Preface

In this edition...

IT Consultants (ITC) is the consulting arm of the Intermediate Technology Development Group; a resume of the work of ITC can be seen on the back page of this issue. Our theme editor for this edition is Dr Rona Wilkinson, who is Energy Programme Manager for ITC. Her work includes project management, facilitating and running workshops/training sessions, and policy advice and dissemination, within the areas of renewable energy and rural electrification - we are very pleased that she agreed to be theme editor for this edition. As this is such a new field for Boiling Point, most of the edition is theme material - but please don’t miss two excellent articles at the end - again on important subjects which have not been addressed lately, A very practical article on making low-cost grates to improve combustion efficiency of stoves, and another article on passive solar heating of water.

Editorial and Production Team

Back issues of Boiling Point

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20 - Non-biomass Stoves

21 - Stoves, Energy and the Environment

22 - Other Uses for Stoves

23 - Measures of Success

24 - Solar Energy

25 - Funding for Stove Programmes

26 - Technology and Design Transfer

27 - Women, Woodfuel, Work and Welfare

28 - Biomass Combustion, Chimneys and Hoods

29 - Household Energy Developments in Southern and East Africa

30 - Sales and Subsidies

31 - Clays for Stoves

32 - Energy for the Household

33 - Household Energy Developments in Asia

34 - Smoke Removal

35 - How Much Can NGOs Achieve

36 - Solar Energy in the Home

37 - Household Energy in Emergency Situations

38 - Household Energy in High Cold Regions

39 - Using Biomass Residues for Energy

40 - Household energy and health

41 - Household energy: the urban dimension

42 - Household energy and the environment

43 - Fuel options for household energy

44 - Linking household energy with other development objectives

Technical enquiries to ITDG

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The Technical Enquiry Service,
Intermediate Technology Development Group, Schumacher
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Contributions to Boiling Point

You are invited to send articles for the next two issues of Boiling Point, the themes of which will be:

· BP46: Household energy and the vulnerable. For those people and communities who have particular needs, access to household energy may be a major factor in their lives. This edition of Boiling Point will be dedicated to looking at those problems and possible coping strategies. BP46 will look at sectors of the community for whom access to energy is a particular problem such as: the elderly who are alone; children who have to fend for themselves; people with physical and mental disabilities; those who suffer long-term illness. The edition will also look at vulnerable communities, for example: those which are particularly isolated, and for whom climatic changes have had a major adverse impact; those urban communities for whom no formal tenancy arrangements, or their status, make access to energy difficult.

· BP47: Household energy and enterprise. For many people, the income that they generate comes from work done at the household level. The energy involved in these enterprises can be a substantial part of their household energy needs - such as for commercial baking, food processing, crop drying, producing street foods etc. Others may make a living providing energy for household use. This edition will look at ways in which energy and enterprise are related within the household context.

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Boiling Point is the journal of the Intermediate Technology Development Group’s Energy programme, and the Household Energy Programme (HEP) of GTZ, Germany. Typesetting by My Word!, Rugby, printing by Neil Terry Printing, Rugby.

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Cover photo: Installation of power lines and street lighting from micro-hydro, Peru (ITDG Peru K1.10)