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mumsforlungs.bsky.social
Burning creates #AirPollution whether you're using dry wood, smokeless fuel or an Ecodesign stove. This University of Surrey study discovered multifuel Ecodesign stoves emit more ultrafine particles than standard Ecodesign stoves. #WoodBurning #Health
The hidden health risks of wood-burning and eco stoves in homes | University of Surrey
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October 31, 2025 at 9:01 AM
achimdittler.bsky.social
Der Schwurbel „Ecodesign-Holzöfen“ - der Realbetrieb spricht Bände. #holzofengate ist hierzulande Ursache des größten Luftreinhalteproblems in Wohngebieten.Das Versagen von Politik & Behörden kann man kaum deutlicher darstellen als hier via @luftkoeln.bsky.social 👇
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Leben mit Holzrauch in Köln-Sülz
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October 31, 2025 at 7:19 AM
gregoryrothman.bsky.social
The #minimalist design of the #TierraPatagoniaHotel, embeds into the landscape like a fossil.

#LandscapePhotography #ScapeFriday #Scape #PhotographersofBluesky #Eastcoastkin #Travel #Architecture #EcoDesign #Photohour #PhotographersUnited
Tierra Patagonia Hotel & Spa, opened in 2011, sits on the shores of Lake Sarmiento near Torres del Paine National Park in Chilean Patagonia. It was developed by the Purcell family—the same owners of Portillo Ski Resort—and forms part of the Tierra Hotels collection, known for its “eco-luxury” philosophy. The hotel was designed by renowned Chilean architect Cazú Zegers, whose concept was to create a building that seemed shaped by the wind and landscape, like a “fossil” embedded in the earth. Its long, sinuous form hugs the contours of the Patagonian steppe, allowing it to merge with the natural surroundings rather than dominate them. Clad in locally sourced lenga wood, the structure weathers to a silvery tone that echoes the hues of the plains and mountains beyond. Zegers’ aerodynamic design also responds to Patagonia’s fierce winds while maximizing panoramic views of the Paine Massif. The interiors continue the sense of place through regional craftsmanship, natural materials, and warm tones that contrast beautifully with the stark environment outside. Sustainability lies at the heart of Tierra Patagonia. During construction, native vegetation was temporarily removed, grown in a greenhouse, and replanted to preserve the local ecosystem. The hotel employs LED lighting, solar power, and efficient heating systems to minimize its carbon footprint. It also supports a large-scale reforestation initiative, aiming to plant one million trees across southern Chile. Recognized internationally, Tierra Patagonia has been included in National Geographic’s Unique Lodges of the World and highlighted by major travel and design publications for its integration of architecture, landscape, and environmental responsibility. The result is a model of sensitive, site-specific design—an example of how luxury hospitality can enhance, rather than intrude upon, one of the world’s most pristine wildernesses. Image by ©Gregory Rothman 2025
October 31, 2025 at 11:22 AM
nbrsvswoodsmoke.bsky.social
These stoves have devastated the lives of many residents in SCAs. Chimneys had been out of use for decades in these areas but the "Ecodesign" lie has fooled many people into believing these deadly appliances are "environmentally friendly." Many emissions are worse than in open fires!
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Immediately put an end to classifying wood burning stoves as “DEFRA-exempt” or “DEFRA-approved”. This name gives consumers the false reassurance that these stoves are healthy to use.

#WoodBurning #AirPollution
October 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM
chronicchannel.bsky.social
#Ecodesign
#ReadyToBurn

Have you a look at my new NAEI Pollutant Viewer
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NAEI Multi-Group Pollutant Viewer
Compare emissions from grouped NAEI sources across years. Interactive charts, CSV/XLSX export and downloadable images.
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October 19, 2025 at 12:33 PM
onecommunity.bsky.social
🛠️ Recycling can be artistic too! ♻️ Check out how a repurposed pipe can become stylish, functional furniture. This open source guide includes plans, downloads & inspiration to build your own!
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Open Source DIY Pipe Chair, Pipe Couch, Pipe Lighting, & Pipe Shelving
DIY recycled pipe furniture instructions & plans. Open source and do-it-yourself pipe construction chair, recycled pipe couch, and upcycled pipe shelving and lights.
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October 19, 2025 at 2:15 AM
deathstoveindustry.bsky.social
A fact-check of the SIA article that @charnwoodstoves.bsky.social are referring to. It's just more misinformation.

The SIA article selectively omits key evidence on, the shared toxicology between wood and tobacco smoke and real-world emission levels from Ecodesign stoves.
#StoveIndustryLies
October 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM
r2reurope.bsky.social
Campaigners gathered at @microsoft.com's Brussels offices to protest the end of #Windows10, urging them to reconsider and the @ec.europa.eu to introduce Ecodesign requirements for laptops and other energy-related products, so that this cannot happen again 💻🗑

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Can we stop Microsoft's e-waste mountain?
YouTube video by Right to Repair Europe
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October 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
deathstoveindustry.bsky.social
Invisible wood smoke from any stove, including “clean” Ecodesign models, contains harmful PM2.5 and toxic gases.
You can’t see or smell the worst pollution, but it still travels and damages lungs, heart, and brain. Invisible does not equal harmless.
#StoveIndustryLies
Smoke and Invisible Pollution Myth 1: If you can’t see smoke, there’s no pollution.
Fact: Wood smoke contains invisible PM2.5, ultrafine particles, and gases like benzene and PAHs. These pollutants persist even when no plume is visible and they’re the most harmful to health. Myth 2: Only the visible plume matters for health.
Fact: The smallest particles are invisible and they’re the most dangerous. PM2.5 and ultrafine particles reach deep into the lungs and bloodstream, linked to heart, lung and brain disease. Myth 3: If neighbours can’t see or smell smoke, it’s harmless.
Fact: Invisible wood smoke still travels. Monitoring shows local air spikes when stoves are lit, even without visible plumes. Health risks don’t depend on what you can see or smell. Myth 4: Ecodesign stoves eliminate smoke.
Fact: Even “clean” burns release invisible fine particles and toxic gases. You may not see or smell smoke, but harmful pollution is still entering your home and neighbourhood air.
Ecodesign stoves reduce visible emissions but still emit far more PM2.5 per unit of heat than gas. They replace visible smoke with invisible pollution that still harms health. ✅ Bottom line:
Smoke is not just what you see. The most harmful pollution from wood burning is invisible, odourless, and still present even in “clean” stoves. Invisible doesn’t mean harmless.
October 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
envnewsbits.bsky.social
Adidas, Target will explore bioplastics in shoes

Read the full story at Trellis. The brands are backing startups to test plant- and waste-based foams, rubbers and polymers. Soles are a hotspot for climate and micro-plastic impacts. EU’s Ecodesign rules and extended producer responsibility laws in…
Adidas, Target will explore bioplastics in shoes
Read the full story at Trellis. The brands are backing startups to test plant- and waste-based foams, rubbers and polymers. Soles are a hotspot for climate and micro-plastic impacts. EU’s Ecodesign rules and extended producer responsibility laws in Europe and California are pushing companies to design out waste and fossil-based plastics.
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October 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
deathstoveindustry.bsky.social
The Stove Industry Association’s recent article selectively omits key evidence on, the shared toxicology between wood and tobacco smoke, real-world emission levels from Ecodesign stoves, and the disproportionate public-health impact of domestic burning.
Links in 2nd post.
#StoveIndustryLies
TLDR Fact-Check: Stoves vs Smoking – What the Science Actually Says The Stove Industry Association argues that comparisons between wood-burning stoves and cigarette smoke are misleading. However, independent research and government data show otherwise: Wood smoke ≈ tobacco smoke: Both contain many of the same carcinogens and fine particles (PM₂.₅, PAHs, benzene, formaldehyde). Ecodesign ≠ clean: Real-world stove emissions are several times higher than lab claims and can exceed WHO air-quality limits indoors. Indoor pollution persists: Even “sealed” or “Ready to Burn” stoves raise PM₂.₅ and VOC levels during normal use. Renewable ≠ harmless: Domestic wood burning emits 17–21 % of UK PM₂.₅ but provides < 2 % of heat.an inefficient, high-pollution trade-off. Health & cost impacts: Studies find wood heating is often more expensive and less climate-efficient than heat pumps or gas. ✅ Bottom line: Modern stoves may be cleaner than open fires but they are not clean. Framing wood burning as a small, safe, or sustainable heating choice misrepresents current scientific and public-health evidence. Myth 1: The comparison with smoking is misleading and risks confusing the public. 
Fact: The SIA correctly notes that the cited conference abstract did not claim stove smoke is identical to cigarette smoke. However, multiple peer-reviewed studies and public-health agencies (WHO, European Respiratory Society) have long highlighted that wood smoke and tobacco smoke share many of the same toxic and carcinogenic compounds, including fine particulate matter (PM₂.₅), PAHs, formaldehyde, and benzene. The comparison used in media headlines reflects those chemical similarities, not an identical exposure pathway. Myth 2: Modern Ecodesign stoves emit 90% less particulates than open fires.
Fact: Lab tests under Ecodesign conditions often show large PM reductions, but real-world emissions are much higher. The UK Government’s own evidence review found that Ecodesign testing omits condensable PM, and real emissions can be several times greater than declared lab figures. Moreover, independent research in 2025 from the University of Surrey found Ecodesign stoves still release high ultrafine particle counts (UFPs) and indoor spikes during lighting/refuelling. Levels that can exceed WHO short-term exposure limits. Another study from the University of Surrey from 2023 found that modern stoves emit twice the amount of UFPs compared to older stoves, but more research is needed. Myth 8: Wood fuel used alongside heat pumps is always a renewable, affordable, and resilient heating choice for many UK homes.
Fact: While wood fuel can be renewable and resilient in certain contexts, in most realistic modern UK urban scenarios it is more expensive, less climate-efficient, and carries serious health costs, especially compared to heat pumps or gas boilers, unless the wood is truly free and sustainably sourced.
 ✅ Bottom Line The Stove Industry Association’s article correctly challenges over-simplified media headlines but selectively omits key evidence on, the shared toxicology between wood and tobacco smoke, real-world emission levels from Ecodesign stoves, and the disproportionate public-health impact of domestic burning.
While modern stoves can be cleaner than old ones, they are not clean, and framing them as minimal-risk appliances misleads the public.
October 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
nbrsvswoodsmoke.bsky.social
“Ecodesign” stoves now create more PM2.5 pollution than ALL powers stations in the UK and “modern” stoves burning “Ready to Burn” wood are the largest source of carcinogenic Benzo[a]pyrene in the UK. These extremely high emissions are often emitted less than 2m from neighbours windows.
October 8, 2025 at 8:48 AM
chronicchannel.bsky.social
Replacing fireplaces and old stoves with Ecodesign stoves will increase PM2.5 pollution above all UK power stations (so that includes the Drax wood burning power station)

Full video on Youtube:
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September 30, 2025 at 9:08 AM
mikehinford.bsky.social
You are not actively trying to improve the air quality in London, or anywhere else in the world.
You are selling stoves that make air quality worse.

Dry wood on an ecodesign stove has higher PM2.5 emissions than an open fire.

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September 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
hfgoffenbach.bsky.social
BUNDESPREIS ECODESIGN: Das Projekt »Open Organic Farm« unserer Alumna Ilonka Berkényi wurde in der Kategorie »Nachwuchs« für den Bundespreis Ecodesign 2025 nominiert. Betreut wurde das Projekt von Janina Anjuli Schmidt, Professorin für Digital Design an der HfG.

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September 19, 2025 at 7:12 AM
r2reurope.bsky.social
Head to our Press Release to find links to the open letter to Microsoft and policy demands to the Commission.

#RepairDay #RightToRepair #Ecodesign #NoPlannedObsolescence #Windows10

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Four weeks to go: Microsoft to make 400 million PCs obsolete on International E-waste Day - Right to Repair Europe
PRESS RELEASE: On 14 October, Microsoft will end free support for Windows 10, turning millions of PCs into avoidable e-waste. In the lead up to International Repair Day (18 October) we are pushing bac...
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September 16, 2025 at 10:16 AM
ieep.eu
♻️The Council adopted the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation and is soon to enter into force. What new requirements will be placed on products sold in the 🇪🇺?

See more in our blog by Eline Blot 👇

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More standards for more circular products? Navigating the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation
The ESPR aims to make products more reuseable, repairable, recyclable. Though necessary, this will pose new challenges for goods entering the EU market, customs authorities and global standards recognition.
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July 1, 2024 at 12:41 PM
nbrsvswoodsmoke.bsky.social
Total Particulates from "Ecodesign" is 1.2798 ktonnes (NAEI data), 817,000 “Ecodesign” stoves in UK (SIA estimate). Therefore 1566.5g per user. Assuming (very generously) they burn 10 hrs/week for 26 weeks of year. Then 6 grams per hour. Double that permitted by 2023 Environmental Improvement Plan.
January 28, 2025 at 8:38 AM
nbrsvswoodsmoke.bsky.social
That is outrageous cherry picking! You sell your stoves in SCAs and have no control over what people burn and as they are “exempt” they are permitted to burn anything. Therefore we need to use the total solid fuel figure for Ecodesign (1.17ktonne) compared to 11.59 ktonne for road traffic.(~10%)
January 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
nicces.bsky.social
Ist auf jeden Fall auch im engeren Kreis meiner Auswahl.
Neu entdeckt habe ich folgende WW-Wärmepumpe.
Nach Rücksprache mit meinem Chef technisch umsetzbar. Da wir über die Firma in der ich arbeite einiges machen können darf es auch etwas spezielles sein 😉
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ecodesign Rücklauf Brauchwasser-Wärmepumpe ED 180 RF | 6818
Die Ecodesign Rücklauf Brauchwasser-Wärmepumpe entnimmt die thermische Energie aus dem Rücklauf einer Fußbodenheizung und ist SG Ready fähig. Bei Memodo!
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December 30, 2024 at 1:51 PM
ecolabels.bsky.social
Clean, soft, and seriously satisfying 👌

Miniml’s shampoo label is all about the details — uncoated paper with a soft-touch varnish that feels as good as it looks.

Proof that eco design can still feel premium. ♻️✨

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June 9, 2025 at 11:05 AM
nbrsvswoodsmoke.bsky.social
At least its an admission that the decision wasn't "upheld" as many in the stove industry claimed. Chimney sweeps and stove sellers clearly don't care about the devastating impact the emissions per user have on neighbours. More than 2kg/yr PM2.5 for an avg "Ecodesign" stove is nothing to boast about
June 12, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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June 12, 2025 at 11:33 AM
ieep.eu
#Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation #ESPR is 🔑 piece to the #EUGreenDeal Circular Economy Action Plan puzzle.

Our paper explains the obligations economic actors will face, and potential trade implications ⬇️
External impacts of new EU sustainable product standards - IEEP AISBL
This policy paper reviews the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) with a primary focus on new performance and information requirements for products sold in the EU. This paper explains which products will be covered in the first Working Plan, what obligations economic actors will face, and features potential trade implications for major exporters and supply chains. 
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May 13, 2025 at 8:52 AM
designdelight24.bsky.social
Empowering Sustainability: Your Essential Guide to the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) and Readiness Assessment Tool

Preparing for the EU’s Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR): WBCSD’s Readiness Assessment Tool On April 16, 2025, the European Commission…
Empowering Sustainability: Your Essential Guide to the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) and Readiness Assessment Tool
Preparing for the EU’s Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR): WBCSD’s Readiness Assessment Tool On April 16, 2025, the European Commission advanced sustainable product policy by adopting the Ecodesign and Energy Labelling Working Plan 2025–2030. This initiative emphasizes making sustainable products the norm across the EU, introducing upcoming Delegated Acts that will stipulate clear requirements on durability, reparability, and recyclability.
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October 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM