project, LLC | Madison, WI | $250,000 |