Aprovecho Research Center Publications

ARC has published eight manuals on cooking and heating technology which are designed for a non-technical audience in simple, un-intimidating language, with easy to follow diagrams.

ARC has also published papers in scientific journals such as Energy for Sustainable Development in order to make data regarding lab and field stove performance and global warming impact accessible to the wider scientific community.  ARC has been featured in many international publications such as National Geographic and Boiling Point.

Ten Stove Design Principles (poster)

Cooking With Less Fuel: Breathing Less Smoke
Aprovecho Research Center; World Food Programme, School Feeding Service (PDPF); Partnership for Clean Indoor Air; Shell Foundation

Design Principles for Wood Burning Cook Stoves
Larry Winiarski, Aprovecho Research Center, Partnership for Clean Indoor Air, Shell Foundation-June 2005

Proposed Benchmarks For Wood Burning Cooking Stoves

A laboratory comparison of the global warming impact of five major types of biomass cooking stove
MacCarty, Still, Ogle, Bond, and Roden.Energy for Sustainable Development, June 2008

Designing Improved Wood Burning Heating Stoves
Dean Still-October 2005

Assessing Cook Stove Performance: Field and Lab Studies of Three Rocket Stoves Comparing the Open Fire and Traditional Stoves in Tamil Nadu, India on Measures of Time to Cook, Fuel Use, Total Emissions, and Indoor Air Pollution
Nordica MacCarty-January 2008

Capturing HEAT: Five Earth-Friendly Cooking Technologies and How to Build Them
Dean Still and Jim Kness; Aprovecho Research Center: Illustrations by Loki Quinnangeles, Cathy White, Shon Lenzo, Lynn Forbes, Amelia Ettinger

Capturing Heat Two: Part 1-Pizza Oven and Stoves With Chimneys
Dean Still, Mike Hatfield, Peter Scott

Capturing Heat Two: Part 2-Simple Water Heaters
Dean Still, Mike Hatfield, Peter Scott

Designing Improved Wood Burning Heating Stoves
Dr. Mark Bryden, Dean Still, Damon Ogle, Nordica MacCarty