Ekouevi, KoffiFreeman, Kate KennedySoni, Ruchi2014-05-272014-05-272014-05-15https://hdl.handle.net/10986/18411The growing interest in clean cooking, with its potential benefits for human health, environmental protection, and climate change, has prompted development specialists to reconsider the quality and performance of cook stoves. Governments, donors, and development organizations want to ensure that the cook stoves they promote meet standards that will yield the greatest possible benefits over time, when adopted and used properly. Households need to understand differences in cook stove performance if they are to select those that represent the best value for money. In this context, the report presents problems of traditional cook stoves; benefits of fuel-efficient cook stoves; potential benefits of advanced combustion cook stoves; and can cook stove performance be measured?en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO ELECTRICITYAGRICULTURAL WASTEAIRAIR POLLUTIONAIR QUALITYAVAILABILITYBENZENEBIOMASSBIOMASS FUELSBIOMASS GASIFIERBIOMASS STOVEBIOMASS STOVESBLACK CARBONBOTTOM LINEBURN FUELCARBON CREDITSCARBON DIOXIDECARBON FINANCINGCARBON MONOXIDECEMENTCHARCOALCLEAN DEVELOPMENTCLEAN FUELSCLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTCLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATIONCLIMATE CHANGESCLIMATE SYSTEMCLOUDSCOCO2COALCOMBUSTIONCOMBUSTION CHAMBERCOMBUSTION CHAMBERSCOMBUSTION EFFICIENCYCOMBUSTION OF FUELSCOOKINGCORNDEFORESTATIONDIESELDUNGDUSTEFFICIENT STOVESELECTRICITYELECTRICITY SUPPLYEMISSIONEMISSION RATESEMISSION-REDUCTIONEMISSIONS REDUCTIONSENERGY DEVELOPMENTENERGY ECONOMISTENERGY EFFICIENCYENERGY PRACTICEENERGY PROJECTSENERGY SECTORENERGY SYSTEMSENERGY TECHNOLOGIESENERGY USEENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONFLUE GASESFORESTFOREST RESOURCESFORMALDEHYDEFOSSILFOSSIL FUELFOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTIONFOSSIL FUELSFUEL CONSUMPTIONFUEL EFFICIENCYFUEL QUALITYFUEL REQUIREMENTSFUEL TYPEFUEL USEFUELSGASGASESGASIFIERGENERATIONGENERATION CAPACITYGREENHOUSEGREENHOUSE GASESGREENHOUSE-GASGREENHOUSE-GAS EMISSIONSHARMFUL EMISSIONSHEALTH HAZARDHEATHEAT TRANSFERHOT GASESHUMAN HEALTHHYDROCARBONSPARTICLESPARTICULATEPARTICULATE MATTERPARTICULATESPELLETSPETROLEUMPOLLUTANTSPROPANERENEWABLE ENERGYRENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARDRENEWABLE SOURCESRICE HUSKSSMOKESOLID FUELSSOURCE OF ELECTRICITYSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTSUSTAINABLE ENERGYTEMPERATURETHERMAL EFFICIENCYUTILITIESWINDWIND POWERWIND POWER CAPACITYWOODBrief10.1596/18411