The Aprovecho Research Center is actively involved in research, design, manufacturing and testing of biomass cookstoves The ARC staff specializes in improving stove performance. Over 100 stove projects around the world are disseminating stoves designed with help from ARC. Dr. Winiarski, Technical...
Informal technical mailing lists for organized around the following bioenergy topics: Clean Cooking Stoves Biomass Gasification Biochar Anaeorobic Digestion Green Building Strawbale Building Systems Originally, these email lists were hosted at CREST (the Center for Renewable and Sustainable...
This handbook presents insights and methodologies from recent biomass cookstove R&D programs at multiple institutions to achieve higher performance, lower cost, and improved usability. This handbook will help cookstove designers and enterprises to integrate the latest R&D innovations into...
The Center Since 2008, The Center for Sustainable Development—CSDi—has specialized in providing sound, evidence-based information, tools and training for humanitarian development professionals worldwide. CSDi is firmly committed to proven, results-based solutions to end suffering and poverty....
Appropediais the site for collaborative solutions insustainability,povertyreduction andinternational developmentthrough the use of soundprinciplesandappropriate technologyand the sharing of wisdom andprojectinformation. It is awiki, a type of website which allows anyone to add, remove, or edit...
The Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves is a public-private partnership hosted by the UN Foundation to save lives, improve livelihoods, empower women, and protect the environment by creating a thriving global market for clean and efficient household cooking solutions. The Alliance’s 100 by ‘20...
In Guatemala, as in many other countries, breathing in the toxicfumes while preparing tortillas and frijoles puts Mayan womenand children at risk for respiratory illnesses, blindness and burnson a daily basis. It is estimated that 77% of Guatemalan familiesuse wood as their main fuel source. 2%...
Rocketstove.org has 3 goals: Deliver customized rocket stove plans to the global community. These plans can be used by commercial producers who wish to build 1000 stoves or by individuals who only want a single stove. CLICK HERE FOR THE DESIGN TOOL Connect institutions and individuals with local...
The Rocket Stove is an amazing development in fuel efficient cooking. Made with clay and organic material (like rice hulls or sawdust) this inexpensive stove can cook meals with small sticks and eliminate the need for expensive charcoal. The Rocket Stove’s insulated chimney burns wood gases,...
Key facts Around 2.6 billion people cook using polluting open fires or simple stoves fuelled by kerosene, biomass (wood, animal dung and crop waste) and coal. Each year, close to 4 million people die prematurely from illness attributable to household air pollution from inefficient cooking...