RTKC hosts National Workshop on Standards and Testing of Cookstoves in Nepal

Participants at the workshop

National Workshop on Standards and Testing of Cookstoves – took place at Hotel Himalaya on 25 July 2013. The event was organized in collaboration with AEPC, GoN in association with Kathmandu University, Centre for Energy and Environment Nepal (CEE-N), Practical Action/ Indoor Air Pollution and Health Forum, Renewable Energy Test Station (RETS) under Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST), Centre of Energy Studies (CES), Institute of Engineering (IOE), Tribhuvan University.

Mr. Basudev Upadhyay,, RTKC Coordinator
giving a start up push to technical session

The event was actively participated by over 80 participants representing different players such as National Bureau of Standards and Testing (NBSM) GoN, Smart Urja Pvt. Ltd., World Bank, UNDP/RERL, WWF, ICIMOD, RECAST, NAST, CRT/N, ENPHO, ECCA, FOST Nepal, Min Energy, NEEP/GIZ, Nepal Services Pvt. Ltd,  Swastha Chulo, Winrock International, Subha Biomass Pvt. Ltd, Global Peace Association, IUCN among others.

Delegates on the dice: (from right) Mr Lumin Kumar Shrestha, Officiating ED, CRT/N;
Mr Gaanesh Prasad Pathak, Sr. Division Engineer, NBSM;
Mr. Nawa Raj Dhakal, Assistant Director, NRREP/AEPC;
Dr. Tami Bond, Assistant Prof. University of Illinois;
Mr. Prem Bahadur Basnet, General Manager, RETS

The consensus of the workshop was that providing clean energy (cooking solutions) to people who needed is the main goal and standard benchmark and protocol are the tools for achieving this. The priority of the time is setting up the benchmark keeping in mind the GoN’s ambitious mission of “Clean cooking Solutions for all by 2017” and revise the interim protocol 2009 for testing standards and create uniformity in testing procedures for all the testing centres in Nepal by obtaining accreditation from NBSM to ensure quality.