Welcome

Welcome to the website of the Partnership for Clean Indoor Air. To date, 587 partner organizations are contributing their resources and expertise to reduce smoke exposure from cooking and heating practices in households around the world. This collaborative effort is focused on four essential elements of effective and sustainable household energy and health programs:

  • Meeting the needs of local communities for clean, efficient, affordable and safe cooking and heating options;
  • Improving cooking technologies, fuels and practices for reducing indoor air pollution;
  • Developing commercial markets for clean and efficient technologies and fuels; and
  • Monitoring and evaluating the health, social, economic and environmental impact of household energy interventions.

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Current Partner Opportunities and Resources

Apply today for the PCIA CCT/KPT field testing opportunity! the application deadline is April 30th, so don't delay!

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PCIA/Alliance International Workshop to Develop Guidelines for Stove Standards Proceedings Now Available

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The proceedings are now available for the 5th Biennial PCIA Forum, which took place February 21-26, 2011, in Lima, Peru. Click here to learn about the Forum!

Featured New Partners

Check out these outstanding Profiles of some of our newest PCIA Partners by clicking on the links below. If you haven’t yet updated your Partner Profile in the past 12 months, please click here for instructions on how to do so.

Nexus Carbon for Development
The mission of Nexus Carbon for Development (Nexus) is to create a fair and transparent carbon market that will tackle climate change and poverty. They offer expertise in carbon finance and hold trainings which will be useful to other PCIA members.
ARPEDAC
ARPEDAC works in the Central Africa sub-region on promoting energy efficiency technologies including improved stoves. In Cameroon ARPEDAC is planning to conduct research on cooking/lighting energy needs, organize awareness campaigns, build capacity for improved indoor air quality, and set up a briquette manufacturing company, in partnership with the private sector and government.
Universidad Autonoma de Chiapas
The Universidad Autonoma de Chiapas is promoting the use of improved cookstoves in indigenous communities in the Chiapas State of Mexico. By using demonstrations of different cook stove alternatives and participatory methods, university staff create awareness among the communities of the health issues from cooking with open fires.
Entrepreneurs du Monde
Entrepreneurs du Monde is a French NGO that facilitates access to credit and savings services. In 2010, EdM’s Burkina Faso team began promoting energy efficiency among households by developing a credit and training program dedicated to LPG and improved stoves. 3500 stoves have been sold with plans to replicate these successes in Haiti.
The Haiti Bureau of Mines and Energy
The BME’s mission is to promote research, technology development, clean-living and efficient utilization of national mining, calcareous and energy resources. The BME has realized several projects involving improved cooking technologies, including a program that developed the Mirak Stove, which reduced fuel consumption by as much as 40% compared to traditional stoves.