Scientific study Impact of the quality of firewood and the evolution of the wood burning appliances on the quality of air Avis d’expert CERIC – July 2017 CONTEXT The emissions of fine particulate (PM2.5) have been reduced by 40% in 10 years for the domestic...
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Scientific study Impact of the quality of firewood and the evolution of the wood burning appliances on the quality of air Avis d’expert CERIC – July 2017 CONTEXT The emissions of fine particulate (PM2.5) have been reduced by 40% in 10 years for the domestic and tertiary sectors, mainly thanks to the technical evolutions realised by wood burning appliances and the replacement of the old appliances. It is a remarkable improvement but we need to go even further. The technical evolution of domestic wood burning appliances makes it possible today to offer heating systems more and more efficient and all the while environment friendly, for example through the French Green Flame Label (label Flamme Verte). However the performances of those systems are also linked to the quality of the wood logs used. Three studies have been made in the CERIC laboratory so as to measure this impact: 1/ The QUALICOMB project (call for project CORTEA 2013 supported by the French Environment Agency ADEME) was aimi
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