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Guidance for Implementing Wood-Burning Changeout Programs

The Burn Wise Program ran from 2009 to 2025. The website serves as a historic record; EPA is no longer updating program content as of October 30, 2025.

Using State Environmental Projects and EPA’s Guide to Financing Options for Wood-burning Appliance Changeouts

How to Implement a Wood-Burning Appliance Changeout Program (pdf) (997.47 KB, 2014)
Guidance for Using State Environmental Projects to Implement Wood Stove Changeout Programs (pdf) (100.16 KB, 2007)
EPA’s Guide to Financing Options for Wood-burning Appliance Changeouts (pdf) (635.74 KB, 2014)
EPA’s Guide to Financing Options for Wood-burning Appliance Changeouts with links updated in February 2022
Guidance for Quantifying and Using Emission Reductions from Voluntary Woodstove Changeout Programs in State Implementation Plans (pdf) (139.11 KB, 2006)