BPSU, member of Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – The Bataan Peninsula State University (BPSU) is the first institution in the country to become member of Global Alliance for Clean Coookstoves (GACC).

The university has developed vertical-fed biomass cookstove.

“The cookstove, aside from not polluting the air, is safe, easy to use, consumes minimal fuel, durable and adaptable for different cooking purposes,” BPSU Abucay Campus Director and inventor of the cookstove Engr. Jonathan Lacayanga said.

BPSU is one of the about 430 institutions in the world belonging to the alliance, a United Nations initiative.

As member of GACC, BPSU becomes an implementing partner in realizing the vision of the alliance to provide and distribute 100 million clean cookstoves for biomass dependent households worldwide by the year 2020.

According to a World Health Organization report, about 2.5 billion people in more than 500 million homes worldwide use dirty and inefficient cookstoves.

In developing countries like the Philippines, the use of open fire stove that burn biomass fuel inefficiently are noted to cause hazards to human health, environment, and other household problems.