[Stoves] Jompy water heater deserves your consideration Re: Siemens Empowering people award

[Paul Anderson]

Stovers and appropriate technology buffs,

Please read the Jompy message below and consider voting.  What I found was:
a.  the 23 candidates have very interesting technologies of interest to 
many of us.

b.  Some are "kookie" and even prototype or with limitations such as 
high cost per unit or Thermal Acoustic Electric output but only for a 
couple of LEDs.   And some are imaginative.  I enjoyed reading about them.

c.  Of them, the Jompy water heater is a true leader and could win one 
of the three big prizes if a few more of us vote.   I actually had 
trouble deciding on the other two to receive votes.   Required to vote 
for 3.

d.  I have known the Jompy unit from favorable personal experience in 
Africa and I am very pleased that David Osborne's creation is one of the 
candidates.

e.  Note that the shape of the Jompy is quite compatible with the size 
and shape of the concentrator disk/plate in the TLUD stoves by Wendelbo 
(Peko Pe) and Anderson (Champion, Mwoto, Quad). (That could be important 
some day, but that is not why I voted for it.)

Please consider voting, and I hope you will vote for the Jompy. Deadline 
for voting is not clear, but probably only another week or two to vote.

Paul

Doc  /  Dr TLUD  /  Prof. Paul S. Anderson, PhD
Email:  psanders at ilstu.edu
Skype: paultlud      Phone: +1-309-452-7072
Website:  www.drtlud.com

On 10/1/2013 5:08 PM, David Osborne wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
> We have some exciting news on the Jompy water boiler we have been 
> chosen as one of the 23 finalists of the Siemens Empowering people 
> award. we would love if you could take a few minutes of your time and 
> vote for the Jompy on the link below (you have to choose 3 projects to 
> vote )
>
> */http://www.empowering-people-award.siemens-stiftung.org/en/shortlist/projects/jompy-water-boiler//*
>
> The "empowering people. Award -- Technologies for basic needs" was 
> launched to identify and to showcase appropriate technical solutions 
> for the development context worldwide.
>
> *The Award*
> Technologies that make development more sustainable are available 
> today - the challenge lies in deploying them in the right way. Part of 
> the problem is often a lack of resources and knowledge, which makes it 
> more difficult to identify the adequate solution for a specific problem.
>
> Here the "empowering people. Award" plays a key role. The Award called 
> upon developers worldwide to enter efficient technical solutions, 
> which tackle key challenges in the basic supply in developing 
> countries. The call was aimed at innovations in the categories Water & 
> Waste Water, Energy, Waste Management & Recycling, Healthcare, Food & 
> Agriculture, Housing & Construction, and Information & Communication 
> Technology. When the virtual entry portal of the competition closed on 
> January 31^st  2013, over 800 entries could be counted from over 90 
> countries around the globe. These were examined, evaluated and 
> shortlisted  by specialists on technology and development work. An 
> international expert jury 
> <http://www.empowering-people-award.siemens-stiftung.org/en/award/jury/> awarded 
> prize money worth 50,000, 30,000 and 20,000 Euro, in order to foster 
> the further development of their solutions and/or the implementation 
> of their projects. Twenty projects will receive a smaller amount of 
> 5,000 Euro each.
>
> *Community Voting*
> As the "empowering people. Award" is about creating a community with 
> an interest in technical solutions in the area of development 
> cooperation, everybody has a say in the winners' selection. By 
> participating in the Community Voting, the public can additionally 
> select its own favourite candidate amongst the 23 finalists. The 
> winner of this special Community Prize can select a prize from 
> different communications hardware opions such as a computer, a 
> video-camera or a smartphone, according to his/her project needs 
> (value up to 3,000 Euro
>
>
> Many Thanks
>
> Claire Osborne
> Celsius Plumbing & Heating
> 01292 318194
> www.celsius-plumbingandheating.co.uk
>

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