Clean Cooking Technologies provides IoT-enabled induction stoves, offering a clean and safe cooking alternative to biomass. By tracking stove usage, the company generates transparent carbon credits, incentivizing adoption and combating climate change.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Product
Problem
Reliance on traditional biomass for cooking impacts billions globally, contributing significantly to CO2 emissions and causing millions of deaths annually due to indoor air pollution. Existing carbon offset programs for cookstoves often overstate their climate benefits, lacking transparent and verifiable data.
Solution
Clean Cooking Technologies provides a hardware and software solution centered around high-efficiency induction stoves equipped with integrated IoT technology. These stoves enable real-time monitoring of energy usage, which is then secured via blockchain technology to ensure data integrity and transparency. The solution allows for the generation of high-integrity carbon credits by accurately tracking stove usage and converting energy use into verifiable carbon offsets. This approach offers a cost-effective and sustainable alternative to traditional cooking methods, reducing emissions and improving health outcomes.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes communities and households currently relying on biomass for cooking, as well as organizations seeking high-integrity carbon credits for environmental sustainability initiatives.
Features
- High-efficiency induction stove (Clekoo) designed for durability and portability
- Integrated IoT technology for real-time monitoring of energy usage and geolocation of stoves
- Blockchain-based ledger to ensure immutable and transparent tracking of usage data for carbon credit verification
- Data Measurement, Reporting and Verification (DMRV) process enhanced through blockchain technology
- Cost-effective carbon offset generation at $4 per ton of CO2 avoided