Proyecto Mirador - Special Achievement Award

Proyecto Mirador is a fuel-efficient stove project that will use carbon finance to provide a market based solution to build stoves in rural Honduras that household economics. The organization became a Gold Standard registered project, which requires extensive testing, in August 2010 and hopes to complete the certification process in early 2011. Since inception, they have installed over 12,000 stoves for individual families, resulting in positive economic and health impacts for people in rural Honduras. The project has revisited stoves built in 2004 and reports most families have replaced parts of their stoves and have continued to be pleased with the stove’s performance and continue its use.

Please see the Bulletin 27 Awards Supplement for an interview with Proyecto Mirador’s Dee Lawrence.