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The 6th SCI World Conference 2017 was held 16-18 January 2017 at the Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, Vadodara, Gujarat, India. During the conference, over 200 participants from 30 countries presented and attended 58 presentations on eight different topics. The gathering broke new ground as it advanced solar cooking globally through new connections, information-sharing, and feedback on new projects in the solar cooking community.
The conference included:
- 200 participants
- 30 countries
- 58 presentations
- 5 plenary and keynote speakers
- 3 new international solar cooker gatherings announced
- 2 new working groups
- 1 universal pledge
Conference participants made an agreement to share, plan, and commit to collaborative action at the systems level to "move the needle" with solar cooking around the world. The global solar cooking community is making progress toward its pledge to, "improve health, feed families, and protect our environment."
Conference Co-Chairs:
- Mr. Deepak Gadhia, Muni Seva Ashram, India
- Ms. Julie Greene, Solar Cookers International, USA
Conference Secretary:
Organizing Committee (India):
- Dr. Ajay Chandak, PRINCE
- Mr. Ghanshyam Lukhi, Tapi Food Products, Inc.
- Dr. Mrs. Janak Palta McGilligan, Jimmy McGilligan Centre for Sustainable Development
- Mr. Deepak Gadhia, Muni Seva Ashram
Organizing Committee (USA)
- Ms. Julie Greene, Solar Cookers International
- Ms. Caitlyn Hughes, Solar Cookers International
Special thanks to 6th SCI World Conference Sustainability Partners HNG Glass and the Gujarat Energy Development Agency (GEDA).
Highlights[]
- January 2017: Several important commitments grew from the 6th SCI World Conference 2017 for solar cooking in camps for refugees and internally displaced persons. After Solar Cookers International (SCI) led discussions with experts and those implementing solar cooker projects in Bhutan, Nepal, Chad, Uganda, and many other locations, several plans and commitments occurred: 1) SCI formed a refugee working group to strategize for more solar cooker project implementation in camps and informal settlements; 2) A new partnership formed, leveraging the skills of a crowdfunder with on-the-ground experience in refugee settlements in Uganda; 3) A strategy to educate humanitarian aid donors who choose solar cooking for camps; 4) A data-driven target for solar cooker interventions to decrease wood fuel use by 10% (data indicate that solar cookers can save 40-50% of the wood fuel supplied to camp residents).
Video presentations[]
Keynotes[]
Deepak Gadhia Keynote
Plenary sessions[]
Vandana Shiva Plenary
RL Sawhney Plenary
Jagat Shah Plenary
Julie Greene, Closing Remarks - The Future of the Solar Cooking Sector
Presentations[]
Dr. Ajay Chandak - Solar Thermal Technologies for Industrial Process Heating
Dr. Ajay Chandak - Community Solar Cookers for Rural Schools and Charitable Organizations
Dr. Alan Bigelow - Performance Evaluation Process (PEP) Recap
Guro Grytli Seim - Building the Industry Together How to be Partners, not Competitors
Daniel Feuermann - HS Physics Education in the Service of Solar Cooking to the Bedouin Population
Dr. Shyam Nandwani - Promotional Activities of Solar Cooking in Costa Rica and Other Countries
Dr. Akihiko Kumagai - What Would be a Sustainable WAPI Producing Method for Developing Countries?
Rachel Andres - Solar Cooking Project in Chadian Refugee Camps Lessons Learned
Julie Greene - Displaced Persons and Solar Cooking
Dr. (Mrs.) Janak Palta McGilligan - Promoting Solar Cooking for Sustainable Development Goals
Ghanshyam Lukhi - A Case Study of Successful Application of Solar Cooking in Tapi Food Products
Dr. Shireesh Kedare - Solar Industrial Process Heat Systems
Celestino Ruivo - User acceptance of solar cookers the case of funnel concrete cooker
Matthew Alonso - Performance Testing of a Portable Stored Solar Thermal Energy Cooking System
Papers[]
Applications in the Field[]
- All Time Operating Solar Cookers for Indoor and Outdoor Cooking - Smita B. Joshi and A. R. Jani
- Low-Budget, High-Empowerment Sustainable Development Model - Susan Kinne
- Possibilities and Challenges of Solar can Cook Nepali Food (slides) - Sanu Kaji Shrestha and Kriti Shrestha
- Solar Cooker - A Review - Smita B. Joshi and Hemant Thakkar:
Education and Promotion[]
- Engaging Students in Solar Thermal Technology Experimentation - Susan T. Schleith, Penny Hall, and Onkar Shinde
- On High School Physics and Student Assistance in Introducing Solar Cooking to Bedouin - Hezi Yizhaq and Daniel Feuermann
- Promotional Activities of Solar Cooking in Costa Rica and Other Latin American Countries—It's Necessary but with Proper Actions - Shyam Nandwani
- Solar Energy Related Curriculum for Schools in India - Sharat K. Chand
- The Loodariak Kenya Village Solar Cooker Project - Collaborative Knowledge Transfer - Jean Golden and Peter Haastrup
Entrepreneurship and Field Projects[]
- GoSun Stove - Can Evacuated Tubes Scale to Meet Global Cooking Needs - Patrick Sherwin
- How Solar Connect Association Sustains the Solar Cooking Business - Kawesa Mukasa
- Solar and Fireless Basket Cooking in Kithuia Village, Kenya - Nicholas Nzola Kithembe
- Up Scaling Solar Cooker Project in Kilimanjaro and Manyara Regions in Tanzania - Sperancea Gabone
Food Processing/Industrial Applications[]
- If No One Copies it or Tries to Steal It—Is It Worth Nothing? State of the Art of Small Automatic Parabolic Trough Steam Systems for Food Processing - Michael Götz
- Production of Solar Processed Food in Search Alternatives in Nutrition, Conservation, Diversification and Valorisation of Resources in Oaxaca Mexico - Victoria Aguilera Velazco
Performance and Evaluation Process[]
- Development of a Performance Evaluation Process (PEP) for Solar Cookers - Dr. Alan Bigelow
- Development of Standards for Solar Concentrating Cookers - Dr. Ajay Chandak
- Progress toward an ISO Standard for Solar Cooker Performance - Paul Arveson
Policy and Finance[]
- A Detailed Study of Black Carbon and its Regional Impacts - Tulasi Ravindran, Dr. Alan Bigelow, Dr. Arline Lederman
- Diaspora Financing, Developing a Strong Solar Cooking Industry in the Region - Ignacio R. Smith and Sherry McMillan
- Experience of Financing a Solar Cookers Project for Fifteen Years in the Andean Region of South America - Rocio Maldonado
- Online Marketing Strategies - Tailored for Solar Cooking - Even Haug Larsen
- Public Policy to Support National and Local Movement of Solar Cookers - Pedro Serrano
- Testing Phase of the First Solar Restaurant of France (Europe) - Pierre-André Aubert
Refugee Camp Projects[]
- 21st-Century Solutions To Ancient Cooking Problems: Displaced Persons and Solar Cooking - Julie Greene
- Box Type and Panel Type Solar Cookers Which can be Used as Cartons to Contain the Emergency Stuffs - Nguessan Oufle Amalama Christian, Serika Miyashita, Sumio Shuto, and Yuichi Nakajo
- How Vajra Foundation’s Solar Cooker Project in the Bhutanese Refugee Camps in Eastern Nepal Became One of the Largest in the World – and How This Success has been Used to Kindle Environmentalism in Nepal - Maarten Olthof
- On the Construction and Users Acceptance of Funnel Concrete Solar Cooker (poster) (slides) - Celestino Rodrigues Ruivo
- Performance Testing of a Portable Stored Solar Thermal Energy Cooking System - Household Energy Without Fuel, Fire, or Emissions - Matthew Paul Alonso, Keilin Jahnke, Catherine Zhou, and Dr. Bruce Elliott-Litchfield
- The Use of Solar Cookers in Refugee Camps - Patricia McArdle
- What Would be a Sustainable Water Pasteurization Indicator (WAPI) Producing Method for Developing Countries? (slides) - Akihiko Kumagai
Scale and Coalition Building[]
- Partnerships and Coalition Building in the Solar Cooking Industry - Building the Industry Together - How to be Partners, Not Competitors (slides) - Guro Grytli Seim
Closing[]
Posters[]
Standards[]
- Enhancing Capacity of Regional Cookstoves Testing and Knowledge Centre in Nepal - Basudev Upadhyay, Prabin Shrestha, Shovana Maharjan
Policy and Finance[]
- A Detailed Study of Black Carbon and its Regional Impacts (also paper) - Tulasi Ravindran, Dr. Alan Bigelow, Dr. Arline Lederman
Education and Promotion[]
- A Study to Assess Potential Deployment Issues, Challenges, Awareness Level, and Solutions to Promote Solar Cooking at the Household Level in India - Namrata Sengar, Krishna Mohan Kaushik
- Overcoming Obstacles to Solar Cooking in the UK - Dave Oxford, Stewart Maclachlan
- Solar Energy and Food Processing - A Win-Win Situation for India - Vijayata Namrata, , Namrata Sengar
- The Analog Solar Tracking System - Fatemeh Rahimi, Hamed Tavakoli
Applications in the Field[]
- Relief and Recovery Programs in Haiti - An Experimentation with Solar Cookers - Chihwei (Will) Hsu
- Solar Cooking in Lower Nyakach, Kenya - Dinah Chienjo
Refugees[]
- Social Factors and Uptake of Solar Fuel Projects in Refugee Camps - Godfrey Mawira Kaburu
Heat Storage[]
- Developing a Solar Resource Map for a Stored Solar Cooker - Emily Floess, Matthew Alonso, Keilin Jahnke, Samantha Lindgren, Joe Bradley Madhu Viswanathan, Bruce Elliott-Litchfield, Tami C. Bond
- Maintaining Traditional Cooking with Stored Solar Thermal Energy - Sun Buckets - Samantha Lindgren, Keilin Jahnke, Matthew Alonso, Bruce Elliot-Litchfiel
Solar Drying[]
- Improved Fish Drying Using the UCD Chimney Dryer - Mohd Rezaul Islam, Amrita Mukherjee, Angelos Deltsidis, Michael Reid, Jim Thompson, Elizabeth Mitcham
- Solar Drying of Chiapas's Fresh Cheese - Juana María Hernández Jarquín, Joel Pantoja Enríquez
- Solar Drying of Horticultural Crops in Bangladesh - Amrita Mukherjee, Rezaul Islam, Michael Reid, James Thompson, Angelos Deltsidis, Elizabeth Mitcham
Design[]
- Electric Back-Up Solar Cooker: Fabrication and Testing - Sunita Mahavar, Namrata Sengar, P. Dashora
- Heliac Solar Cooker - Sedi Byskov, Maria Matschuk, Gideon Caringal, Karsten Dupont, Henrik Pranov
- Let Sun Cook it All - Varun Raheja
- On the Construction and Users Acceptance of Funnel Concrete Solar Cooker - Celestino Ruivo
- Panelbolic - A hybrid DIY project: Combination panel and parabolic solar cooker - Elmo Dutra
- Solar Cooker - A Review - Smita Joshi, Hemat Thakker
- Solar Cooking - Edward Sembajjwe
- The Next Generation Low-Cost Concentrated Solar Thermal Power - Maria Matschuk, Gideon Caringal, Karsten Dupont, Henrik Pranov
Conference schedule[]
See also[]
Contact[]
- See Solar Cookers International.Solar Cookers International