HEATING, VENTILATION & SERVICES 73


FLAMES WITH PURPOSE: MODERN STOVES IN LOW CARBON DEVELOPMENTS


Peter Mintoft at Charlton & Jenrick explores how Ecodesign Ready stoves contribute to low carbon builds, supporting building effi ciency and sustainable heating without compromising air quality or design integrity.


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ousebuilders and developers are increasingly under pressure to deliver homes that exceed traditional energy and carbon benchmarks. Amid this push, modern wood burning stoves, particularly Ecodesign Ready models, are emerging as credible secondary heating solutions that align with low carbon strategies and elevated building fabric requirements. A persistent barrier to wider adoption has been the misperception that wood burning stoves signifi cantly damage indoor and outdoor air quality. However, earlier claims, based on overestimated


MODERN STOVE USE CAN BE INTEGRATED INTO SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY PRACTICES


domestic wood fuel usage of around six million tonnes annually, have now been revised. According to recent analysis published by Ricardo Energy & Environment for DEFRA in 2025, more accurate data puts the total UK domestic wood fuel use at approximately 1.75


million tonnes per year. This correction places the contribution of domestic wood burning at well under 10% of total UK PM 2.5 emissions, rather than the previously reported 38%. Moreover, modern Ecodesign Ready stoves produce up to 90% fewer particulate emissions than open fi res and 0% fewer than older, non-compliant models, demonstrating the role of regulation and innovation in improving performance.


The success of a stove in a low carbon home hinges on several interrelated factors: the appliance’s effi ciency, the quality of the fuel, the accuracy of the


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