Solar-Powered Cooker Wins Global Award

Solar-Powered Cooker Wins Global Award

Posted on 15. Apr, 2009 by Charles Tsai in E-Inspiration, Environment, I-Inspiration, Inventions

A global Climate Change Challenge to find the most innovative solution to climate change has yielded a clear winner – Kyoto Box.

It’s a $5 cooker that uses two cardboard boxes – one inside another – and an acrylic cover to trap the sun’s power for boiling and cooking.  The design is simple enough that it can be produced in existing cardboard factories in Africa.  In fact, a Nairobi, Kenya factory has been set up to manufacture 2.5 million boxes a month.

Kyoto Box would allow villagers to cook without firewood and fossil fuel, which would lead to a significant reduction in carbon dioxide emissions.  Another added benefit… reduced indoor smoke inhalation – a major health threat in much of the developing world.

In winning the challenge, Kyoto Energy, which makes the Kyoto Box, will receive $75,000.

Links:
Solar-powered cardboard cooker (Financial Times)

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5 Responses to “Solar-Powered Cooker Wins Global Award”

  1. Sandhya

    16. Apr, 2009

    Awesome. Seems very cost-effective. how long will the cooker last under normal conditions?

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  2. energiepass

    21. May, 2009

    I remember that such cooking device already exists in the 90s, invented by the Fraunhofer Institute. If sun is shining, cooking will go very very fast.

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    Its great to see great solar products like this getting the recognition they deserve!

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