Name of the Social Innovation: BioLite
Founder/Initiator/Leader/Developer of the
Innovation: Jonathan Cedar, Alexander Drummond
For more information: http://www.biolitestove.com/
Jonathan Cedar and Alexander Drummond together
developed the BioLite stove technology. They met while working at Smart Design,
a design consultancy in New York City. The two inventors became interested in
portable stoves that combined local sources of wood with battery-powered fans.
The idea evolved to a low-emissions stove that utilized a thermoelectric
generator called the BioLite CampStove, which was officially launched in 2012.
BioLite now has twenty employees and is headquartered in DUMBO, Brooklyn with
additional branches in Seattle and Austin. Early on in BioLite's development,
winning a clean combustion competition inspired the founders, realizing that
their technology could have impact on off-grid developing communities. Using a
modified rocket stove and working with the Aprovecho Research Center, Cedar
developed a larger model cook stove named the HomeStove, designed to replace
harmful indoor cooking fires.
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