Changing the Cooking Landscape
Two billion people cook with firewood or charcoal over open fires, at great cost to their health and the environment. Solar cooking improves lives, while saving time and money.
COST of Cooking with… |
FIREWOOD |
SOLAR COOKING |
| TIME | Hours every day collecting wood and supervising fire | Minutes to set up |
| EXPENSE | Families may spend $20-30 a month on fuel | Sunlight is FREE |
| HEALTH | Lung diseases from smoke, burns to children | No smoke, no fire |
| ENVIRONMENT | Local deforestation, global warming | Zero emissions |
Kenyans who use solar cookers say it “saves time.” Food never burns. The cooker sits in the sun while you work in the shade. Two hours later, dinner is cooked piping hot!
To reduce the cost of solar cooking, Global Hardware will stock inexpensive reflective materials to make Haines Solar Cookers. This cooker makes perfect ugali without stirring. And it can pasteurize 10 liters of water a day for free. Kenyans who tested an earlier model reported saving at least Ksh. 800/- a month on fuel costs, and reduced their use of firewood by 77%.
READ this comprehensive study on the Haines Solar Cooker design compared to other.
Materials
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| Cooking Pot |
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| Sleeve |
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| Windscreen |
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Solar Cooker Assembly
The cookers are easy to assemble, requiring only scissors, a paper punch, a nail, a piece of wood, and a box-cutter.
Click HERE for more information on assembly.
Volume Buyers Wanted
To keep unit price low ($15 USD + 16% VAT, per unit) and to encourage entrepreneurship, Global Hardware will sell materials in “roll” quantities only. We will supply to a dealer network:
- Two (2) rolls reflective foam material (enough for 100 cookers)
- 100, clear 0.5 mm. polycarbonate cooking sleeves, 16 cm. x 120 cm.
- 50, clear .05 mm. polycarbonate rectangles 60 cm. x 120 cm. (enough for 100 windscreens)
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