{"id":14244,"date":"2020-01-24T12:20:58","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T11:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.schiedel.com\/ie\/?page_id=14244"},"modified":"2020-02-13T14:09:46","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T13:09:46","slug":"ecodesign-stoves-and-the-clean-air-strategy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.schiedel.com\/ie\/ecodesign-stoves-and-the-clean-air-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecodesign Stoves and the Clean Air Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"
In January 2019 the UK Clean Air Strategy suggested that the \u201cincrease in burning solid fuels (wood and coal) in our homes (domestic burning) is having an impact on our air quality and now makes up the single largest contributor to our national PM emissions at 38%\u201d.<\/p>\n
However, the headlines are misleading as the same document also states:<\/p>\n
Which, within the industry which actively encourages regular maintenance, updating stoves to modern \u201cEcodesign\u201d models is the way we are going. Something which is also mentioned in the report in the statement about stove\/appliance efficiency, acknowledging that inefficient (old) stoves are not comparable in any way to newer stoves.<\/p>\n
The report also emphasises what the stove and chimney industry have been stating for a number of years. In fact, burning non-standard wood, such as wood with high moisture and also contaminated wood such as old flat pack furniture would invalidate the stove and chimney system warranty, along with not having the chimney regularly swept by a professional.<\/p>\n
The true contribution of domestic burning to air pollution remains questionable and surveys and analysis done show that newer, Ecodesign stoves are drastically reducing the amount of particle emissions released within the atmosphere.\u00a0 And to clarify the results of the findings, HETAS, with support from the SIA, has commissioned a review of existing scientific research, literature and methodologies that focus on the contribution of domestic burning to UK air pollution.<\/p>\n