Wood heaters must be certified.
Epa clean burning wood stoves and fireplaces program.
Epa certified wood stoves heat more and pollute less u s.
Any operational wood stove insert or open fireplace to natural gas or propane fueled appliance.
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To improve the accessibility and usefulness of the epa certified wood heater list the agency has developed a new fully searchable epa certified wood heater database.
Steel stove is also one of the cleanest burning epa certified stoves on the market without catalyst.
A permanent label on a wood heater indicates that it meets the emission standards.
The internal design of wood stoves has changed entirely since the epa issued standards of performance for new wood stoves in 1988.
Wood stoves must be recycled by our vendor as part of this program.
Old device must be in working order but can be installed or uninstalled for the recycling reward.
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Step 2 will take effect on may 15 2020 when the standard will be lowered to 2 0 g h.
Epa certified wood stoves u s.
Also eligible are free standing manufactured fireplaces but not built in zero clearance fireplaces wood burning furnaces or residential coal burning devices.
The more efficiently you burn wood e g using an epa certified wood stove and dry seasoned wood the less smoke is created.
Fireplace retrofits can reduce pollution up to 70 percent if installed properly.
The database contains information about heaters that are in compliance with the 2015 new source performance standard nsps for new residential wood heaters new residential hydronic heaters and forced air furnaces at 40 cfr part 60 subpart aaa.
Eligible devices include wood stoves and fireplace inserts which are basically wood stoves made to be installed inside a fireplace that are not us epa certified or were manufactured before 2000.
Smoke may smell good but it s not good for you.
Epa s mandatory smoke emission limit for wood stoves is now 4 5 grams of smoke per hour g h under step 1 of the revised standards of performance for wood burning room heaters.
Environmental protection agency that emphasizes the importance of burning the right wood the right way in the right appliance to protect your home health and the air we breathe.
Operational uncertified wood stove insert to epa certified wood stove insert.
The biggest health threat from smoke is from fine particles also called fine particulate matter or.
Uncertified wood stove must be recycled by our vendor as part of this program.
Epa requires wood stove manufacturers to conduct a quality assurance program for wood heaters.
Epa s voluntary fireplace program encourages the development and sale of lower emitting wood burning fireplaces and retrofit devices.
The program covers new masonry and prefabricated low mass fireplaces as well as retrofit devices for existing fireplaces.
It s clean lines and simple design compliment many interior designs.
Burn wise is a partnership program of the u s.
