Consultancy in Resources and Economics

Household Energy

• energy and CO₂ balances

• energy efficiency in the household sector

mixed wood-charcoal stoves 
for various pot sizes

• household energy solutions (gas or solar cooling and heating)

Mixed ceramic stove with outside ceramic liner, developed in Mali in difference to the Kenya Jiko with inside ceramic liner

• improvement of kitchens

 Household stoves in Haiti

• project evaluation

• fuel-saving stoves:test, marketing & production

Comparative cooking tests, 
LPG vs. kerosene vs. charcoal

 Environmental Protection

• conservation of trditional fuels (wood, charcoal)

• pollution reduction

• substitution of traditional fuels (gas, kerosene, etc)

• biomass energy

• environmental preservation strategies

• solar and wind energy

Appropriate Technology for Small Business

• energy efficiency in small scale industry: diagnostic and advisory service

Inverted downword draft kiln

• improved kilns and firing techniques for potters and brickmakers

open upward draft brick kiln

• improved food processing (drying, smoking, baking)

wood-saving stove for large kitchens, beer brewing and smoking

• improved construction (insulation, ventilation)

• cost-benefit analysis and business planning

• training & organizing producers, including micro-credit & marketing

Bread oven  from sheet metal 
with diesel burner 24 kW

• bread baking: from wood to diesel burners