The LEMS in Ethiopia

In March, Jaden traveled to Ethiopia to assist in the installation of the LEMS and train lab technicians on ISO testing for cookstoves.

15 trainees from all over the country attended the training. The LEMS was procured by SNV and their sponsors and was given to Ethiopia’s Department of Water and Rural Energy at the end of the training and installation.

The installation of LEMS in different countries is vital in creating clean cooking solutions that can be used throughout the world. We hope to continue working with the lab in Ethiopia to design new stoves.

Proyecto Mirador in the Lab

Proyecto Mirador has been working on improving the efficiency of their Dos por Tres stove. After successful tests in their lab, they traveled to Aprovecho from Honduras to confirm their results.

They got the same results in both labs, showing how effective iterative design testing with the LEMS can be. Now they can install stoves that use less fuel and cook things faster in Honduras and Guatemala.

Field Testing Results Published

In 2023, we measured the emissions from cordwood heaters in Oregon. There are very few studies that evaluate emission measurements in the field for wood heaters. As seen from our experience in cooking stoves, emissions in the field are often higher than lab tests, and field studies help us understand how people use their stoves so we can make better designs.

We’ve been using the data we collected to create lab tests that reflect user behavior and design clean and efficient heating stoves that meet user specifications.

The resulting paper, In-situ Measurements of Emissions and Fuel Loading of Non-catalytic Cordwood Stoves in Rural Oregon, was recently published in the Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association.