UGASTOVE employs state of the art research to inform decision making, product design and planning:

Kitchen Performance Test (KPT) method
This methodology for fuel-use monitoring was developed to assess the impact of the UCODEA improved wood and charcoal stove designs on fuel use and costs in households. read more..

Environmental Health Studies
Worldwide over 2.4 billion people still cook and heat using wood and other biomass.
This dependence contributes significantly to deforestation, anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and health issues from indoor air pollution. read more..

Improved Stove Science
With traditional stoves much heat is transmitted through the sides of the stove, into the environment.
This is very inefficient, needing more fuel to complete a given cooking task. read more..

Carbon Offsetting
The Kyoto protocol requires participating industrialized countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) by an average of 5% belolw 1990 levels by 2012. read more..

The Ugandan Stove Market
Uganda has one of the least developed stove markets in East Africa.
Over 17 million rural Ugandans rely on wood collection for household cooking and heating and do not use improved stoves. Affordability is the biggest barrier to improvement. read more..