Winter is Coming!
Are you ready to halve your wood consumption this winter? Eco1 Rocket StoveEco Stove ShopImagine if it were possible to make a small change in the way that wood is converted to heat energy so that 1 million trees could be saved from being cut over the next 10 years.
Imagine if all it took was a redesign of the humble wood combustion heater, so that with less than half the usual amount of wood you would have ample clean consistent heat in your home.
Imagine No More! We have developed clean burning, high efficiency wood combustion heaters in 3 models that suit any size home for heating and cooking.
The Himalayan Rocket Stove Project
A Social Enterprise Creating
Clean Burning High Efficiency
Wood Combustion Stoves
For Heating and Cooking
In the Himalayas and Beyond!
Currently targeting the Himalayan regions of India, Nepal and Bhutan with a view to scaling out to global markets over the coming years.
How does it work?
Rocket Stove design is based on a dual combustion process where wood gas and smoke is drawn into a secondary combustion chamber which burns the smoke and releases an abundance of additional heat.
View the video to see this happening in slow motion.
Locations and Contact Info:
Main Contact: Ajay Sharma
WhatsApp / Phone: +91 98051 26096
Sales Team:
Phone: +91 98052 46096
General Enquiries - India
Distribution Warehouse Parwanoo
Contact:
Abhishek Negi
WhatsApp / Phone:
+91 94183 19819
Branch Office - Manali
Khaknal (near Manali)
Contact:
Kuldeep Kumar
WhatsApp/Phone:
+91 89888 80442
Branch Office - Ladakh
Leh Ladakh
Contact:
Chozang Namgial
WhatsApp/Phone:
+91 94192 18358
Global Enquiries
Head Office and Global Enquiries
Contact:
Russell Collins
Email:
russell@himalayanrocketstove.com
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It’s a Rocket Stove, not Rocket Science!
The Himalayan Rocket Stove Project has developed a highly efficient wood burning stove tailored to the Himalayan context and which is now in production and ready for distribution throughout northern India.
These stoves address three key issues facing the people and environment of the Himalayas, namely deforestation, women’s health and air pollution.
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Media & Links
The CSR Journal
“CSR: This Aussie’s ‘rocket stove’ cuts pollution in the Himalayas“
Inventiva
“Himalayan Rocket Stove Saving Earth & Environment…“
Smokeless Cookstove Foundation
“The Smokeless Cookstove Foundation using technology developed by HRS”
Economic Times - India's Top Clean Start ups
“The winners were selected from more than 150 applicants across the country. The winning solutions include technologies for smart metering, energy efficient heating and cooling systems, among others”
YourStory
“Inspired by Sonam Wangchuk, this Australian college dropout is changing lives in the Himalayas…”
INC42
“Meet the 15 Cleantech Startups That Won Social Alpha Energy Challenge”
IndiaSpend - Global Journalism
“How A New Heating Stove Could Reduce Chopping Of Trees, Melting Of Glaciers”
“Clean Biomass Combustion Heating for Domestic Homes in the Himalayas and Beyond…”
The Better India
“This Australian Innovator Designed an Energy Efficient Rocket Stove to Save Trees in the Himalayas…”
TEDx IIM Ranchi
“Talking about the issue of Household Air Pollution and what we can do about it…”
Times of India
“Inspiring stories charge up IIM grads at TEDx”
Radio One Mumbai 94.3
“One on One with Hrishi Kay going in depth on the radio.”
The Tribune India
“Aussie shows warmth with his stove”
DNA - Daily News and Analysis
“Himalayan Rocket Stove: More fire, less wood and saving a million trees”
BW Disrupt - Business World
“A Social Entrepreneur Making Life in Himalayas Smokeless Again”
Nat Geo - Chasing Genius
“Chasing Genius with National Geographic”
Crowdera - Smokeless Cookstove Revolution
“Crowdfunding in India for a smoke free future”
Smokeless Cookstove Revolution on Facebook
“Dhuan Hatao – Zindigi Bachao”
Benefits of the Himalayan Rocket Stove
- Reduced wood fuel load…
- Saves 1 Mature Tree for every Stove in Use
- Saves 100 Back Breaking Loads down the mountains
- Saves 3500kg of CO2 from being released to the atmosphere
We’re working to make these stoves available to the 20 million homes & 100 million people of the Himalayas.
Buy an Eco Rocket Stove
The Smokeless Cookstove Revolution is coming!
In the interests of providing access to clean and efficient stoves
to those who most need them, we also support
The Smokeless Cookstove Foundation
Read more about this not-for-profit project here
This is started as a side project of the Himalayan Rocket Stove project, but has become an incredibly important one. In the process of prototyping the internal design for our stoves in the Himalayas, we came up with a cheap, easy and very practical way to make smokeless cookstoves from clay. This is an adaptation of various ideas that already exist, but with some key features we’ve not seen implemented by anyone else.
There are more than 4 million people (mostly women and children) who die from various illnesses related to Household Air Pollution, this project is directly aimed at reducing this number.
Read more about this project here: Smokeless Cookstove Foundation
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