BioLite
Mission | BioLite is a developer and manufacturer of advanced energy products that make cooking with wood as clean, safe, and easy as modern fuels while also providing electricity to charge cell phones and LED lights off-grid. |
Partner Type | Implementer |
Organization Type | Small or Medium Enterprise |
Organizational Expertise | Adoption / Behavior Change, Health, Humanitarian/Emergency Response |
Expertise | BioLite develops and manufactures advanced biomass energy products capable of reducing indoor air pollution by more than 90% while generating electricity to charge mobile phones and LED lights.;Product development, user centered design, technology development, brand development. |
Technologies and Fuels | Biomass (Ag. Residue, Processed Biomass, etc.) |
Clean Cooking Activities | BioLite develops and manufactures advanced biomass energy products capable of reducing indoor air pollution by more than 90% while generating electricity to charge mobile phones and LED lights. Additional expertise in product development, user centered design, technology development, brand development. Over the next 5 years, BioLite is committed to distributing over 1 million advanced, clean cookstoves. We are currently conducting large-scale marketing trials for the HomeStove in India and Sub-Saharan Africa through 2014. BioLite is also proud to be partnering with the Ghanaian Ministry of Health and Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health to conduct the largest study to-date on the health impacts of clean cookstoves on mothers and their newly-born infants. |
Partnership | We are looking forward to working with the Alliance to access a broad network of local distributors for our products. We are also interested in accessing low-cost financing for our company's scaling process. |
Regions Operating In | Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia |
Countries Operating In | Ghana, India, Uganda |
Address | 65 Jay Street
Floor 4 |
City | Brooklyn |
State/Province | NY |
Postal Code | 11201 |
Website | http://www.biolitestove.com/pages/mission |
Primary Point of Contact | |
Salutation | Dr. |
First Name | Ethan |
Last Name | Kay |
ethan@biolitestove.com | |
Phone | 347-529-5720 |