Focus Launches Ecodesign Ready Label

The French manufacturer's state-of-the-art, energy efficient fires are making eco-friendly specification easy for architects.

The French manufacturer's state-of-the-art, energy efficient fires are making eco-friendly specification easy for architects. With building regulations changing in 2022, Focus's Ecodesign Ready label aims to help architects make eco-responsible choices when specifying fireplaces.

Ecodesign is the European Union's programme for lowering emissions across Europe. It is due to be implemented on 1 January 2022 for woodburning and multi-fuel stoves. The characteristics that make fires and stoves Ecodesign Ready are:

A reduction of particulate emissions.

A reduction of unburned gases.

A reduction of energy consumption.

An increase in energy efficiency.

Control using measurement methods recognised by the EU.

Around 60 per cent of Focus sales are outside France and the company has adapted to the most stringent requirements to remain competitive in the US, Russia, Europe and other countries.

Focus has recently designed the Slimfocus, a DEFRA-approved fire ideal for urban areas where there are restrictions on woodburning fires and stoves. The Slimfocus features a cylinder of flames with a hearth either suspended (in which case it can pivot) or supported by a base and fixed in place. Its streamlined shape takes up little space, wheth-er positioned centrally in a room, near a wall or in a corner. Its fluid lines make it one of Focus’s most stylistically revolutionary fireplaces.

Focus fireplaces are available in over 70 countries and there are 70 models to choose from. Their distinctive designs are matched only by their technology and energy efficiency.