Cleaner Hearths, Better Homes:New Stoves for India and the Developing World, 2012.
Douglas F. Barnes, Priti Kumar, Keith Openshaw. ESMAP.
Cleaner Hearths, Better Homes: New Stoves for India and the Developing World has a twofold goal: describing India’s best legacy improved biomass stove programs and recommending ways in which the international community can promote stoves that are commercially viable, convenient for users, and more energy efficient. By implication, there also would be a reduction of indoor air pollution to more reasonable levels than is common today. To date, the effectiveness of many of the world’s stove programs has been hindered by their small scale. Even India’s best case examples faced serious challenges. But hard-learned lessons from these cases, combined with varied experience from stove programs around the world, can well serve the international development community’s ef orts to address the energy problems faced by the poorest populations on our planet.
Contents
1. Better Stoves and Household Fuel Use 1
2. India’s Best Legacy Improved Stove Programs 17
3. Maharashtra: Commercial Approach 24
4. Haryana: Women’s Involvement 36
5. Karnataka: Technical Innovations and Institutions 50
6. Gujarat: Rural Development Approach 64
7. Andhra Pradesh: Interagency Coordination 78
8. West Bengal: Nongovernmental Organizations 95
9. A New Path for Better Stoves 114
