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Household energy

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 / 24 of 29 pages

A woman sells stoves on the side of the road.

Bringing clean, safe, affordable cooking energy to Kenyan households: an agenda for action

SEI brief

9 February 2016 / About Household energy, Public policy and Sustainable lifestyles

Nordic Green to Scale

Project / Nordic Green to Scale investigates how existing low-carbon solutions can contribute to tackling the global climate crisis.

2015 - 2019 / About Cities and Household energy

Bringing clean, safe, affordable cooking energy to households across Africa: an agenda for action

SEI working paper

28 October 2015 / About Behaviour and choice, Energy access and Household energy

A woman baking tortillas on a improved cooking stove

Improved cookstoves in Central America: health impacts and uptake

SEI brief

29 September 2015 / About Household energy and Pollution

Children walking on a sand road in African village

Identifying behavioural drivers of cookstove use: a household study in Kibera, Nairobi

SEI working paper

9 June 2015 / About Behaviour and choice, Energy access and Household energy

Ethanol: towards a viable alternative for domestic cooking in Ethiopia

SEI brief

7 May 2015 / About Energy access and Household energy

Biomass Resources, Energy Access and Poverty Reduction

Other publication

7 May 2015 / About Energy access, Forests and Household energy

aerial shot of Smog hangs over Mexico City

SEI Initiative on Low Emission Development Pathways

Initiative / This initiative focuses on integrated analysis and planning for the mitigation of air pollution and greenhouse gases, including short-lived climate pollutants.

2015 - 2019 / About Cities, Climate policy, Food and agriculture, Fossil fuels, Household energy, Mitigation, Planning and modelling, Pollution, Renewables, Short lived climate pollutants and Transport

The carbon footprint of traditional woodfuels

Journal article

31 January 2015 / About Forests, Household energy and Mitigation