Sustainable Cooking

Current Situation

Billions of people are using polluting fuels and energy inefficient technologies to cook, including the combustion of solid fuels like plastic or rubber and biomass such as wood, coal or crop residues. They lack access to renewable combustibles and need to work with self-made stoves out of natural materials. This traditional cooking practice produces 2 to 5 percent of annual greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. The release of emissions when cooking inside homes is responsible for over four million premature deaths each year. We can address and solve this problem using simple technologies commonly used in developed regions of the planet. The two major ways to reduce pollution are the increase of cookstove efficiency and the usage of fuels with a high degree of sustainability.

Project

Over the years we have built up a huge infrastructure providing people in Kenya accessibility to cookstoves and sustainable ethanol. Combined, our products increase efficiency, reduce emissions and lower costs. Our app enables people to order their cookstoves and purchase their ethanol fuel. With a network of nearly 1,500 distribution points, we make sure that every person has access to our ethanol when it is needed. The design of our cookstoves makes sure that they are simple and safe to use.