We take responsibility and care for the environment
For more than 700,000 Danish families, wood burning is an indispensable part of everyday life. It constitutes an important contribution to Europe's energy infrastructure and our cultural heritage. Unfortunately, the wood burning stove has become a controversial figure in the debate on the environment and sustainability. At Aduro, we believe that it is possible to combine the comfort and cosiness of the wood burning stove with a responsible consideration for our planet.
Current standards and legal requirements
As a wood burning stove manufacturer, we have a responsibility to ensure that our products meet current standards and legal requirements. All our stoves comply with the strictest environmental standards in Europe, including the European environmental directive Ecodesign. Additionally, we offer a wide range of DEFRA approved wood burning stoves for use in smokeless areas. You can read more about the environmental directives here.
Winner of the European Business Award for the Environment
In 2018, Aduro was awarded with the prestigious European Business Award for the Environment on a national level. The award was given for the innovative product Aduro Hybrid in the category “Sustainable products and services” as Aduro Hybrid significantly reduces emissions compared to even the best wood burning stoves. Read more about the Aduro Hybrid here.
CO2-neutral firing?
Wood burning is 97% CO2-neutral and can serve as an important transitional technology. The wood used as fuel often comes from hedges, gardens, and residual products from timber production. These residual products would otherwise have emitted CO2 through decomposition, but by burning them in the wood burning stove, their potential is utilised to replace oil and gas.
Minimal particle emissions
When you light a fire in your wood burning stove, particles are emitted, but with a modern wood burning stove and proper firing, you can significantly minimise this particle emission. Today, modern hybrid stoves equipped with the latest technology emit 80-90% less smoke than their older counterparts. For wood burning stoves, the figure is approx. 70%.
If you want to care for the environment and still enjoy the living flames, you should replace your old wood burning stove with a new one. And if you choose a wood burning stove with automation, where you can automatically control the air and smoke, you can achieve even cleaner combustion and save on your wood consumption.
Aduro and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
Aduro is a supporter of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which strive for a more sustainable development for humans and our planet. We contribute to several of the Sustainable Development Goals, and we especially focus on the following goals:
We develop wood burning stoves, hybrid stoves and pellet stoves that emit less smoke and reduce smoke nuisance significantly. Moreover, our stoves contribute to a healthy indoor climate. The stoves renew the air in the room and contribute to preventing mould because they make sure that the temperature does not get too low or the room too humid.
By heating your home through burning of wood, you avoid using heat sources based on fossil resources, such as coal, oil or gas. It is estimated that every 1 kg of burned firewood in a modern wood burning stove on average reduces the emission of between 0.5 (district heating) and 1 kg CO2 (electric heating and oil-fired boiler). On average, every new wood burning stove that is put into use saves approx. 3 tons of CO2 per year.
At Aduro, we strive to make it easy to do it right and thereby also get a better combustion with a minimal CO2 and particle emission. We do that through innovations such as Aduro-tronic, Aduro Smart Response, Aduro Hybrid and Aduro DraftOptimizer, among other things.
We use recycled materials such as steel and cast iron, and the plastic funnel for Aduro Hybrid stoves and the insert for pellets for the Aduro Proline Ø45 baskets are, for instance, produced in recycled plastic from Danish households. Thereby, we contribute to a circular economy in which resources are exploited as much as possible without waste. Meanwhile, the majority of the materials from our wood burning stoves can also be recycled, for instance the cast iron and the glass.
When wood becomes warmth
Wood is one of the most accessible renewable energy sources available today. When used responsibly and sustainably, it can play a significant part in tackling climate change.
