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Welcome to the Improved Cooking Energy Portal

The improved cooking energy portal provides an overview of the information on clean cooking energy on energypedia.

Overview on Cooking Energy

• Link to the Cooking Energy Compendium
• Cooking Energy System
• User-centered Approach for Cooking System
• FAQ on Stoves
• Advantages and Disadvantages of Biomass
• Improved Cookstoves and Energy Saving Cooking Equipment
• The Cooking Energy System

Designing and Implementing Cooking Energy Interventions

• Frame Conditions for Planning Cooking Energy Interventions
• Process of Planning Cooking Energy Interventions
• Content of Planning Cooking Energy Interventions
• Enhancing Production of Improved Cookstoves (ICS)
• Commercialisation of Cookstoves
• Creation of Public Awareness for Improved Cookstoves (ICS)
• User Training - Improved Cookstoves (ICS)
• Financing Mechanisms for Cookstove Dissemination
• Cooking Energy in Refugee Situations

Cooking Fuels

• Cooking with Firewood
• Cooking with Charcoal
• Cooking with Dung
• Cooking with Agricultural Residues
• Cooking with Coal
• Cooking with Biogas
• Cooking with Woodgas
• Cooking with LPG
• Cooking with Ethanol and Methanol
• Cooking with Plant Oil
• Cooking with Kerosene
• BLEENS - Biogas, Liquefied Petroleum Gas, Electricity, Ethanol, Natural Gas, and Solar

Monitoring & Evaluation of Cooking Energy

• Result Based Monitoring of Cookstove Projects
• Impact Studies Material
• Indicators and Observation Fields for ICS
• Sustainability Assessment of ICS Dissemination
• Cooking Energy System Evaluation

Cooking Energy Technologies

• Firewood Cookstoves
• Charcoal Cookstoves
• Dung-burning Cookstoves
• Coal Stoves
• Biogas Stoves
• Gasifier Stoves
• LPG Stoves
• Alcohol Stoves
• Plant Oil Cookers
• Kerosene Stoves
• Solar Cookers
• Baking with Improved Ovens
• Photovoltaic Solar Cookers

Impacts of Cooking Energy

• Lessons Learnt from Improved Cookstove Projects
• Indoor Air Pollution (IAP)
• Evidence on Cookstoves Impact
• Sustainability Assessment of ICS in Kenya
• Reasons for Success and Failure of Stove Projects
• Economic Impact of Energy Access

Energy-Saving Cooking Equipment and Practices

• Heat Retainers - Thermos Flasks and Fireless Cookers
• Pressure Cookers
• General Kitchen Management Practices
• Smoke Hoods

Climate Change and Cooking Energy

• Carbon Funding for Cookstoves
• Energy Access and Climate Mitigation and Adaptation

Policy Framework on Cooking Energy

• Background - Cooking Energy Crisis
• Cooking Energy Intervention Strategies
• Biomass Energy Strategy (BEST)
• Cooking Energy and the Sustainable Development Goals
• Cooking Energy and Focal Areas of Develoment Cooperation
• Webinar on Cost-Benefit Analyses of Clean Cooking Policies and Interventions

Case Studies on Cooking Energy

• The journey of a Bolivian entrepreneur with Malena stoves

Cooking Energy Resources

• Improved Cooking - Tools
• Benefits of Action to Reduce Household Air Pollution (BAR-HAP) Tool
• Manuals
• World Bank's Database of Cookstoves Players and Initiatives
• Cooking Energy Helpful External Links
• Clean Household Energy Solutions Toolkit (CHEST)

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Improved Cooking Publications

• Energy Safety Nets: India Case Study
• Inequality of household consumption and air pollution-related deaths in China
• Energizing Finance: Taking the Pulse 2019

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