Alliance To Hold Two Webinars In May â Testing and Evaluation
Durability Testing Protocol
Tuesday, May 13 at 8:00am Eastern/U.S.
Durability affects numerous aspects of the cookstove sector, including usability, performance, safety, and user perception. However, despite the importance of durability, little concrete information has been available with regard to how to evaluate cookstove durability. A group of Alliance partners has been working together to develop a protocol for laboratory durability testing. The proposed tests are to identify not only aspects of cookstove designs that may affect usable life, but also the larger concept of cookstove quality. Four primary aspects of cookstove quality were considered when developing the tests.
a) Performance – will performance and safety change as the cookstove ages?
b) Reliability – will the cookstove continue to perform as anticipated?
c) Durability – will the cookstove last?
d) Perceived Quality – will the customer feel, regardless of true performance, that the product they have purchased is worth the price?
Join this webinar to learn more about the draft protocol, what you will need, and to provide feedback on the protocol.
Presenters:
Christian l’Orange, Colorado State University
Ranyee Chiang, Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves (Discussant)
REGISTER HERE for the webinar.
Field Studies to Evaluate Performance, Use, and Adoption of Clean Cookstoves and Fuels in India, Kenya, Mexico, Uganda, and Vietnam
Tuesday, May 27 at 10:30am Eastern/U.S.
In 2012, the Alliance initiated field studies to evaluate of in-field performance, use, and adoption, as well as the potential for health and environmental benefits of clean cookstoves and fuels. Join this webinar to hear about the results of studies in India, Kenya, Mexico, Uganda, and Vietnam, which focus on technologies with promising laboratory performance but limited field data. The results have implications for the ongoing international standards process. The webinar will also include new methodologies to standardize evaluation of stove usage, metrics to link usage and emissions, and explanations of how to evaluate stove stacking patterns.
Presenters:
Omar Masera and Ilse Ruiz Mercado, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Michael Johnson and Charity Garland, Berkeley Air Monitoring Group
To be notified about registration directions, please send a message to: knowledge@cleancookstoves.org