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Berkeley Air Monitoring Group Tests Jiko Poa In Kenya

admin — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:46:25 +0000

Kenya—Cookstove Study Results
With support from WASHplus, resource partner Berkeley Air Monitoring Group conducted a study in Kenya of the locally manufactured Jiko Poa, a fuel-efficient rocket stove. Results of this study, conducted using a 24-hour “before and after” design, showed highly significant reductions in household air pollution, including a 37 percent reduction in carbon monoxide kitchen concentrations and a 51 percent reduction in PM2.5 (fine particulate matter) kitchen concentrations. read more…

BURN Design Lab has been highlighted on NPR and Voice of America

admin — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 02:10:41 +0000

The United Nations news brief, the UN Wire, has also featured the story. Read more at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=143813828.

BURN Design Lab Newsletter – December 2011

admin — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:38:02 +0000

12 months ago BURN Design Lab was launched with a dream of building a state-of-the-art stove design center that could help save forests and lives in the developing world. Thanks to the enormous ongoing support from the local community, our dream has turned into a reality. Read about it here in our December 2011 newsletter!

Brian Lehrer interviews Burkhard Bilger, author of article in New Yorker, about the perfect stove

admin — Fri, 20 May 2011 19:39:26 +0000

Testing a stove at stove camp

Brian Lehrer, host of the Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC in New York City, interviewed Burkhard Bilger, author of an article in the December 2009 issue of the New Yorker about Peter Scott and the quest for the perfect stove. Bilger described his experiences when he attended the 2009 ETHOS Stove Camp in Cottage Grove, Oregon, where he met “stovers” from all over the world who gathered to share information and discuss what’s next in the quest for the perfect stove to burn biomass–wood, charcoal, agricultural waste, even dung.

Hear the interview at http://www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/2009/dec/15/the-perfect-stove/

The ‘Jiko Poa’: designed by BURN to be mass produced throughout East Africa

admin — Fri, 13 May 2011 01:15:14 +0000

We are working with The Paradigm Project on a Rocket stove program for Kenya. The ‘Jiko Poa’ stove features an abrasion and thermal shock resistant ceramic liner surrounded by a precision cut, sheet metal cladding. The stove is currently being mass-produced and sold in Kenya and has been very well received, earning top marks from consumers in focus groups. Over 7,500 stoves were sold in May 2011 and Paradigm is on track to sell over 1 million stoves in the next 10 years. Kitchen Performance Tests, conducted by Berkeley Air Monitoring Group, show that both the local Jiko Poa (retail $15) and the imported EnviroFit (retail $29) demonstrated a ~43% fuel savings as compared to an open fire.

A Green Idea worth Investing in

admin — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 13:28:38 +0000

Peter Scott pitched the idea of BURN at the Fortune Green Brainstorming Conference and was very well received.

BURN Volunteer Gathering

admin — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 20:49:30 +0000

We hope you’ll join us to learn about ways to share your ideas and energy to the BURN Design lab. All are welcome!

View the event on Facebook.

Burn Design Lab Partners with the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves

admin — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 20:46:24 +0000

Burn Design Lab is pleased to have been asked to be a Partner Organization of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves! Peter Scott will serve on three committees to help drive the initiative. Read more about the Global Alliance’s initiative … Continue reading →

Kenya Project Slideshow

admin — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 20:42:40 +0000

The Paradigm Project, Peter’s partners on the Kenya project, has a wonderful slide show and video describing the issues which BURN addresses.

See it here.

Clean Cook Stoves on NPR

admin — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 20:39:25 +0000

Clean cook stoves were featured on NPR’s “Morning Edition” last month.

Listen to the story here.