2008 - ongoing
Berkeley Air conducted baseline monitoring for Toyola Energy Limited, a stove manufacturer located in Accra, Ghana. Toyola is pursuing carbon financing from credits generated from offsets achieved from the sale of its improved charcoal stoves.
Berkeley Air's field team implemented a baseline study to characterize fuel use patterns across Toyola's customer base and measured fuel use to compare traditional and improved cooking technologies.
Kitchen Performance Tests (KPTs) were performed in households and a KPT survey was also administered daily to record information about cooking stove and fuel usage, the number and type of meals prepared, and the number of people cooked for.
The Berkeley Air field team also conducted non-renewable biomass baseline (NRBB) research on the fuel supply basin in Ghana. In particular, this research was performed to determine to what extent the project population’s use of woody biomass for charcoal is not balanced by re-growth in the supply area.
Currently, quarterly monitoring is ongoing.
