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GHG Mitigation and Sustainable Development through the Promotion of Energy Efficient Cooking in Social Institutions in Ethiopia

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Mitigation
Energy
Call 1
Ethiopia
Time consumed
 
Start: 04-Nov-10 End: 04-Sep-12
Lead Nordic partner
Gaia Consulting Oy
Country of Lead Nordic partner
Finland
Local partner(s)
United Nations World Food Program - Ethiopia & Ethio Resource Group
NCF grant size
212,000
Total project cost
256,000
Technologies
Improved cookstoves
Country of implementation:
Ethiopia
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Description

The project aims to disseminate and install fuel-efficient stoves in Ethiopia and, to support the development of a sustainable business model for promotion of energy efficient stoves.

Cooking in social and commercial institutions in Ethiopia is mostly done over open fire using large volumes of wood. The project has improved the institutional cooking efficiency within the social institutions.

The project has been innovative since it was...
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Objective

Projects expected main results were:
•Reduction in fuel wood consumed will reduce CO2 emissions from biomass. Since fuel wood harvesting and use in the project area is not sustainable, reduction of fuel wood demand translates into net reduction in CO2 emissions.
•Reduction of child labour for fuel collection. Since children collect fuel wood this will reduce child labour and enable them to allocate more time for...
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Results

The project has improved the institutional cooking efficiency within the social institutions. During the project 256 energy efficient institutional Rocket biomass stoves have been installed in 105 schools, universities and correctional facilities in Ethiopia reaching approximately 50,000 students. The Rocket stoves have cut daily fuel wood consumption up to 56% in schools and up to 90% in universities and prisons. The impacts of the Rocket...
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