BASELINE
SIERRA LEONE 2014
WEST AFRICA
Building testing capacity within Sierra Leone
5,750,000 60%
Population
CONTEXT
Rural Population
98% >95% 0% 3,304
Population using solid fuels for cooking Rural population using solid fuels Access to clean fuels (% of population with access to electricity and gas) Number of deaths per year from Household Air Pollution
Transferring knowledge to technicians so they are able to test the products according to international and recognized methodology A baseline for cookstove performance is established. 4 potentially improved cookstoves are tested and 1 traditional stove serves as a national baseline Potential local partners are involved to raise awareness and develop strong bases for an improved cookstove market
ICS and their associated fuels are tested and evaluated in order to establish and standardize quality and measurable fuel reductions
Small and medium local stove market actors enhance their business activities Local technicians are trained to test and evaluate cookstoves in order to establish and standardize quality in the clean cookstoves sector
PARTNERS N’Jala University Renewable Energy Center (Government Technical Institute)
ICS SECTOR At the end of the civil-war there has been a significant increase in charcoal production nationally and in charcoal consumption in urban areas – most notably in Freetown Existing stoves that claim to be improved cookstoves but had never been tested range from $5-10 up to $100, meanwhile common traditional devices cost $3.5 USD
STOVEPLUS ANSWERS Involving the government in the project to help improve the sector
IMPACTS Households can chose their way toward a less precarious and more sustainable energetic future Health and environmental issues associated with traditional devices decrease
CONTACT info@stoveplus.org www.stoveplus.org