Building a Better Cook Stove for the World’s Poor (2/2)

The stoves are designed to have a lifetime of up to three years at a cost of about fifteen dollars. After India, the plan is to market them to China and Brazil, and to other countries around the world. Envirofit expects twenty-five million dollars from the Shell Foundation and other donors over the next five years to support its efforts.

Nongovernmental organizations and local stores, in some cases, will sell the stoves in villages. The price in different countries will be based on demand and local economic conditions.Martha Kohlhagen says Envirofit will also work with local micro lending organizations to help support the sale of the stoves.

Envirofit says it will use any future profits from the stoves for further research and development. The group wants to develop combination technology, to be able use energy from the cook stove to provide things like heat or light.

Two students at Colorado State University, Tim Bauer and Nathan Lorenz, started Envirofit International in two thousand three. The group has ties to the university. Envirofit developed from research work in the Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory at Colorado State.

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这个灶具的最常使用年限为3年，造价约15美元。继印度之后，该计划打算把这些灶具推入中国、巴西以及全球的其他国家的市场。 Envirofit期望在未来五年能从壳牌基金和其它捐助者获得2500万的资金以支持他们的努力。

在有些情况下,非政府机构和当地的商店会在村庄出售这些炉灶。不同国家的(清洁型炉灶的)价格会基于需求和当地的经济条件而定。Martha Kohlhagen透露Envirofit也将与小额贷款组织合作来推广清洁型炉灶的市场。

Envirofit说它会利用清洁型炉灶未来所有获得的收益用于进一步研发。这个集团想发展组合技术,能够利用炉灶释放的能量来产生诸如光和热之类的东西。

国际Envirofit是由科罗拉多州立大学的两名学生Tim Bauer 和 Nathan Lorenz在2003年建立的。 该组织和大学是有联系的。Envirofit的成果是由科罗拉多州立大学引擎与能量转化实验室的研究结果发展而来的。

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