The Art of Design Issue 39 2019 | Page 48

48 WHAT IS THE 2019 CLEAN AIR STRATEGY AND HOW WILL IT AFFECT WOOD BURNING STOVES? DEFRA included wood burning stoves in their INTRODUCING CAPITAL’S FUTURE PROOF Registration has also been made with HETAS 2019 Clean Air Strategy. ECO 2022 STOVES (HETAS is a national organisation working Their aim by doing this is to help reduce the At Capital we launched our first range of fully interest in safe, efficient and environmentally amount of harmful emissions that affect our compliant Eco 2022 Ready Stoves in 2018. responsible use of biomass and other solid air quality by ensuring stove manufacturers We were proud to do this knowing we were fuels) and DEFRA. improve the performance and efficiency of one of the first companies to have stoves their stoves. that were already achieving the necessary Helping to improve the quality of the air standards. These stoves have been designed we breathe is a key part of our business By January 2022 it will be law that all solid to significantly reduce the level of harmful air philosophy. Vital to that strategy is our fuel appliances sold after that date have to be pollutants and run more efficiently using less continued work on Eco 2022 Ready Stoves Eco Design Compliant. fuel, so will cost less to operate. and our partnership with the National Forest. To be Eco Design Compliant, stoves will need Capital Eco Stoves have been tested in an to significantly improve emissions when For more information and to view our independent approved test house and have compared to current stoves on the market or full range of Eco 2022 Compliant Stoves, achieved the requirements of Eco Design to open fires. please visit our website Regulations. www.capitalfireplaces.co.uk for consumer safety and the wider public