Cleaner and More Efficient Cookstoves and Fuels

From

31 August, 2026

To

4 September, 2026

Tuition

$950

Venue

Golden Peacock Hotel, Lilongwe

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overview

This is a 5-day training course that focuses on strategies for enhancing the adoption of clean cooking. The course looks at the need for clean cooking solutions and what is involved. The course also provides various techniques for clean cooking and their benefits and investment implications. Participants in this course learn various clean cooking technologies and get an opportunity to interact and/or visit production sites of clean cooking stoves.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

Through successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:

Understand clean and efficient cooking technologies and fuels
Appreciate why cooking technologies and fuels is an issue
know the trend of developments in clean and efficient cooking technologies and fuels
Be familiar with international standards and testing protocols for clean and efficient cooking technologies
Appreciate the various technological innovation in cookstoves and fuels
Understand the market, financing and sales of cleaner cooking and fuels
know the methodologies and tools for monitoring and evaluating clean cooking programs
Apply a multisectoral thinking approach to planning and implementing cleaner cooking programmes

COURSE CONTENT

Introduction to Clean and Efficient Cooking Technologies and Fuels

Key terms (glossary) and definitions for cleaner cooking
Why clean and efficient cooking technologies and fuels is an issue
Impact of traditional biomass fuels
The global trend and evolution of clean and efficient cooking technologies and fuels
Investments in the clean cooking industry
Key aspects of the clean and efficient cooking technologies and fuels
Climate impact of traditional stoves and fuels

International Standards and Testing Protocols for Clean and Efficient Cooking Technologies

Why develop standards and testing protocols for clean and efficient cooking technologies
Trend in development of intranational standards and testing protocols
Examining the stove testing protocols and performance ranking tiers

Technological Innovations in Cookstoves and Fuels

Why design of cookstoves and the fuel category matters
Factors to consider in the design of cookstoves
Navigating through available technologies and fuels
The various types of stove manufacturing
Categories of processed fuels produced
Adoption stories for selected cookstoves

The Market, Financing and Sales

The market for clean stoves and fuels
The trend in sales and financing of cleaner stoves and fuels
Profitability reports in the industry
Factors to consider in marketing
Marketing and distribution strategies
The financing approaches e.g., PAYGO

Multisectoral Thinking with Cleaner Cooking

The energy-nature nexus: Forest and biodiversity degradation
The gender-lens in clean cookstoves
Integration with school feeding programs
New thinking for hospitals, prisons etc.

Methodologies and Tools for Monitoring and Evaluating Clean Cooking Programs

The M&E framework for the industry
Going through key standard indicators for the clean cooking industry
Monitoring and evaluating stove performance
Monitoring and evaluating stove/fuel sales
Monitoring and evaluating consumer behavior and its determinants
Monitoring and evaluating social and well-being impacts.

Field visits

Site visits to manufacturers of cleaner cooking stoves and fuel

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Planners, Economists, Engineers, Financial Experts, Auditors, Board members, and all staff from:

Clean cooking industry
Municipal, provincial and state governments
International organisations
Other private and public sector institutions with an interest in the cleaner cooking industry