EPA Proposes Emission Standards for New Residential Wood Heaters

EPA’s proposed standards for new residential woodstoves and heaters aims increase efficiency of next-generation appliances by approximately 80 percent. On January 3, 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed updated emissions standards that would require woodstoves and heaters manufactured in 2015 or later to reduce particulate matter emissions by approximately 80 percent relative to existing…...