SCAQMD Launches Incentive Program for Clean, Natural-Gas Fireplace Logs

In March, SCAQMD’s Governing Board approved the “Healthy Hearths” initiative to reduce harmful fine particulate pollution from fireplaces and wood stoves. Under the program, residents can receive a $125 discount from the price of purchasing and installing gas log sets to replace wood burning in existing fireplaces.

A list of participating dealers (arranged by ZIP code) is now available at the Healthy Hearths website at www.healthyhearths.org. After speaking with a representative and selecting the product you like, the participating dealer will reduce the purchase and installation price by $125. You can then work with the dealer to arrange for product installation. Residents of SCAQMD’s four-county jurisdiction are eligible for the incentive.

Wood burning devices are used in about 1.4 million households in the Southland. They emit an average of 6 tons per day of PM2.5 emissions – more than four times the amount of PM2.5 emitted from all the power plants in the region. From November through March, pollution from wood burning has been estimated to be more than 10 tons per day.

For more information, contact Tracy Goss at (909) 396-3106.