We want to know how you feel about air quality and solid fuel burning in your home and your neighbourhood.
In 2022 the 15 London boroughs that make up the London Wood Burning Project were granted funding by Defra to run a communications campaign about domestic solid fuel burning and particulate matter. We started this project with a survey of residents in the member boroughs to measure attitudes and behaviours around wood and solid fuel burning.
In the year since our last survey we have commissioned research on air quality in homes and neighbourhoods, published an evaluation of the human health impacts of wood burning, built this website, developed campaign materials, and ran a radio, billboard, digital and social media campaign to share our research and messages with as many people as possible across London. Four more London boroughs have joined the project, sharing the materials and resources across 19 boroughs.
Our survey builds on earlier national surveys including:
- Domestic wood use survey published in 2016 by the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
- Research to understand burning in UK homes and gardens, a 2018-2020 Defra commissioned survey to get reliable UK wide data on the type and quantity of material being burnt in homes and gardens.
The survey has now closed and we will be sharing results shortly.
