Sustainable Energy for all.....Video from Nepal
Discussion posted 02 April 2013 by Jessica Kleinberg
The UN has declared 2014-2024 the decade of sustainable energy for all!
For an informative and inspiring perspective on energy access and clean cooking stoves in developing countries, check out this great youtube clip about Nepal...
Global Sunrise: An organisation funding energy projects for the
Discussion posted 24 April 2012 by Nick Byrne
Energising change
Global Sunrise is a non-profit project which fundraises through an international network to provide electricity to some of the world's most deprived communities in a clean and sustainable manner.&...
Practical Action Interactive Renewable Energy Toolkit (IRET-1)
Discussion posted 05 April 2012 by Amanda Binks
Dear Energy KH members!
Please check the following link to Practical Action's Interactive Renewable Energy Toolkit: http://practicalaction.org/iret-1. Below is a summary of the toolkit, taken from the Practical Action website. It is...
Making a Better Cookstove
Discussion posted 16 March 2012 by Nick Byrne
This was an interesting article from the Acumen Fund blog. It would be awesome if we started generating some EWB commentary on these issues too. What do you think?
Making a Better Cookstove
by Scott And...
Reviewer Required for Solar Training Material
Discussion posted 18 November 2011 by Rasika Mohan :: Last updated 20 February 2012
Hi All,I am the field officer for South Asia. One of my volunteers is working at the Jyoti vocational training centre in Pokhara Nepal on a Level 2 Training Course. We are looking for someone to assist with the review of this material in Ja...
Examples of great appropriate energy technologies
Discussion posted 22 September 2011 by Todd Houstein :: Last updated 06 February 2012
Hi fellow energy nerds. I just saw this YouTube video, and wondered if anyone else had some examples of great appropriate energy technologies to share?
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Energy Revolution - National Roadshow
Discussion posted 17 July 2011 by Brad Schultz :: Last updated 03 August 2011
Some of you might be interested in the Australian Green Development Forum's 'Energy Revolution' National Roadshow - a national roadshow featuring Mario Avila, Cuba's leading environmental educator. The public lecture and document...
South East Queensland Energy Knowledge Hub Ideas
Discussion posted 11 June 2011 by Brad Schultz
The beginnings of the South East Queensland knowledge hub occurred last week at the Archive... and there are a bunch of enthusiastic people ready to give this knowledge hub thing a shot. We will catch up again in person some time soon, but ...
Energy In Common (EIC)
Discussion posted 09 June 2011 by Daniel Astbury
An interesting twist on the micro-finance phenomenon!http://www.energyincommon.org"There are billions of people living in poverty that want to build a better future for their children. Together, we can lend them the money they need to do...
Regional Energy Knowledge Hub Coordinator WA
Volunteer opportunity posted 03 May 2011 by Energy
The Energy Knowledge Hub aims to:
Collate and disseminate knowledge relating to the operations of EWB;
Provide technical support to the EWB Working With Communities team, including overseas field volunteers and officers; and
Provide techni...
Energy Knowledge WA Working Group Participants
Volunteer opportunity posted 11 April 2011 by Energy
The EWB Energy Knowledge Hub is currently developing Technical Guides to support EWB field volunteers be even more effective in their work assisting communities to meet their energy needs sustainably. We are also looking at opportunities to...
Energy Knowledge SEQ Working Group Participants
Volunteer opportunity posted 11 April 2011 by Energy
Engineers Without Borders (EWB) is establishing a local South East Queensland Energy Knowledge Working Group to support EWB field volunteers be even more effective in their work assisting communities to meet their energy needs sustainably.
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Small Scale Wind Energy - Great Videos from Conference
Discussion posted 14 February 2011 by Brad Schultz
If anyone is interested in small scale wind energy, then there are videos available on the KAPEG website from the 2010 International Workshop on Small Scale Wind Energy for Developing Countries which was held in Pokhara in November 201...
Solar Power in Nepal
Discussion posted 14 December 2010 by Zoe Eather :: Last updated 30 December 2010
Hi everyone,My name is Zoe Eather, I am a Civil and Environmental Engineering student at QUT. I have recently been in Nepal, installing solar panels on a school in the mountains and plan to pursue my thesis on this topic next semester. I do...
Energy and development: Who, what, how? Why?
Discussion posted 15 October 2010 by Nick Byrne :: Last updated 18 October 2010
Some very interesting questions have been presented amongst the Energy Hub participants, revolving around the application of energy initiatives in developing countries. If we embark on a project with a broader strategy of reducing global ca...
QUESTION FROM THE FIELD: Energy Audit Templates
Discussion posted 30 August 2010 by Brad Schultz :: Last updated 14 September 2010
Hello All,
I'm currently here in Nepal on Secondment with KAPEG (see their page separately on EWB website). They are interested in providing an Energy Audit service to local hotels and businesses to determine where savings can be made thr...
Good journals for EWB article
Discussion posted 19 August 2010 by Ian Cunningham :: Last updated 30 August 2010
Hi Folks,Christoph in the office here has written a great article on carbon credits for small scale development projecst. Its in the last stages of being finalised - does anyone have any suggestions for places where we could look at getting...
Peer review - carbon trading and overseas development projects
Discussion posted 01 June 2010 by Ian Cunningham :: Last updated 29 July 2010
Hi All,I have a paper here that an office volunteer has put together.... its looking at carbon trading and implications for EWB projects. Would anyone be interested in peer reviewing it? The idea is it is readable for people with little exp...
Please Can I have Some Info on Your Existing Solar Energy System
Discussion posted 19 May 2010 by Matthew Cooke :: Last updated 20 May 2010
To Whom this concerns,This is my fourth time i have posted something on this discussion forum with no response. I was wondering if at all possible for some information on the existing solar energy system at Bendee Downs. The team and myself...
Existing Solar System
Discussion posted 17 May 2010 by Matthew Cooke :: Last updated 20 May 2010
To whom this concerns, My name is matthew Cooke and i am currently studying engineering problem solving at the University of Southern Queensland. This semester we are completing the task of the EWB and we were wondering if we could hav...
