Kitchen Performance Test
Kitchen Performance Test
Kitchen Performance Test
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<strong>Kitchen</strong> <strong>Performance</strong><br />
<strong>Test</strong><br />
Stoves made in Copán Ruinas in<br />
Honduras
San José de Las Lágrimas<br />
• 58 Family Units<br />
• 360 Residents<br />
• 160 Children<br />
• Located in<br />
Guatemala
KPT for the Copán Ruinas Factory<br />
• Protocol based on work by Rob<br />
Bailis at UC Berkeley<br />
• Measures actual wood used in<br />
real conditions<br />
• Results are adjusted for wood<br />
moisture<br />
• Training provided by Dr. Tim<br />
Longwell and his staff from<br />
University of Zamorano
34 Volunteers went to San José de Las<br />
Lágrimas for a week for the KPT
Stove Team Honduras
Transport
Welcome to Guatemala!
San José de las Lágrimas
Village Leaders
Typical Home
Phase 1 – Wood Used with Traditional<br />
Open Stoves<br />
• People fix beans,<br />
tortillas, rice and<br />
coffee<br />
• The average<br />
family used 50<br />
lbs of wood per<br />
day
58 Family Units Participated in the<br />
Study
Average Wood Consumption<br />
Kilograms<br />
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Average Wood Consumption<br />
Pounds
At the end of the week, each family<br />
received a stove
Proud New Owners
Next Phase - Wood used with an Ecocina Stove<br />
will be measured this March<br />
• A team from the University of Oregon will<br />
measure the wood used<br />
• Alternative Spring Break<br />
• Results will be compared to the baseline<br />
measurements
Lessons Learned During Phase 1<br />
• Volunteers had to record readings on separate<br />
paper<br />
– Multiple bundles of wood<br />
– Ocote<br />
• Typically, the teams split in two and one team<br />
measured wood and the other talked to the<br />
cook<br />
– Split the form accordingly<br />
– Provide two clip boards to each team
Units Used by Locals are Different<br />
• Molinadas de maiz<br />
• Tasa de café<br />
• Manzana de terreno<br />
• Plastico de masa<br />
• Una libra de arroz<br />
• Una cuchara<br />
• Un abrazo de leña
Detailed interviews were<br />
uncomfortable and lengthy<br />
• The women did not understand<br />
• Questions were too personal or confusing<br />
– How much money do you earn?<br />
– How many children are in the household<br />
– Level of education<br />
• We asked for a bit too much information<br />
– Specifics for each meal<br />
• Health terminology was too complicated<br />
• People didn’t know their age
Next Steps<br />
• Complete the follow-up testing in March<br />
• Compute the annual wood saved on a per<br />
family basis<br />
• A 20% reduction of wood (dry) used equates to<br />
2.5 tons of carbon dioxide per year<br />
• This is about 0.7 tons of carbon<br />
• A 50% reduction would save 1.8 tons of carbon<br />
per year
The final day celebration!<br />
3 Ecocinas fed 400
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