What Does The ClearSkies Mark Mean for stoves?

The clearSkies approval scheme is an independent emissions and energy performance certification mark for wood burning and solid fuel stoves.

Their key objectives are to:

Provide an independent and nationally recognised standard of verified stove appliance performance in terms of emissions and efficiency
To identify, by means of the clearSkies mark, products that achieve defined requirements at or beyond those defined as 'ecodesign ready'
To inform the public in such a way as to make the selection of such appliances to be as easy and straightfoward as possible.

Visit the clearSkies website to see our approved stoves: Arada | Hamlet

Look for the clearSkies mark

The clearSkies mark

Look for the clearSkies mark (shown here) online and in-store for appliances that have been independently certified as meeting (or even surpassing) ecodesign compliant lower emissions and energy performance for solid fuel stoves and fireplaces.

clearSkies goes a step further than Ecodesign for even greater efficiency and lower emissions. The clearskies scheme rates approved stoves as meeting one of five levels. At Level 2 - the lowest level - all clearSkies certified products meet the required standards for Ecodesign.

DEFRA Exemption

But the clearSkies rating levels goes further. Those products that have been certified as clearSkies Level 3 and above meet the UK legislative requirements for smoke control areas (also known as 'Defra Exempt' stoves).

Which Arada and Hamlet stoves are clearSkies approved?

The stoves listed below have been approved to bear the clearSkies mark. All Arada manufactured stoves listed below have approved as either Level 4 or Level 5 which means that their efficiencies and low emissions exceed those performance targets specified by Ecodesign.

For example, the Farringdon Small Eco stove (shown at the top of this page in Spice red with an optional colour-matched stand) carries the ClearSkies Level 5 Mark