SCInet Solar Cooking Convention 2014

The SCInet Solar Cooking Convention 2014 was held in Sacramento , USA July 17-19th of 2014. This was the seventh international solar cooking conference, and the first to be held in eight years.
The convention brought together 102 solar cooking project directors, promoters, designers, researchers, and manufacturers to share sustainable program strategies, recent advancements in solar cooking, global promotion, solar cooker testing, and project evaluations. Convention participants were actively involved in setting goals and establishing collaborative teams for global priorities in solar cooking technology.
The third day of the Convention was a free public solar cooking festival held at William Land Park in Sacramento. Attendees from sixteen countries demonstrated solar cookers and cooking techniques.
Setting standards for solar cooker certification, uniform testing methods, and global promotion strategies were the topics that interested most of those in attendance. Accomplishing the certification and testing goals will allow for easier adoption of solar cooking projects by larger funding organizations, as well as provide comparative information for consumers.
Sponsors of the convention included Solar Cookers International, The Agua Fund, Inc., and the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves. SCI Executive Director, Julie Greene, SCI staff, and SCI volunteers put in many hours planning this years convention, helping to make it the success that it was.
==Presentation videos and PDFs==
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Global solar cooking promotion
*Julie Greene: 2014 SCInet Convention Keynote
*Julie Greene: Where do we go from here? Paticipation and organizational models
*Julie Greene: Concluding Remarks: The Future We Envision
*Louise Meyer: National and international advocacy efforts: 2013 and beyond
*Sophie Brock: National and international advocacy efforts: 2013 and beyond
*Ajay Chandak: Specific solar cooker criteria for prospective users or buyers
*David Chalker: Future technology challenge addressing the past and present
*Edye Kuyper: Solar cooking, women's enpowerment, and food and nutrition security
*Nathan Parry: The need for global marketing for solar cooking
*Arline J. Lederman: The value and structure of NGO participation at the United Nations civil society
*Pia Otte: Relevant factors for the successful adoption of institutional solar cookers
*Catlin Powers: The global public image of solar cookers
*Catlin Powers: "How I Solar": concept presentation
*Paul Funk: Solar Cookers Worldwide
Solar cooker performance testing and certification
*William Bradley: Reciprocal Optical Test for Measuring Solar Cooker Performance
*Paul Funk: ASAE 581 Standards - updates
*Paul Funk: ISO TAG Solar cookers and safety standards for cookstoves
*Ajay Chandak: Development of Universal Standards for Solar Cookers for Use at Test Centers
*Bernhard Müller: Water boiling Test for Solar Cookers
*Faustine Odaba: Water boiling Test for Solar Cookers
*Catlin Powers: The need for Consumer Certification for Solar Cookers
Use studies - Projects - History
*Natalia Blackburn: Characteristics of solar cooking households in the US - (Video, PDF)
*Shyam Nandwani: Solar food warmers for educational centres in Costa Rica - (Video, PDF)
*Gordon Bauer: Evaluation of usage and fuel saving of solar ovens in Nicaragua
*C.B. Jagadeeswara Reddy: Concept of Renewable Energy/Model Village
*Crosby Menzies: The most well-funded solar cooker program in the world: Lessons learned from GTZ
*Allart Ligtenberg: Humanist Community Forum (August, 2014): Solar Cooking and Other Green Technology Projects in Nepal
*Pia Otte: Mapping global impact data for solar cooking a case study
*Ed Pejack: Nostalgia from 1st International Conference, Stockton, 1992
*Grace Magney: Successes in Afghanistan
*Alan Bigelow: Solar Trekking in Nepal
*Susan Kinne: An Edu Tourism Model (Video, )
*Janak McGilligan: Empowering young Rural and Tribal women with Solar Cookers
*Rolf Behringer: Solar Food Processing and Preservation
*Stuart MacLachlan: Quantifying UK domestic energy savings using a solar box cooker
*Lynn Bergeron: Solar Cooking in Micronesia: Lessons learned in Chuuk
Fundraising
*Pat McArdle: Factors that give fundraisers confidence
*David Whitfield: Carbon Credits as Accessible Funding CDM, Gold standard projects
*Jack Anderson: Carbon Credits as Accessible Funding Voluntary Carbon Offsets
Solar cooker design
*Pete Schwartz: Inexpensive, High Performance Solar Concentrators for less than $0 1 per Watt
*Phoung, Guerra, Pham: Solar Cooking at Night
*Michael Nicholas: Solar Cooking in the Digital Age Opportunities for Cooking with and Testing Solar Ovens
==Working groups==
At the conference a number of working groups were set up to facilitate ongoing collaboration:
*Global Solar Cooking Promotion: Moving Forward
*Making Solar Cookers Affordable: Finance Models for Users, and Income Generation
*Sustainable Project Model: Best Practices
*Standards for Solar Cookers
*Solar Cooker Certification Process: Consumer Rating System
*SCInet: Our Direction for Global Collaboration
*Rotary: Best Practices for Solar Cooking Projects
*Women’s Empowerment and Gender Equality
*Collective advocacy statement
*Academics
*For-profit business
*Promoting Solar Cooking in Your Community
==See also==
*Photos from the Convention
*Other solar cooking conferences
==SCInet Solar Cooking Festival 2014==
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==See also==
*Photos from the festival
*Other solar cooking conferences
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*Solar Cookers International Network
*SCInet Solar Cooking Festival 2014 (Held in a local park the day after the Convention)
==Contact==
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