{"id":2517,"date":"2024-02-02T13:04:17","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T13:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bowlandstoves.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2517"},"modified":"2024-02-02T13:07:03","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T13:07:03","slug":"hetas-stove-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bowlandstoves.co.uk\/blog\/stove-news\/hetas-stove-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"HETAS Stove Advice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
\n

Without a <\/span>doubt, <\/span>you <\/span>have <\/span>seen <\/span>some <\/span>false <\/span>headlines <\/span>concerning <\/span>the <\/span>risks <\/span>of <\/span>using <\/span>wood <\/span>stoves <\/span>and <\/span>the <\/span>potential <\/span>for <\/span>a <\/span>ban <\/span>on <\/span>their <\/span>use.<\/span> HETAS <\/span>examines <\/span>the <\/span>actions <\/span>being <\/span>taken <\/span>by <\/span>our <\/span>industry <\/span>and <\/span>the <\/span>government <\/span>regarding <\/span>home <\/span>burning <\/span>in <\/span>this <\/span>update.<\/span> This <\/span>includes <\/span>affirmation <\/span>that <\/span>the <\/span>government <\/span>is <\/span>not <\/span>considering <\/span>banning <\/span>domestic <\/span>burning <\/span>in <\/span>England, <\/span>even though <\/span>some <\/span>households <\/span>rely <\/span>on <\/span>solid <\/span>fuel <\/span>burning <\/span>for <\/span>cooking, <\/span>hot <\/span>water, <\/span>and <\/span>heating, <\/span>as <\/span>demonstrated <\/span>by <\/span>the <\/span>recently <\/span>released <\/span>Environmental <\/span>Improvement <\/span>Plan <\/span>(2023).<\/span> It’s <\/span>also <\/span>critical <\/span>to <\/span>distinguish <\/span>between <\/span>data <\/span>pertaining <\/span>to <\/span>residential <\/span>burning <\/span>and <\/span>wood-burning <\/span>stove <\/span>use <\/span>for <\/span>home <\/span>heating.<\/span> Recent <\/span>campaigns <\/span>like <\/span>Woodburning <\/span>London <\/span>and <\/span>Clean <\/span>Air <\/span>Night <\/span>have <\/span>some <\/span>extremely <\/span>misleading <\/span>or <\/span>inaccurate <\/span>messaging.<\/span><\/h4>\n

A few <\/span>important <\/span>things <\/span>to <\/span>think <\/span>about <\/span>when <\/span>addressing <\/span>the <\/span>current <\/span>misconceptions <\/span>are:<\/span><\/h4>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In England, <\/span>the <\/span>government <\/span>is <\/span>not <\/span>thinking <\/span>about <\/span>outlawing <\/span>home <\/span>burning.<\/span><\/h4>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Because of <\/span>the <\/span>natural <\/span>draft <\/span>that <\/span>is <\/span>produced <\/span>when <\/span>a <\/span>modern <\/span>wood <\/span>burning <\/span>stove <\/span>is <\/span>operated <\/span>and <\/span>used <\/span>correctly, <\/span>using <\/span>one <\/span>can <\/span>help <\/span>to <\/span>improve <\/span>the <\/span>quality <\/span>of <\/span>the <\/span>air <\/span>inside <\/span>the <\/span>house.<\/span><\/h4>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Modern Ecodesign <\/span>compliant <\/span>stoves <\/span>produce <\/span>90% <\/span>less <\/span>particulate <\/span>emissions <\/span>than <\/span>an <\/span>inefficient <\/span>open <\/span>fire. <\/span><\/h4>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HETAS Cleaner <\/span>Choice <\/span>certified <\/span>products <\/span>must <\/span>demonstrate <\/span>a <\/span>50% <\/span>improvement <\/span>on <\/span>Clean <\/span>Air <\/span>particulate <\/span>emissions, <\/span>with <\/span>some <\/span>achieving <\/span>as <\/span>much <\/span>as <\/span>70% <\/span>improvement. <\/span><\/h4>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cooking is <\/span>one <\/span>of <\/span>the <\/span>many <\/span>other <\/span>home <\/span>sources <\/span>of <\/span>particulate <\/span>matter <\/span>(PM), <\/span>which <\/span>can <\/span>release <\/span>far <\/span>higher <\/span>levels <\/span>of <\/span>PM <\/span>than <\/span>modern <\/span>wood <\/span>burning <\/span>stoves.<\/span><\/h4>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Official figures <\/span>from <\/span>the <\/span>UK <\/span>government <\/span>estimate <\/span>that <\/span>modern <\/span>wood-burning <\/span>stoves <\/span>contribute <\/span>only <\/span>1% <\/span>to <\/span>2% <\/span>of <\/span>PM <\/span>emissions.<\/span><\/h4>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To produce <\/span>the <\/span>same <\/span>amount <\/span>of <\/span>heat <\/span>as <\/span>an <\/span>open <\/span>fire, <\/span>a <\/span>modern <\/span>stove <\/span>uses <\/span>less <\/span>than <\/span>one-third <\/span>the <\/span>amount <\/span>of <\/span>wood.<\/span><\/h4>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Inefficient and <\/span>illegal <\/span>in <\/span>areas <\/span>designated <\/span>for <\/span>smoke <\/span>control, <\/span>70% <\/span>of <\/span>the <\/span>wood <\/span>burned <\/span>in <\/span>London <\/span>is <\/span>done <\/span>so <\/span>over <\/span>open <\/span>flames.<\/span><\/h4>\n

The industry <\/span>has <\/span>responded <\/span>forcefully <\/span>to <\/span>these <\/span>false <\/span>allegations <\/span>in <\/span>recent <\/span>weeks, <\/span>which <\/span>is <\/span>encouraging, <\/span>but <\/span>we <\/span>still <\/span>need <\/span>to <\/span>do <\/span>everything <\/span>in <\/span>our <\/span>power <\/span>to <\/span>encourage <\/span>responsible <\/span>burning.<\/span> The <\/span>HETAS <\/span>team <\/span>is <\/span>still <\/span>working <\/span>hard <\/span>to <\/span>represent <\/span>industry <\/span>at <\/span>the <\/span>federal <\/span>level. <\/span>They <\/span>are <\/span>advocating <\/span>for <\/span>wood <\/span>burning’s <\/span>future <\/span>and <\/span>confronting <\/span>lobbyists <\/span>and <\/span>local <\/span>authorities <\/span>when <\/span>they <\/span>find <\/span>false <\/span>information <\/span>online.<\/span> Apart <\/span>from <\/span>reaching <\/span>out <\/span>to <\/span>you <\/span>today, <\/span>we <\/span>have <\/span>also <\/span>reached <\/span>out <\/span>to <\/span>tens <\/span>of <\/span>thousands <\/span>of <\/span>customers <\/span>who <\/span>have <\/span>subscribed <\/span>to <\/span>our <\/span>newsletter, <\/span>informing <\/span>them <\/span>that <\/span>they <\/span>are <\/span>permitted <\/span>to <\/span>use <\/span>their <\/span>stoves <\/span>and <\/span>responsibly <\/span>burn <\/span>materials <\/span>on <\/span>this <\/span>Clean <\/span>Air <\/span>Night.<\/span> In <\/span>2023, <\/span>we <\/span>experienced <\/span>our <\/span>busiest <\/span>year <\/span>on <\/span>the <\/span>website <\/span>ever. <\/span>We <\/span>will <\/span>keep <\/span>highlighting <\/span>to <\/span>customers <\/span>the <\/span>advantages <\/span>of <\/span>selecting <\/span>HETAS <\/span>registrants.<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Without a doubt, you have seen some false headlines concerning the risks of using wood stoves and the potential for a ban on their use. HETAS examines the actions being taken by our industry and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nHETAS Stove Advice - Bowland Stoves<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bowlandstoves.co.uk\/blog\/stove-news\/hetas-stove-advice\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"HETAS Stove Advice - Bowland Stoves\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Without a doubt, you have seen some false headlines concerning the risks of using wood stoves and the potential for a ban on their use. HETAS examines the actions being taken by our industry and […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.bowlandstoves.co.uk\/blog\/stove-news\/hetas-stove-advice\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Bowland Stoves\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bowlandstovesgroup\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-02-02T13:04:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-02-02T13:07:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.bowlandstoves.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Picture1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"230\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@bowlandstoves\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@bowlandstoves\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bowlandstoves.co.uk\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bowlandstoves.co.uk\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Bowland Stoves\",\"description\":\"Wood Burning Stoves And Multifuel Stoves\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/www.bowlandstoves.co.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bowlandstoves.co.uk\/blog\/stove-news\/hetas-stove-advice\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bowlandstoves.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Picture1.png\",\"width\":560,\"height\":230},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bowlandstoves.co.uk\/blog\/stove-news\/hetas-stove-advice\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.bowlandstoves.co.uk\/blog\/stove-news\/hetas-stove-advice\/\",\"name\":\"HETAS Stove Advice - Bowland Stoves\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bowlandstoves.co.uk\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bowlandstoves.co.uk\/blog\/stove-news\/hetas-stove-advice\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-02T13:04:17+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-02T13:07:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bowlandstoves.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/4489812433a359d10b3fe65b29afda33\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.bowlandstoves.co.uk\/blog\/stove-news\/hetas-stove-advice\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bowlandstoves.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/4489812433a359d10b3fe65b29afda33\",\"name\":\"Carol\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.bowlandstoves.co.uk\/blog\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c32e44bd9cb5ee33cce5041a37b2f88f?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Carol\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bowlandstoves.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2517"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bowlandstoves.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bowlandstoves.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bowlandstoves.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bowlandstoves.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2517"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bowlandstoves.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2522,"href":"https:\/\/www.bowlandstoves.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2517\/revisions\/2522"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bowlandstoves.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bowlandstoves.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bowlandstoves.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bowlandstoves.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}