PRESS RELEASE – ENVIROFIT AWARDED GRANT TO EXPAND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM AND INCREASE CLEAN ENERGY ADOPTION IN RURAL KENYA – SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

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Envirofit, a social enterprise that designs, develops and delivers the highest performing, lowest cost clean energy cookstoves, announced today that it has been awarded a grant from the Energy and Environment Partnership (EEP) Program in Southern and East Africa to expand their Women’s Empowerment Programs in Kenya.… read more

ENVIROFIT INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER-SPRING 2015

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Building a sustainable cookstove business is about more than designing an efficient stove. It is about investing in the entire cookstove value chain. This spring Envirofit has been rapidly growing at a global level and at the local level, where we have expanded from 60 to more than 220 employees worldwide.… read more

ENVIROFIT INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER-WINTER 2014

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I recently returned from the Cookstove Futures Summit, hosted by the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves in New York, where I was impressed by the response from the international community to commit 4 billion dollars to the clean cookstove sector. This support marks a monumental change in raising the voice for the clean cookstoves movement… read more

ENVIROFIT INDIA WINS WWF CLIMATE SOLVER AWARD

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According to the World Health Organization, cooking over an open fire inside the home is the equivalent to the smoke exposure of inhaling two packs of cigarettes a day. Nearly half the world’s population – 2.6 billion people ­­ cook over inefficient wood ­­ or dung -­ burning open fires inside their homes, which contributes… read more

JAVADEKAR PROMOTES LOW CARBON INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES

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Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today awarded five small and medium enterprises with the Climate Solver Award 2013 and also released the report titled, 'RE+: Renewables beyond Electricity - Solar Air Conditioning and Desalination in India',… read more

DURABLE, ECONOMICAL STOVE LAUNCHED

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Rural families now have a reason to smile after a new cooking stove was launched in Nyeri, Kerugoya, Eldoret, Kitale, Meru and Mombasa. The stove, dubbed Econofire, is said to improve user's health as well as save money for families around the country.… read more

FIGHTING AGAINST A SILENT KILLER

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OFID – July 31, 2014 The World Health Organization indicates that thousands of men, women and children die every day from diseases that could be prevented by using clean stoves and fuel. Under its Energy for the Poor initiative, OFID is working to turn this situation around. Read More…… read more