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Efficient and Clean Cooking Stoves for Households in the Democratic Republic of Congo
ECOA Climate Capital develops this Gold Standard cookstove project (registry project 3454), sold by BURN Manufacturing, focusing on highly efficient improved cookstoves that reduce fuel consumption by 61% in the DRC. Since 2020 it reports 20,000 stoves distributed and 120,000 lives impacted.
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A village on the shore of Lake Edward, North Kivu, DR Congo. Regional context; this is not an identified Bboxx service site.Location context · MONUSCO Photos · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 2015 · Resized; display cropImage source ↗Licence ↗
OperatorECOA Climate Capital (seller: BURN Manufacturing)
EcosystemImproved fuel-efficient cookstove
StandardGold Standard, registry project 3454
StatusActive
LocationDemocratic Republic of Congo
Overview
Inside the project
This project focuses on deploying highly efficient improved cookstoves that reduce fuel consumption by 61% in the DRC, thereby slowing deforestation and saving families money.
The project is developed by ECOA Climate Capital and sold by BURN Manufacturing under the Gold Standard registry.
20,000 cookstoves
Distributed since 2020
120,000 lives
Impacted
61% reduction
Fuel consumption cut
Objectives
- Reduce household fuel consumption by 61%
- Slow deforestation pressure linked to cooking fuel demand
Approach
- ECOA Climate Capital develops the project and BURN Manufacturing sells the cookstoves, registered under the Gold Standard.
Sources
Inspect 2 sources
- registry.goldstandard.org ↗https://registry.goldstandard.org/projects/details/3454
- marketplace.goldstandard.org ↗https://marketplace.goldstandard.org/products/ecoa-climate-capital-efficient-and-clean-cooking-stoves-for-households-in-the-democratic-republic-of-congo-drc
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