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HEDON newsletter (28/03/2006)

Welcome to the email newsletter of the HEDON Household Energy Network. We hope you will find the information below interesting and useful. Please feel free to forward this email to others that may be interested.

Do you have household energy news, events, publications, website links or market information relevant to HEDON members? Please send them to us by simply replying to this email.

[top] [end]UPCOMING DEADLINES

  • DON'T DELAY: THE DEADLINE - APRIL 7 - TO JOIN THE HEDON WORKING
Do You Have a Passion for Household Energy? A Desire to Build Relationships? A Love for Brainstorming New Ideas? A Thirst for Sharing Knowledge and Experiences? Then membership in the HEDON Working Group is a must.

More details online at: http://www.hedon.info/goto.php/652/news.htm

[top] [end]LATEST NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • GTZ HERA CONVENES 2ND MEETING ON HOUSEHOLD ENERGY
Household Energy Programme (HERA) meeting, held from 28th February to 3rd March 2006 in Johannesburg, South Africa. A summary of the event is now available.

More details online at: http://www.hedon.info/goto.php/654/news.htm

  • KENYAN ENVIRONMENT, INSTITUTIONS AND SMALL BUSINESS ALL TO
The 1,000,000 USD Global Environmental Facility (GEF) grant will boost local efforts to remove barriers in the Kenyan biomass sector.

More details online at: http://www.hedon.info/goto.php/653/news.htm

  • READ THE MEETING REPORT - INDOOR AIR POLLUTION IN S. ASIA
Household Energy brought together a wide range of stakeholders to share knowledge, experience and ideas, and to nurture partnerships, specifically on South Asia regional level cooperation.

More details online at: http://www.hedon.info/goto.php/651/news.htm

  • TRAINING MANUAL FOR IMPLEMENTING SOLAR WATER DISINFECTION
Based on the experiences of SODIS projects carried out in more than 20 countries worldwide, this manual will aid organizations in planning the promotion and dissemination of similar projects in areas where people do not have access to safe drinking water.

More details online at: http://www.hedon.info/goto.php/650/news.htm

  • ESKOM EVALUATES DSM AS PART OF FUTURE CAPACITY INVESTMENTS
initiated a study of 50 solar hot water installations to assess potential energy savings and the feasibility of scale-up as part of its future energy supply portfolio.

More details online at: http://www.hedon.info/goto.php/649/news.htm

  • PROMOTION OF PORTABLE CLAY/CERAMIC STOVES


More details online at: http://www.hedon.info/goto.php/view/647/news.htm

Do you have relevant household energy news? Please send your household energy news items us by return email!

[top] [end]NEW 'HOW-TO' GUIDE

  • COMPARATIVE WATER BOILING TEST (CWBT)
Jean-Frangois Rozis of the test method and procedure of the international standard Water Boiling Test (WBT), modified to account for the real customs and habits of cooking in Cambodia. As well, the CWBT is designed to be simple - it requires minimum equipment easily available in Cambodia, is easy to conduct in the field, and simplifies the calculation at the end of the test.

The CWBT is designed for Cambodia, but its general procedure could be adapted for use in other countries.

Three Sets of Procedures Are Available: 1.The CWBT for Wood - See http://www.hedon.info/goto.php/CWBTForWood 2.The CWBT for Charcoal - See http://www.hedon.info/goto.php/CWBTForCharcoal 3.The CWBT in French - See http://www.hedon.info/goto.php/CWBTInFrench

  • AND. . .BE SURE TO MAKE FULL USE OF HEDON'S ENTIRE COLLECTION OF
Titles Include:

  • Construction and Use of a Simple Solar Drier to Preserve Food for
  • Household Smoke Monitoring
  • Measuring emissions 'how-to'
  • How-to measure efficiency
  • How-to make a food warmer / fireless cooker (hot box)
  • And many more

To view the complete list of 'How-To' Guides, with accompanying links, see http://www.hedon.info/goto.php/How-toGuides

As always, be sure to share your own!

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This newsletter was brought to you by the HEDON Household Energy Network. For further information please visit our website at http://www.hedon.info/goto.php/index.htm or email us with your contributions, comments and suggestions.

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