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Organization

University of California, Berkeley, Kirk Smith Stove Research Group

Mission

Professor Smith's research addresses the relationships among environmental quality, health, resource use, climate, development, and policy in low income countries.

Organizational Expertise

Climate/Environment, Health

Other Organizational Expertise

Co-benefits of air pollution control. Risk assessment techniques for environmental risks. Development and application of conceptual frameworks to improve policy for regulation of pollution. Development of smart, cheap, portable electronic monitors.

Technologies & Fuels

Biomass (Ag. Residue, Processed Biomass, etc.), Coal, Kerosene

Clean Cooking Activities

Current studies: Nepal tuberculosis and household fuels. Neonatal outcomes in households with biomass fuel in Guatemala. Stove use and adoption monitoring in Mexico. Newborn stove intervention study in Haryana, India. Kitchen performance test in China.

Partnership

Our Stove Use Monitoring System can evaluate whether dissemination of a stove results in use of a stove.

Regions Operating In

East Asia and Pacific, Latin America and Caribbean, South Asia

Country Based In

United States

Address

737 University Hall

Berkeley, CA 94720-7360

Website

https://ehs.sph.berkeley.edu/krsmith/

Primary Point of Contact

Name: Ms. María Teresa Hernández

Title: Research Program Manager

Email: Maria.Hernandez@berkeley.edu

Phone: (510) 643-9166