Improved Cookstoves, Uganda
Location
Uganda
SDGs Certified
3
Solution Type
Energy Efficiency
Project Type
Carbon Reduction
Fact File
🪵 Replaces inefficient traditional fires consuming large amounts of firewood.
🪓 Less time is spent for firewood collection, freeing time for other activities.
🏥 Reduces health risks of exposure to smoke from the inefficient cooking methods.
🌱 Prevents GHG emissions and deforestation.
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About this Project
The Problem
In Uganda, the prohibitive cost of alternative cooking fuels means most families rely on charcoal. The harvesting of wood for charcoal is a major contributor to the country's deforestation problem, which negatively impacts farmers' livelihoods. Inefficient cookstoves, or open fires mean that more cooking fuel is burned than necessary.
The Solution
By burning biomass based fuel (in this case, charcoal) more efficiently than the traditional open fire, efficient stoves lower the amount of cooking fuel each household needs. In turn, this reduces household emissions. Lower household emissions means less GHGs, which contribute to global warming, are released into the atmosphere.
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