GIZ HERA Cooking Energy Compendium

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Learn more about why this manual for programs and projects to implement cooking energy interventions was compiled and how to use this compendium.

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Basics about Cooking Energy

• Facts on Cooking Energy
  • Cooking Energy and the Sustainable Develoment Goals
  • Cooking Energy Initiatives on the International Agenda
  • Cooking Energy Initiatives on the Regional and National Agenda
  • Cooking Energy and Focal Areas of Develoment Cooperation
  • Lessons Learnt from Improved Cookstove Projects

• Frequently Asked Questions

Policy Advice on Cooking Energy

• Background - Cooking Energy Crisis
• Cooking Energy Intervention Strategies
• Biomass Energy Strategy (BEST)

Planning Cooking Energy Interventions

• Introduction - Planning Improved Cook Stoves (ICS) Interventions
• Frame Conditions for Planning Cooking Energy Interventions
• Process of Planning Cookstove Interventions
• Content of Planning Cooking Energy Interventions

Designing and Implementing Improved Cookstoves (ICS) Supply Interventions

• Enhancing Production of Improved Cookstoves (ICS)
• Commercialisation of Cookstoves
• Creation of Public Awareness for Improved Cookstoves (ICS)
• User Training - Improved Cookstoves (ICS)
• Financing Mechanisms for Cookstove Dissemination
• Quality Assurance of Improved Cookstoves (ICS)
• Production Systems and Quality Management of Improved Cookstoves
• Scaling-up Strategies of Improved Cookstoves (ICS)
• Result Based Monitoring of Cookstoves Projects
• Sustainability of Cookstoves

Cooking Energy Fuels, Technologies and Practices

• Improved Cook Stoves (ICS) – What is it all about?

Cooking with Woodfuels (Firewood and Charcoal)

• Cooking with Woodfuels (Firewood and Charcoal)
• Cooking with Firewood
• Cooking with Charcoal
• Dual Fuel Stoves
• Firewood Management Techniques
• Testing of Woodfuel Stoves

Cooking with Other Biomass Fuels

• Overview: Cooking with Other Biomass Fuels
• Cooking with Other Solid Biomass Fuels
  • Biomass Briquettes – Production and Marketing

• Cooking with Liquid Biomass Fuels
• Cooking with Gas from Biomass

Cooking with Nonbiomass Fuels

• Cooking with the Sun
• Cooking with Fossil Fuels

General Cooking Practices

• General Kitchen Management Practices

Baking with Improved Ovens

• Baking with Improved Ovens

Water Heating

• Water Heating

Solar Drying

• Solar Drying

Designing and Implementing Woodfuel Supply Interventions

• Policy Challenges in the Woodfuel Sector
• Inception Studies for Biomass Energy Supply Opportunities
• Assessing Woodfuel Supply Potentials
• Woodfuel Production Options
• Charcoal Production
• Biomass Briquettes – Production and Marketing

Climate Change Related Issues

• Carbon Funding for Cookstoves

Extra

• Cooking Energy in Refugee Situations
• Heating - Indoor Air Temperature