Boiling Point 54: What’s happening in household energy? HEDON News

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Resources on the HEDON website Getting involved in the HEDON Household Energy Network HEDON CleanAirSIG WHO launches country-by-country estimates of death and disease due to indoor air pollution New WHO publications on the cost-benefit analysis of household energy and health interventions HEDON CarbonSIG Download the original article

Boiling Point
Issue 54 (2007) Climate change and household energy
Article	What’s happening in household energy? HEDON News
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[top] [end]Resources on the HEDON website

This is the second edition of Boiling Point since it formally became part of the HEDON Household Energy Network. We’ve been busy transferring the back issues of Boiling Point to the website and you can now read all editions as far back as Edition 30 from 1993. Previous issues of Boiling Point can be found at: Boiling Point

You can also browse through a comprehensive database of information and resources on a number of leading issues in the Household Energy Sector. These include: Climate Change, Forestry, Health, Gender, Market creation, Policy and Monitoring and Evaluation. See: Leading Issues

If you would like to contribute on any of the topics listed please don’t hesitate to contact us.

[top] [end]Getting involved in the HEDON Household Energy Network

HEDON is addressing the issues associated with household energy ‘head on’ and needs volunteers with all sorts of skills to help build, maintain and get the most out of our site and services. The work you do can make a real impact for those living in poverty and help to improve life for those whose homes are made dangerous and unwelcoming due to smoke. Energy technologies need to be improved, not just to reduce smoke, but to make stoves more efficient, thus reducing deforestation, giving women improved choice, learning about other fuels such as biofuels, which can be faster and cleaner - there is so much to do.

HEDON needs volunteers of all experiences to help to build this “exciting-and-full-of-useful-people-and-information” network, just visit the volunteer page on HEDON: Volunteers

[top] [end]HEDON CleanAirSIG

As part of the launch of the CleanAirSIG the Special Interest Group (SIG) on Clean Indoor Air, HEDON and Practical Action held a two-week online conference on kitchen smoke alleviation in July 2007. The topics covered included: Community projects & integrated programmes, monitoring and evaluation, technology development, commercialisation & enterprise, policy action, knowledge sharing and networking.By the end of the conference 84 people had subscribed to the event, 60% of whom were from the Southern Hemisphere. In total nearly 350 messages were sent from 45 contributors and over 450 people viewed the conference webpage. You can view the conference webpage here: CleanAirSIGConferenceJuly2007

CleanAirSIG members have also participated in two e-discussions in November. The first discussion topic was initiated by Dr Karabi Dutta from ‘The Appropriate Rural Technology Institute’, India. It focused on viable interventions to reduce exposure to indoor pollutants and provide cleaner air in informal settlements in Kolkata, and thus improve health, particularly for women and children. Details of this discussion are available here: CleanAirSIG:IAP in Slums Kolkata India

The second e-discussion topic was on the usefulness of health questions in IAP questionnaires and the reliability of the interviewees answers and the way they are influenced by the research situation settings. This interesting discussion is still ongoing and many members from the medical/health sector have joined the discussion. The details are available here: CleanAirSIG:Health Questions

[top] [end]WHO launches country-by-country estimates of death and disease due to indoor air pollution

The statistics highlight the heavy toll solid fuel use takes on the health and well-being of people around the world. In the 21 worst-affected countries approximately 5% of death and disease is caused by indoor air pollution. In 11 countries indoor air pollution is to blame for a total of 1.2 million deaths a year. Globally, reliance on solid fuels is one of the 10 most important threats to public health. See 904/news.htm

[top] [end]New WHO publications on the cost-benefit analysis of household energy and health interventions

These guidelines provided the basis for a cost-benefit analysis of three interventions (LPG, Ethanol, Improved Stoves) under different scenarios. The study concludes that the health and productivity gains far outweigh the overall costs of interventions. See 1049/news.htm

[top] [end]HEDON CarbonSIG

In the last half of 2007, CarbonSIG email discussions focused on recent carbon offsetting articles in the press, carbon methodologies and standards as well as lobbying for action at the UN Climate Change conference in Bali. Philips DAP, via Ecofys, also put out a call for expressions of interest for the provision of carbon services for their new stove.

To mark the publication of Boiling Point 54, HEDON CarbonSIG and Eco Ltd held a two-week e-conference on ‘Climate Change and Household Energy’. A variety of very relevant papers were presented from carbon companies, NGO’s and researchers that deal with a range of topics from CDM in Africa to cook stove methodologies. Visit the conference website here: CarbonSIGConferenceJanuary2008

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[top] [end]Contents: Boiling Point 54 - Climate change and household energy

Theme Editorial - Carbon finance for clean cooking – time to grasp the opportunity - BP54:Health and Greenhouse Gas Impacts in Africa - BP54:Carbon Finance for Healthy Kitchens - BP54:Critique of GHG stove assessment methods - BP54: Practical Action CO2 offsetting experience - BP54: Credible Carbon Offsets for African Households - BP54: GTZ News - BP54: Practical Action News - BP54: Marine conservation and energy efficient stoves - BP54: Can Carbon Finance Clean Cooking? - BP54: Rates of smoke emissions - BP54: A Polyethylene Dome for Biogas Plants - BP54: HEDON news

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