Lorena mud-and-sand stove
Cocina de barro y arena Lorena
- Date
- 1976-1977 · confidence medium
- Place
- Guatemala City, Guatemala
- Credited to
- ICAITI, Aprovecho (Ian Evans) and rural communities in Guatemala
- Field
- Matter & energy
⚠️ Disputed: the sources disagree.
What it is
A mud-and-sand stove with a chimney and an insulated combustion chamber that costs a few dollars and uses far less wood than an open fire. It spread across Latin America, Africa and Asia.
The design is due to Ianto Evans and the ICAITI team around 1976 based on earlier stoves; the exact origin is hazy.
What it led to
- improved cookstove programmes
- less deforestation and indoor smoke
- designs such as the Plancha and the rocket stove