<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Hi Huck,<br><br></div>Ron has asked some great questions for you as you get started. I recommend that you focus on spending some time talking to your target group. Is your approach market based? Subsidized? or Free? (If it does have subsidized and free approaches you want to think about longevity of your work and if it is actually scalable, will it reach the desired number of people?). If your approach is market-based you should be talking to your consumer first. What can they afford? What do they aspire to use? Fuel preferences? What kind of distribution infrastructure exists? Should you want to conduct a market study send me an email and I can share what we used in other areas.<br><br></div>Good luck! The listserv is a good place to start. <br><br></div>Best,<br></div>Christina<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 9:51 PM, Ronal W. Larson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rongretlarson@comcast.net" target="_blank">rongretlarson@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Huck cc list<div><br></div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Perhaps we can best start by your giving the specific Cameroon town name, a little more on the environment (forests, pastures, population, etc), the types of education and skills available, income levels, whether there are any other NGOs in the area, any connection to a University that might help, etc. How difficult to obtain wood? Electricity in the town or how far away? Cost of wood and charcoal? Any measure of present wood consumption for families of different sizes (per day)? Types of food that are favored? Quality of the soil? Types of crops?</div><div><br></div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Are you thinking of local manufacture or hoping to find a low cost alternative to sell? What handicraft skills might there be now that fit stoves ? (ceramics?, bending metal? etc) </div><div><br></div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Do you or could you have your staff there to oversee?</div><div><br></div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Most of us on this list are working on either Rocket stoves or TLUD stoves. Any preference now?</div><div><br></div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Have you wandered around the archives for this site, GACC, Ethos, any companies (Stovetec, Envirofit, etc)?</div><div><br></div><div><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Many more questions needed probably before we can give valid guidance..</div><div><br></div><div>Ron</div><div><br><div><div>On Sep 6, 2014, at 12:36 PM, Huck Rorick <<a href="mailto:huckrorick@groundwork.org" target="_blank">huckrorick@groundwork.org</a>> wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px" lang="EN-US"><div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Hi All, <u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I’ve been discussing improved wood stoves with Paul Anderson and he suggested I join this discussion and introduce our group. Our institute (Groundwork Institute) is working on an ultra-low-cost housing program in Cameroon. One focus of our work where we expect to have a major impact is in public health around clean water, sanitation and improved cook stoves. <u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Where we are working wood is by far the predominant fuel for cooking. The average family cooks on a 3 stone fire in a tin shack kitchen with dirt floor and no ventilation. The kitchen is black and filled with smoke. As I am sure everyone in this discussion group is aware this smoke has a serious health impact leading we are told to more deaths than malaria. <u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">We want to find stoves that will help us improve indoor air quality, outdoor air quality, increase fuel efficiency and improve environmental impacts. We need help in finding the right stoves for our project. It also looks like we won’t be able to find something “off the shelf” that perfectly fits our conditions so it seems we will have to do some design and modify the stove type that is closest to what we need.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Paul suggested I introduce our group before asking a lot of questions, so I will stop here. I look forward to participating in your discussions. Any initial comments or questions from you are welcome.<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Best regards,<u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,0,64)">Huck Rorick</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u><u></u></span></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:gray">Executive Director<br>Groundwork Institute<br>2640 Silvercrest Street<br>Pinole, CA 94564<br>Phone: <a href="tel:510-222-4111" value="+15102224111" target="_blank">510-222-4111</a><br>email:<span> </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt"><a href="mailto:huckrorick@groundwork.org" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue">huckrorick@groundwork.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:gray"><br></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:gray">Website:<span> </span></span><u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue"><a href="http://www.groundwork.org/" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">www.groundwork.org</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span><u></u><u></u></div><div style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>Stoves mailing list<br><br>to Send a Message to the list, use the email address<br><a href="mailto:stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org</a><br><br>to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page<br><a href="http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org</a><br><br>for more Biomass Cooking Stoves, News and Information see our web site:<br><a href="http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/</a></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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