FUEL CONSERVATION

Eco-Jiko is the short form of the name of the economical jiko. A jiko is a cooking place. Eco-Jiko was a project we started three years back and it is all about the amount of heat lost during cooking because it was noticed that a lot of important energy and fuel is lost in the normal process of cooking which is about 70% of the total heat.

We thought of a way of tapping thye 70% so as to economically that is where with the help of some donners we started the Eco-Jiko project. We started by building three jikos for experimental purposes and we noted it conserved enrgy upto three times a normaljiko uses.

We expanded the project and now we have an established industry and we even have distributed our jikos to local schools and institutionsand they are happy now that they use less fuel for their cooking which is very economical considering the high costs they incur in buying fuel.

People all over the village have started adopting to our jikos and they are very pleased with them. I'd like to thank everyone who has made this project a success. 

Location: MAKINA, NAIROBI, KENYA