[Stoves] Training Opportunity: Assessing Cookstove Performance in the Field - Apply Today!

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Winrock International and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Training Opportunity: Assessing Cookstove Performance in the Field

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March 1, 2013.

Requirements:

  *   USEPA will pay for all costs associated with the training and technical assistance provided by Berkeley Air Monitoring Group or Aprovecho Research Center, including their time, travel, per diem, and monitoring equipment.
  *   Winrock International will pay for refreshments and any venue and materials costs for the workshop.
  *   The selected organizations will be responsible for all costs associated with their staff participation in the training and the implementation of the CCT or KPT field study, including salaries, per diem, lodging and telecommunications and translation to/from English if required.
  *   Visit our website for complete details, including the selection criteria and instructions on how to apply. To link to the application please click here: http://www.pciaonline.org/content/CCT-KPT-Field-Study-Second-Round<http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/19494872:21808791612:m:1:1966238264:88B4887256496EDE0EC934B2E4BBC430:r>.

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Is your stove project ready to conduct the Controlled Cooking Test (CCT) or Kitchen Performance Test (KPT) to quantify the fuel use of your stove in the field?

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and Winrock International (Winrock) are pleased to announce this second call for applications in our series of field stove performance training and testing opportunities. In 2012, the USEPA and Winrock, through contracts with Aprovecho Research Center and Berkeley Air Monitoring Group, conducted stove performance testing trainings and field studies with cookstove organizations in Uganda (KPT) and Vietnam (CCT). In 2013, we anticipate providing support for 3-4 additional organizations to conduct either the CCT or KPT to evaluate the field performance of their stove.

This current initiative builds on USEPA’s evaluation of stove performance in the laboratory and previous field testing in Nepal, India, Peru, Rwanda, Laos and Bangladesh. You can learn more about these past efforts at www.PCIAonline.org/proceedings<http://echo4.bluehornet.com/ct/19494875:21808791612:m:1:1966238264:88B4887256496EDE0EC934B2E4BBC430:r>. The primary objective of this capacity building initiative is to help cookstove organizations obtain field data on fuel use to inform and improve stove design, performance and use. In some cases, we will also assess emissions, including both health and climate-related pollutants.

Through this initiative, cookstove organizations will be selected to host a 3-4 day stove testing workshop, facilitated by USEPA and Winrock, with technical training provided by Aprovecho and Berkeley Air, in which several local organizations will be invited to participate. Please note, the training will be conducted in English. Upon completion of the workshop, the selected organization will then receive extended technical support for an in-depth field study to quantify their stove’s fuel use in the field and gain the skills to evaluate new designs in the future. This round of CCT and KPT trainings/field studies is expected to take place between May - September 2013.

Controlled Cooking Test: The CCT is a field test that measures stove performance in comparison to traditional cooking methods when a cook prepares a local meal. The CCT is designed to assess stove performance in a controlled setting using local fuels, pots, and practices. It reveals what is possible in households under controlled conditions, but not necessarily what is actually achieved by households during daily use.The CCT training will be conducted by Aprovecho Research Center in a very interactive and collaborative manner involving presentations, discussions, hands-on stove design modification and testing, data analysis exercises, and qualitative/survey exercises with cooks and stoves in the field. The Aprovecho team will continue to provide technical assistance to the selected organization after the training and field study by e-mail, telephone and Skype. By the end of the technical assistance phase, the selected organization will have the capacity to conduct stove performance testing, perform the necessary data analysis, and make design modifications which improve their stove’s performance, safety, and durability.

Kitchen Performance Test: The KPT is a field test designed to measure daily household fuel consumption in real-world settings. The support provided by this stove performance field testing study may also assist the selected organization in producing fuel consumption estimates for application for carbon offsets, including CDM, Gold Standard, and other methodologies. The KPT training will be conducted by Berkeley Air Monitoring Group in a very interactive and collaborative manner and will involve presentations, discussions, quantitative exercises (in Microsoft Excel), qualitative/survey exercises, role playing, and practice visits to households that are not part of the KPT sample.By the end of the technical assistance phase, the organization will have the capacity to lead a KPT field effort, perform the necessary data analysis, and write a final report.



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