[Stoves] LiveWire article on heating and indoor air quality improvement

[neiltm at uwclub.net]

I just read your 'Beyond the last mile' report and just wanted to say how 
impressed I am that you achieved this, overcoming all the obstacles.

Table 1 is just so impressive, and must be immensely satisfying to know 
that you have facilitated such a health improvement, particularly for the 
children.

I noticed though that these stoves are described as an 'interim 
technology', until such time as these poor remote communities get 
something better?!  Looks as if it will be a hard act to follow for 
anything.  Anything real that is.

I'm saving a copy, as this dirty fuel political manipulation is so well 
exposed by this account.  It's a rare and precious thing to be able to 
see for oneself what is possible that manages to struggle through the 
vested interest constructed word, giving the lie to it.

Best wishes,   Neil Taylor





On 9 Jun 2019 at 3:29, Crispin Pemberton-Pigott wrote:

> Dear Friends 
> 
> There is a LiveWire article on the Kyrgyzstan Heating Stove pilot
> just published at 
> 
> https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/31774 
> 
> "Chronic underheating is commonplace among poor households in
> cold-climate regions of developing countries beyond the reach of
> district heating and gas-distribution networks. Until fuel switching
> is possible, high-efficiency, low-emissions (HELE) technologies
> offer a cost effective, intermediate solution to meet the heating
> aspirations of underserved populations. Recent pilot experience in
> Kyrgyzstan shows that switching to HELE heating stoves yields
> substantial benefits, including dramatically reduced emissions,
> better health, and savings in household fuel expenditure." URI
> http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31774 
> 
> It is essentially a precis of the full paper presented as responses
> to a set of standard questions. 
> 
> The Winter Heating Pilot covered stoves burning coal, wood and dung.
> All three are widely used in rural areas, often in combination (fuel
> stacking).  Cooking, heating, baking bread and making tea are often
> done using separate devices (stove stacking). 
> 
> Quite significant improvements were made for stoves using all three
> fuels, as testified by the indoor air quality measurements of
> personal exposure.  Fuel savings were typically 40% compared with
> the old stoves. 
> 
> Best regards Crispin 
>