To make a difference this Clean Air Day, the SIA is encouraging consumers to look beyond the headlines and to seize the opportunity to reduce emissions and improve air quality by applying the common sense, best practice approach so clearly illustrated by the NAEI: always choose the very latest stove technology and use the very best quality wood fuel.

The Stove Industry Association (SIA) is urging the Scottish government to reverse legislation that has seen a ban on wood burning stoves in new build properties and reconsider proposed plans that would also see them banned in existing homes.

The Stove Industry Association (SIA) has sought urgent clarification from the Scottish Government in relation to what the Association considers to be ambiguity and a lack of consistency within the definition of terms in the New Build Heat Standard (6.11 Heating and hot water – direct emission heating system) which came into force on 1st April 2024

Particulate emissions from “domestic combustion” fell between 2021 and 2022 with a 3.9% reduction in PM10 and a 4% reduction PM2.5 from “domestic combustion”. The latest data also shows that PM2.5 emissions from the domestic use of wood fuel specifically fell by 2.7%.

The latest Defra data covers the same period in which stove sales, as reported by SIA manufacturing members (representative of approximately 80% of total UK sales), hit a record high.

Clean Air Night 2024 (Wednesday 24th Jan) is being focused on what campaigners are calling the “uncomfortable truth about wood burning” and follows a prolonged period this winter where consumers have been targeted by an intense and very well-funded series of anti-burning messages by the likes of Mums for Lungs, London Wood Burning Project and Global Action Plan / Clean Air Hub.
The uncomfortable truth is that these campaigns rely on flawed data and sweeping generalisations. So, this Clean Air Night we urge consumers to get both sides of the story as we look at some of the anti-burning adverts you may have seen recently, shedding light on why they are misleading, ambiguous and, in some cases, untrue.

The Stove Industry Association (SIA) has welcomed the publication today of the Office for Environmental Protection’s Annual Progress Report and its scrutiny of the government’s progress towards legally binding environmental targets.

The report notes that “outdoor air quality in the UK has improved significantly over the past 50 years” which is greatly encouraging and has been brought about by a range of measures including sector regulation and technological advances.

The Stove Industry Association (SIA), the UK trade association for the sustainable solid fuel stove sector, has appointed a client manager to assist with growing the Association’s membership and work with existing members to enhance value.

The Stove Industry Association (SIA) has reviewed the findings of a recent study by Global Action Plan/Impact on Urban Health and makes the following comments and observations:

Sales of wood burning stoves remain strong in the first half of 2023 according to the latests data published by the Stove Industry Association

Scott Mann, MP for North Cornwall, joined Hunter Stoves Group at its Camelford development and production facility on the 6th October, for a behind the scenes guided tour and to discuss the consumer benefits of modern wood burning stoves.