1. Environmental Social Health
120,000 tonnes CO2
prevented annually
Working time saved due
to the reduced need to
collect firewood:
2,1 million hours per year
31,000 total reduced
instances of serious
illness attributable to
indoor smoke
Approximately 68,000
tonnes of wood saved
Total positive impact on
77,000 people
Thereof 13,000 avoided
cases of asthma
70% less firewood
needed compared with
the traditional three-
stone fire
38,000 children positively
impacted
Thereof 12,000 avoided
cases of respiratory
illness (lower chest/lung)
Improved Cook Stove Project in Rwanda
About LIKANO
We are an Austrian based company, leading
in the development of climate protection
projects. Our projects are certified under the
Gold Standard, the most widely respected
certification standard globally for carbon
offset projects. The projects generate high
quality emission reductions with the focus
on social, health and community benefits to
the families within the project area, in
addition to carbon savings. For purchases of
high quallity VERs from this project, please
contact us:
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Michael Novoszad, Managing Director
mn@likano.eu +43 699 11 76 22 73
Johannes Naimer, Sales & Marketing
jn@likano.eu +43 676 505 22 84
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Less firewood – more climate protection
Our project area is located in the rural
Bugasera district in Rwanda. Cooking is
traditionally carried out on thermally
inefficient three-stone-fires, which lead to
incomplete combustion and the production of
large amounts of indoor air pollution.
Our disseminated improved cook stoves are
produced locally in Rwanda and therefore
creating valueable jobs. Household that are
using our stoves only need around 1/3 of
firewood they used before as one
consequence, less CO2 emits into the air.
The burden of accessing firewood – almost
always fall on women and girls, as they are
responsible for cooking family meals in most
rural communities. Without nearby, safely
accessible natural resources, women and girls
often travel long distances to find sufficient
firewood to cook for their families.
The saved time can now be used by kids to
learn for school and for women to carry on a
craft.
Applicable UNFCCC Methodology: Gold Standard Technologies and Practices to
Displace Decentralised Thermal Energy Consumption V.1
Scale: Gold Standard Micro-Scale (10,000 tCO2 available per VPA)
Project Registered: GS1247