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Envirofit cook stoves Impact

After successfully scaling the social enterprise, in 10 years Envirofit has transitioned from a small pilot in India with one stove model to an industry leading company with 15 different stove models and 700,000 cookstoves sold in more than 40 countries. Throughout their 5-year lifespan these stove have impacted more than 3.5 million livelihoods, created more than 1,000 jobs and saved more than 11 million tons of CO2. At the household level the stoves have reduced more than $96 million in fuel costs and saved consumers 6.3 million working weeks of firewood collection.

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CSU, Envirofit, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Share Award for Cleaner Burning Cookstove

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Founders of Fort Collins' Envirofit named top innovators

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Envirofit International founders, from left, are Tim Bauer, Colorado State University professor Paul Hudnut, Nathan Lorenz and Bryan Willson. / Courtesy of Colorado State University

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The Fort Collins developers of cleaner-burning cookstoves have been named Energy and Environment Innovators of the Year by The Economist magazine.

Tim Bauer, Nathan Lorenz and Bryan Willson, founders of Envirofit International, will receive the award during a Dec. 3 ceremony in London. Their 10-year-old spinoff of Colorado State University research develops wood- and coal-burning cookstoves that produce less air pollution than stoves traditionally used in developing nations.

According to a CSU release, Envirofit has sold 700,000 cookstoves in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Nearly 3 billion people — half the world’s population — cook over wood- or dung-burning open fires inside their homes, contributing to 4 million deaths per year, the release states.

“Indoor air pollution is a scourge that affects millions of people, but gets far less attention than other forms of pollution,” The Economist Digital Editor Tom Standage said in a written release. “We are delighted to recognize the achievements of Envirofit’s founders in tackling this problem.”

The magazine’s award recognizes innovative ideas that can lead to meaningful social change. Envirofit plans to sell 5 million of its stoves by 2020, said CEO Ron Bills, who has led the company since 2005.

YOU CAN’T GO BROKE WITH THIS JIKO, Written by ANNIE NJANJA, Nairobi.

Schools, hospitals and prisons will be the main beneficiaries of the latest  cooking technology.

Envirofit International, a social enterprise, is about to put its latest innovation, institutional cooking stove, in the market.

The 100-litre stove is a cleaner, greener and cost effective cooking technology said to save up to 90 per cent on fuel costs.

The stove also has the capacity to burn wood completely, decreasing harmful emissions by 90 per cent and making fast the process of cooking.

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The stove has a 10-year warranty and the little maintenance required makes it more affordable than other stoves.

With many institutions, especially schools, spending between 20 and 50 per cent of their food budget on firewood, the technology would bring efficiency and cut costs.

The stove is capable of making a meal for 300 students in three hours with only three big pieces of firewood.

Kenya is the first country in Africa to have the stove and will serve as the continent’s hub as it continues its campaign for the adoption of the environmental-friendly method of cooking.

“We have chosen Kenya as the hub of our eastern Africa operations and we are also proud to select Kenyans as the first recipients of our latest technological breakthrough,” said Envirofit International chief executive, Ron Bills.

Unlike the traditional types of stoves (paraffin or charcoal/wood jikos), this creation releases no emissions thus eliminating soot, poisoning and reducing health risks associated with smoke inhalation.

The stove cuts the use of wood by 70 per cent annually for schools.

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“Through working with schools, we can demonstrate the economic and social benefits of adopting clean cooking technology to households.

About 84 per cent of Kenya’s population uses charcoal and wood stoves — with families spending as much as 30 per cent of their annual income on fuel costs.

When you use these traditional types of stoves, 90 per cent of the fuel energy is wasted and the smoke generated is equivalent to smoking two packs of cigarettes each day,” said Mr Bills.

Envirofit plans to make the product available in other African countries  before the end of the year and to install 1,000 stoves in institutions in Kenya by 2015.

All parts

Envirofit has sealed a deal with Equity Bank and schools can now get low interest loans to acquire the stove.

On the other hand, an NGO Green Kenya Initiative said it would ensure the stove reached all parts of the country.

Through the institutional cooking stove, Envirofit hopes to get Kenyans to use the household charcoal and wood stove already in the market.

The social enterprise plant on Mombasa Road has a production capacity of 100,000 stoves annually.