Solar Cooking has been widely viewed from a technological-centered approach



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Solar Cooking has been widely viewed from a technological-centered approach

  • Solar Cooking has been widely viewed from a technological-centered approach

  • Solar cookers limited accepted

  • Need to focus stronger on the adoption of solar cookers

  • “Solar cookers a solution looking for a problem” (Wentzel & Pouris, 2007)

  • Strong focus on household applications limited focus on institutional level



What are the determining factors that make public institutions implement solar cooking systems?   

  • What are the determining factors that make public institutions implement solar cooking systems?   

  • Why have there been institutional  solar cookers implemented in some developing countries more than in others?

  • What are the possibilities of institutional solar cooking in the case of Mozambique?



1 South Africa

  • 1 South Africa

  • 3 Botswana

  • 20 India

  • ?? Burkina Faso



Gurgaon (Haryana)

  • Gurgaon (Haryana)

  • Indore, Jhabua (Madhya Pradesh)

  • Shirdi (Maharashtra)

  • Dharampur, Sevasi, Fulwadi, Loyal technical school, Muni Seva (Goraj) (Gujarat)

  • Mount Abu, Abu Road (Rajasthan)

  • Tirupati (Andra Pradesh)



Economic factors

  • Economic factors

  • Affordability

  • well-adapted financial schemes

  • Income generating activity



Political factors

  • Political factors

  • Policy framework

  • > degree of policies & regulations

  • > level of cooperation between different sectors among public authorities

  • > demonstration sites, workshops

  • > marketing concepts

  • > campaigns









Interviews with directors, cooks, maintenance staff, key contacts, Heike Hoedt & Wolfgang Scheffler

  • Interviews with directors, cooks, maintenance staff, key contacts, Heike Hoedt & Wolfgang Scheffler

  • Commitment to solar

  • Economic benefit

  • Staff for maintenance

  • Changes in management

  • No local share of responsibilities (top-down approach)

  • Quality of the technology (e.g., mirrors, clock work)

  • Supplier characteristics

  • user friendliness (direct vs. steam kitchens)



Mostly religious institutions which apply Scheffler reflectors

  • Mostly religious institutions which apply Scheffler reflectors

  • - Brahma Kumaris

  • - Bahai

  • - Jesuits

  • Shirdi, Tirupati temples (cook for up to 100.000 pilgrims)



“It became obvious to combine spirituality and values with development of solar energy and other alternative technologies. The fusion of both drives us towards a better future.” (Brochure, Renewable Energy)

  • “It became obvious to combine spirituality and values with development of solar energy and other alternative technologies. The fusion of both drives us towards a better future.” (Brochure, Renewable Energy)

  • Brahma Kumaris is institutional solar cooking pioneer in India

  • Investigate how much the use of solar cooking is due to a spiritual commitment or the “Golo effect”



How representative is my sample?

  • How representative is my sample?

  • Interviews with Brahma Kumaris in South Africa, Maputo, Botswana, Burkina Faso

  • tracing of Scheffler reflectors in Burkina Faso



”Developing Technology: The quest for a new theoretical framework for understanding the role of technology in human development” (EASST conference Trento, September 2010)

  • ”Developing Technology: The quest for a new theoretical framework for understanding the role of technology in human development” (EASST conference Trento, September 2010)

  • “The development effects of solar cooking technologies for households and institutions in Africa” (Conference Local adaptation to climate change for improved food and energy security in rural Africa, Oslo 14th December 2010)

  • “The role of economic incentives for the acceptance of institutional solar cooking- A country comparison” (National conference in Political Science Bergen January 2011)



  • “Limits and Possibilities of Institutional solar cooking in Mozambique” (ISES conference 2011, Kassel)

  • “Solar cooking a solution looking for a problem? A need assessment of institutional solar cooking in Mozambique” (Residential Summer school Botswana July 2012) 

  • “The impact of spiritual commitment on the adoption of institutional solar cooking.-The case of the Brahma Kumaris” (Eurosun, 2012)



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