EcoFire is developing a smart gasifier stove fueled by biomass pellets to promote cleaner cooking practices across Pakistan. It features auto-ignition, electronic flame control, and smartphone-based controls including an app to estimate fuel needs. This provides a cheaper, safer alternative for both rural and urban areas by reducing dependence on wood and natural gas through use of a renewable fuel source. Government and NGO support could help spread adoption of the stove and clean cooking practices.
EcoFire is developing a smart gasifier stove fueled by biomass pellets to promote cleaner cooking practices across Pakistan. It features auto-ignition, electronic flame control, and smartphone-based controls including an app to estimate fuel needs. This provides a cheaper, safer alternative for both rural and urban areas by reducing dependence on wood and natural gas through use of a renewable fuel source. Government and NGO support could help spread adoption of the stove and clean cooking practices.
EcoFire is developing a smart gasifier stove fueled by biomass pellets to promote cleaner cooking practices across Pakistan. It features auto-ignition, electronic flame control, and smartphone-based controls including an app to estimate fuel needs. This provides a cheaper, safer alternative for both rural and urban areas by reducing dependence on wood and natural gas through use of a renewable fuel source. Government and NGO support could help spread adoption of the stove and clean cooking practices.
Cooking in Pakistan • 90% of energy is consumed in household is for cooking purposes. • In Pakistan, more than 60% of population live in the rural areas. • In rural areas, combustion of wood is the main source for cooking energy. • Wood burning is unsafe to the user as well as for the environment. • The situation is equally bad for the urban population. • Most of the urban population use natural gas for their cooking needs. • The higher rate of urbanization is causing stress on fossil fuels. • Pakistan will run out of natural gas in next 12 years. • Moving towards alternative to these solutions is inevitable. EcoFire Smart Gasifier Stove • We are providing a smart gasifier stove to help promote cleaner cooking practices across the country. • It is fueled by biomass pellets. • Auto-ignition feature is provided. • The stove features an electronic flame control. • Smartphone based controls are also provided. • Smartphone application also delivers estimate for fuel needed for a cooking session. What EcoFire Solves? • Cheap and safer alternative for cooking in rural and urban areas. • User-friendliness achieved through highest level of automation that lacks in other cheap solutions. • Dependence on renewable fuel in the stove helps in reducing carbon footprint. Support from the Partners • Government should provide financial benefits to such companies that help spread the clean cooking practices. • NGOs with highest penetration in rural areas should help the companies in delivering the product to the users in rural areas. • This will encourage people to adapt the clean cooking practices. • The Government should also revive the clean cooking initiative under the Ehsaas Program.