Funding Options for Replacing Wood-Burning Appliances

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. 

WEBINAR: Safer, More Efficient Wood Stove Heating- Watch the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) webinar about  wood smoke health impacts, wood stove change outs, the importance of dry wood and how HHS funds can cover the costs of safe and efficient home heating.

Burn Wise works with federal, state, tribal and local agencies to find and promote viable funding options to replace wood-burning appliances with cleaner home heating.

EPA's Guide to Financing Options for Wood-burning Appliance Changeouts (pdf) (635.74 KB, 2014 with 2022 updated links) is a detailed description of available funding options - from federal funds to third party financing - that may cover the cost of a wood smoke reduction program and the changeouts needed to reduce harmful pollution while providing a warmer, more efficient home heating alternative. 

Many areas have used supplemental environmental project (SEP) funds to replace old wood stoves with cleaner appliances. A SEP is an environmentally beneficial project that a violator of an environmental law voluntarily agrees to undertake in the settlement of a civil enforcement action. For more information, visit:

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Last updated on February 3, 2026