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EcoFire

Smart Gasifier Stove


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.

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