[Stoves] Improved Stoves without chimneys being used indoors or not?

[Kobus]

I am overseeing the installation of 80 rocket stoves into 30 homes of a 
local village and I can tell you that the residents are happy to see the 
back of their old cast iron stoves. Even though there are existing 
chimneys to remove the smoke, they still preferred to make fire on the 
ground, blackening the walls and roof, because the open fire cooked 
faster and used less wood. The little bit of smoke coming off the stove, 
usually at start-up, is removed with the use of a hood connected to the 
existing external chimney infrastructure, because management wanted to 
keep the chimney infrastructure in use. The people are happy and cooking 
already even though the hoods are still being assembled and management 
is happy because their assets are being preserved, they don't have to 
cart as much firewood and the stoves are dirt cheap compared to other 
models on the market.

Regards

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Kobus Venter
http://www.vuthisa.com/
http://za.linkedin.com/in/vuthisa

> I received a question and I share my response so that others can comment.
>> Since Africa has a far
>> higher incidence of death from indoor air pollution than any other
>> continent.  Do you understand the reason for that to be that more people
>> cook inside their homes than in other continents?
> In America we cook inside our houses.  But we have clean stoves.
>
> A greater percentage of people in Africa are using poor, smokey
> stoves/3-stone fires without ventilation of the cooking area.
>
>> If not, do you know what
>> the reason is?  Are you aware of any projects where people who have
>> traditionally cooked inside their homes have been persuaded over the long
>> term to cook outside in order to use a clean burning cookstove?
> I do not know of efforts to convince people who cook indoors with bad
> stoves to move their stoves outside.  Comments, anyone?   But see next
> comment.
>
>> I see
>> pictures on the websites of various of stove makers of stoves being used
>> both indoors and out.  Is there a protocol for indoor versus outdoor use
>> among stovemakers?
>>
> The vast majority of stove makers do NOT recommend that their stoves
> be used inside unless there is a chimney.  Potential liability issues,
> probably.
>
> But my question is:  when people who have terrible smokey homes get an
> improved cookstove ICS that is much cleaner, but not super clean and
> no chimney, do they simply use it indoors?   Or do the new stove and
> stove providers alter the cooking habits so much that the households
> take the ICS outside or into a better ventilated room?
>
> Paul