Carbon Footprint of Logburners
Log burning stoves are made using iron, steel or both. Iron takes a long time to heat up and conversely a long time to cool down, so releases the heat into your room slowly. Steel is the opposite, so burners with both iron and steel are a popular combination. Most have a viewing window made of ceramic glass in the door(s) and insulating firebricks made of vermiculite board on the inside. They are usually sprayed with heatproof paint and sometimes enamelled.
Log burners are made around the world to varying different standards. You usually get what you pay for, so cheaper stoves may not last as long as a more expensive stove.
Assembled outside UK - Bigger Carbon Footprint
Cheaper stoves are cast and assembled overseas in order to keep prices down. Stoves that are cast and assembled and then shipped back to the UK have the largest carbon footprint.
Assembled in UK - Smaller Carbon Footprint
Log burners that are cast overseas and then put together in the UK have a smaller carbon footprint. Stoves that are cast / manufactured and assembled in the UK have the smallest carbon footprint.On this page we take a look at the information provided by some stove manufacturers and attempt to compare their 'green' credentials so that you can make an informed choice when buying your wood burner or multifuel stove. Note that information regarding transportation within the UK has not been included due to a lack of forthcoming information.
Clear Skies Act
The Clear Skies logo shows you how clean burning a new stove is but does not ( yet ) take into account how much pollution went into the making and shipping of the stove.List of Best Manufacturers
( when comparing Carbon Footprint )
We have contacted lots of UK stove manufacturers, to try to compare the carbon footprint of stoves that we install, and have found so that 100% steel stoves that are made in the UK have the lowest footprint.
Companies that have been currently forthcoming with information are to the left. Please bear in mind we are still collating information and awaiting responses. To be kinder to the planet you also need to be avoiding coal and only buying wood that is seasoned properly and is either from UK tree surgeons or sustainable forests.
Companies that have been currently forthcoming with information are to the left. Please bear in mind we are still collating information and awaiting responses. To be kinder to the planet you also need to be avoiding coal and only buying wood that is seasoned properly and is either from UK tree surgeons or sustainable forests.
BEST
AGA stoves
Manufactured : UK. Steel made in Port Talbot, Wales. Iron doors cast in the West Midlands.
Assembled : UK.
Assembled : UK.
Other notes : Fireboards and Heat Proof Paint are manufactured in the UK. Ceramic Glass is imported.
Price range : £936 to £2200+
Link to website : https://www.agaliving.com/products/catalog/stoves
Score : 2 (= very good)
TOP 2
Firebelly stoves
Manufactured : All stoves manufactured usuing steel sourced in UK
Assembled : handbuilt in Yorkshire.
Assembled : handbuilt in Yorkshire.
Other notes : Fireboards, Ceramic Glass and Heat Proof Paint sourced in UK
Price range : £1250 to £4000 -
link to website : https://firebellystoves.com/
link to website : https://firebellystoves.com/
Score : 2 (= excellent)
TOP 3
Charnwood stoves
Manufactured : Isle of Wight using British materials as much as possible.
Assembled : Isle of Wight
Assembled : Isle of Wight
Other notes : Fireboards sourced in the UK; Ceramic Glass imported from Germany, EU and Heat Proof Paint sourced from Belgium, EU.
Price range : £1140 to £4,200
Link to website : https://www.charnwood.com/stoves/
Link to website : https://www.charnwood.com/stoves/
Score : 3 (= good)
TOP 4
Oakleaf
Manufactured : Asia
Assembled : Asia - shipped to UK fully assembled
Assembled : Asia - shipped to UK fully assembled
Other notes : Fireboards, Ceramic Glass and Heat Proof Paint sourced Asia
Offsetting: Planting of trees every month. Full electric and hybrid vehicles in fleet. Using paper packaging material and paper tape to reduce carbon footprint.
Price range : £600 to £1500 : https://oakleafstoves.com/
Score : 8
(= medium carbon footprint)
(= medium carbon footprint)
