Editor’s choice
Editor’s choice
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Around 2.4 billion people use biomass fuels - wood, charcoal and animal dung - for their domestic energy needs. These are typically burned in inefficient stoves or on open fires, with serious consequences for health and the environment. SEI identifies and designs actions to help households transition to cleaner technologies and energy sources.
253 results / 22 of 29 pages
Journal article / Using the multi-level perspective (MLP), this paper assesses to what degree the sociotechnical regime in Sweden's heat-energy system is stable and locked-in
Other publication / Key findings from recent SEI research projects around the world focused on gender issues in the context of development and sustainability.
Journal article / This article presents the first global assessment of the association between preterm births and exposure to ambient particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution.
Project / Towards healthy communities: Citizen science for improved air quality in Nairobi and Addis Ababa is a project addressing health problems from air pollution.
Journal article / This study assesses changes in carbon monoxide concentrations in kitchens after introduction of improved rocket mud stoves in Western Kenya.
SEI working paper / Working paper describing case studies that developed ‘user journeys’ to understand how households come to adopt an advanced cookstove.
Perspective / We look at testing a new approach for understanding what it is about cooking behaviour that blocks the uptake of improved stoves.
