GIZ HERA Cooking Energy Compendium

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

Basics about Cooking Energy

• Facts on Cooking Energy
• Cooking Energy and the Millennium Develoment Goals
• Cooking Energy Initiatives on the International Agenda
• Cooking Energy Initiatives on the Regional and National Agenda
• Cooking Energy and Focal Areas of German 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 Improved Cook Stove (ICS) Interventions

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

Climate Change Related Issues

• Carbon Funding for Cookstoves

Extra / Bonus Tracks

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