InStove

InStove (Institutional Stove Solutions) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established in 2012 with the goal of reducing climate damage, deforestation, indoor air pollution, and respiratory diseases by the manufacture and distribution of highly efficient institutional rocket-style stoves in the developing world. Their cook stoves are used in large institutional settings such as refugee camps and schools, and empower those who cook with them through implementation of safe and efficient cook stove technology to minimize personal and environmental health risks. InStove's mission is to relieve suffering, improve health, and reduce harm to the environment through the placement of highly efficient biomass cook stoves in vulnerable communities worldwide.

InStove's founders are Fred Colgan and Damon Ogle. The nonprofit is based in Cottage Grove, Oregon.

To address the demand for a better way to cook food for millions in refugee camps, engineer Damon Ogle and carpenter Fred Colgan, working with Aprovecho Research Center, developed a highly efficient solid-fuel cookstove for use in institutional settings in 2008. Worldwide, over 43 million displaced people depend upon organizations administering aid in refugee camps. Ogle and Colgan's prototype for InStove's 60 liter capacity cookstove was a rocket stove, powered by internal combustion and 87% more efficient than traditional three stone fires.

In July 2012, Colgan founded Institutional Stove Solutions (InStove) as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. InStove developed the 60 Liter Stove, and in 2013 the 100 Liter Stove, to address climate change, emissions, and deforestation issues. InStove is a partner of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves. As of July, 2015, InStove’s institutional cookstoves have the highest published test scores in the world against the International Standards Organization’s International Workshop Agreement on clean cookstoves.

In order to meet the demands of clinics, hospitals, and refugee camps who also need access to safe water and sterile medical equipment, InStove developed allied technologies including a medical equipment sterilization system, water pasteurizer, and a biomass briquette press.

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