With domestic wood burning taking another pounding in the press, the SIA’s communications manager, Erica Malkin, has taken a look beyond the headlines in order to determine what the data from air quality monitoring sites in and around London actually tells us. There’s...

SIA Response to latest data on Emissions of Air Pollution in the UK The new Emissions of Air Pollution in the UK data issued on the 14th February 2023 by Defra shows that PM2.5 emissions across all sector sources – industrial processes, domestic combustion, road...

The government has confirmed today in its Environmental Improvement Plan 2023 that it is NOT considering a ban on domestic burning in England. It has also announced smoke emissions limits for Smoke Control Areas will be cut from 5g to a maximum of 3g per hour, a...

To download this press release in PDF format click here.  The Stove Industry Association (SIA) welcomes the publication today of the Chief Medical Officer's Annual Report 2022 which gives a balanced and far-reaching commentary on the topic of air pollution and air...

To download this press release in PDF format click here.  Wood logs are now the cheapest domestic heating fuel, costing households 74% less per kWh than electric heating and 21% less than gas heating. Using a modern wood burning stove also costs 29% less to run than...

To download this press release in PDF format click here. The Stove Industry Alliance (SIA) is reporting a 40% increase on sales compared to the same period last year, a trend that the UK trade association says clearly indicates that consumers are taking action to help...

SIA response to comments by Jemima Hartshorn of Mums for Lungs on BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast Show, 25th August 2022 Particulate matter comes from many different emissions sources including transport, agriculture, industry, transboundary such as wildfires and domestic....

To download this press release as a PDF please click here. Save on costs and carbon this winter With the energy price cap currently at £1,971 and a further predicted hike of 51% due this October, coinciding exactly with the time that most UK households tend to turn on...

To download this press release as a PDF please click here. To download the literature review as a PDF please click here. A literature review looking at studies into the contribution from wood burning stoves to indoor particulate matter (PM) in the developed world, has...

SIA comment on the EPHA study into health costs related to PM2.5 from domestic sources, 31st March 2022: The data that this study draws on is from 2018 and, as we know from this February’s data from the NAEI on UK PM2.5 source apportionment, the emissions relating to...