Columbia University - Department of Mechanical Engineering

Mission

Cooking with solid biomass in traditional three stone fires in poorly ventilated indoor environments has many negative impacts on health, environment, convenience and time spent collecting fuel. effects. The initiative is to carry out research on the best ways to minimize these impacts, as well as carry out village-scale implementation of improved cooking practices, ventillation, stoves, fuels and information.

Organization Type Academia

Contact Information

Primary Contact
Dr. Vijay Modi
Secondary Contact
Mr. Michael Waite

Address 220 Mudd Bldg, MC 4703, Columbia University
500 West 120th St.
New York, NY
10027
United States
Website
Phone 212-854-2956
Fax 212-854-7306
Calling/Fax Instructions

Our Focus

Primary Initiatives, Target Populations, and Scope of Work:

Rural Populations that are in clusters of 5000 to 50000 per country at this stage.

Fuels/Technologies: N/A Technology Neutral
Sectors of Experience: Agriculture
Energy
Health
Infrastructure
Rural Development
Water

Our Experience And Interest In The Four PCIA Central Focus Areas

Social/Cultural barriers to using traditional fuels and stoves:

No input


Market development for improved cooking technologies:

No input


Technology standardization for cooking, heating and ventilation:

No input


Indoor air pollution exposure and health monitoring:

No input

Relevant Publications or Studies

None noted

Our Contribution to the Partnership

We are trying to learn from the Parternship.