Berkeley Air partnered with EnterpriseWorks-Ghana to document the impact of the Gyapa wood stove on indoor air quality in households in Accra, Ghana compared to traditional cooking stoves.

Kitchen concentrations of PM_2.5 and CO were monitored in a before and after study design. Baseline (‘before’) measurements were made in households using a traditional stove or open fire. ‘After’ measurements were performed in the same households once the improved stove had been introduced.

Accra, Ghana

This work was conducted when Berkeley Air was a part of the School of Public Health, UC Berkeley operating under the name CEIHD.

Links:

• EnterpriseWorks-Ghana
• Shell Foundation Breathing Space Programme

Publications:

• Indoor air quality impacts of an improved wood stove in Ghana and an ethanol stove in Ethiopia (PDF; 1 MB)