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sustainable development

Sustainable development

Focus has always paid particular attention to the quality and the longevity of our fireplaces. For this reason, the materials we use are entirely recyclable, and the high standards we set for the design and production of our models allow us to guarantee them for a minimum of five years.

In addition, Focus is committed to developing good environmental practices in its choice of suppliers. For example, the catalogue is printed by a company that has been awarded the French environmental label 'Imprim’Vert', guaranteeing that the printer manages the chemical products used in the printing process in an environmentally sound way.

Wood and the environment

Today, wood can be considered the best way to stock and restore, over several decades, solar energy. Creating heat by burning wood is, along with solar heating, among the least polluting for the planet. Sulphur, which is responsible for acid rain, is virtually absent in wood-burning. In terms of carbon dioxide gas, the amount of CO2 released from rotting wood is identical to that emitted when it is burned. So in no way can domestic wood fires be held responsible for increasing the greenhouse effect and global warming.

As far as wood resources go, in France, the stem wood volume of French forests is 1.5 billion m3 (over an area of 14 million hectares). The biological growth is 55 million m3 per year, whereas the quantity exploited is around 42 million m3. So we are far from the alarmist predictions of the disappearance of our national forests. Since 1946, the surface covered by forests in France has in fact increased by 3 million hectares.

It is certain that biomass will be among the principal energy sources of the future. Evidence shows that wood energy, far from being a relic of the past, provides one path to a sustainable future.

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