Synthesis of issues on National Standards, Product Testing, Licensing and Regulatory regimes in the Clean Cookstoves and Fuels’ Sector

1. SYNTHESIS OF ISSUES ON NATIONAL STANDARDS,
PRODUCT TESTING, LICENSING AND REGULATORY
REGIMES IN THE CLEAN COOKSTOVES AND FUELS’
SECTOR
Raymond Kusorgbor
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0242763259
Meeting with UNDPTeam on Clean Cooking Energy.
Credit Lovans Owusu-Takyi
Institute for Sustainable Energy and Environmental Solutions (ISEES)

2. ORDER OF PRESENTATION
 Meaning of Standards and relevance
 National Standards scope
 ProductTesting requirements
 Regulatory Regimes
 Licensing in the Clean Cookstoves Sector

3. MEANING OF STANDARDS
 A standard is a level of quality or achievement, especially a level that is thought
to be acceptable
 Standards are “Technical specifications contained in a document that lays
characteristics of a product such as levels of quality, performance, safety, or
dimensions. Standards may include or deal exclusively with terminology,
symbols, testing and methods, packaging, or labeling requirements as they apply
to a product.“
 Activitiy of establishing, with regard to actual or potential problems, provisions for
common and repeated use, aimed at the achievement of the optimum order in a
given context” (ISO guide 2)
 All standards are voluntary but can be incorporated into legislation to make it
mandatory

4. To ensure that all cookstoves sold in Ghana are “fit for
purpose (no poor quality goods spoiling the market)
To ensure that consumers have value for
money from the cookstoves they purchase
To Protect the Consumer
Increase in demand
Reduce or eliminate sub-standard goods on
the market
Prevents others from taking advantage to sell
their inferior products
Importance
of
cookstoves
Standards

5. POLICY CONFORMITY
 GHACCO MISSION
 To ensure cookstoves
conform to standards
GHANA BIOENERGY
POLICY DIRECTION
Promote the
production and use of
improved and more
efficient biomass
utilisation
technologies

6. WHAT ARE STANDARDS INTHE CLEAN
COOKING SECTOR
Government together with stakeholders – Ghana Standards
Board, Energy Commission, GHACCO, SNV, MOE and CSIR etc
has developed standards for cookstoves to meet international
protocols ISOTC285.
The standard specifies the performance requirements and testing
methods for biomass cookstoves for use in Ghana
Applies to both domestic and institutional stoves that utilize solid
biomass fuels
All parts of a biomass cookstoves shall be manufactured from
materials that comply with the requirements of the standard

7. SUMMARY OF STANDARDS FOCUS AREAS
 TEST PROTOCOLS
Thermal
EfficiencyTest
EmissionsTest
PRODUCT
SPECIFICATION
Physical appearance
User friendliness
Stability
Safety
Durability
LABELLING
Tier System (0-4) to be
used for the following:
Efficiency / fuel use
Indoor emission
CO Emissions
PM2.5 Emissions

8. PRODUCTTESTING - INSTITUTIONS
 Two institutions mandated in Ghana to test cookstoves, with
Testing Laboratories
 CSIR Institute for Industrial Research – Regional Cookstoves
Testing Center - ACCRA
 KNUST –Technology Consultancy Center –Testing Laboratory –
Kumasi
 Details of protocols and testing procedures will be detailed by
the representatives of the institutions in the next presentations

9. FINISHING
Components Protection
against corrosion, shall
be smooth and free of
defects
For JIKO – liner should
not be painted
THERMAL EFFICIENCY
REQUIREMENTS
Stove performance in
terms of heating and fuel
use
DURABILITY
REQUIREMENTS
Hours of Burning
Circles
Number ofYears
PARAMETERS/ SPECIFICATIONS FOR CONFORMITY
TO STANDARDS FOR COOKSTOVES PRODUCTS

10. PARAMETERS/ SPECIFICATIONS FOR CONFORMITY
TO STANDARDS FOR COOKSTOVES PRODUCTS
 No sharp edges
 Sturdiness / stability
 How secured burning fuel is
 Obstruction near cooking surface
 Surface temperature
 Transmission of heat to surroundings of cooking area
 Chimney and chimney shielding
 Concealment of flames surrounding pot during cooking

11. LICENSING INSTITUTIONS
 The Energy Commission is the institution mandated to conduct
licensing of cookstoves in Ghana.
 This is done in collaboration with and after satisfying the
requirements of
 Ghana Standards Board
 CookstovesTesting Center – results
 Details of procedures will be given by Paula Edze during her
presentations in later date

12. • Certificate of
Conformity to
standards
• User manuals
• Inventory
• Warranty
CRITERIA FOR ENSURING COOKSTOVES
CONFORMTO STANDARDS – LICENCING
REQUIREMENTS
• Name of
Manufacturer
• Product Name
• Serial number
• Thermal
Efficiency
• Power Output
Labelling
requirements
To determine if qualitative and
quantitative levels of pollutants are
within acceptable limits
Parameters Assessed includes
• Particulate Matter levels
• CO2 levels
• Fuel consumption efficiency –
grams/s
Emissions Measurement ResultsPackaging
Factors to consider before cookstoves are approved as improved
or energy efficient

13. Technical Standards
Thermal EfficiencyTest
EmissionsTest
Market and Economic
Feasibility
Price adaptability
Willingness to pay
Sustainability of
supply
 SOCIO-CULTURAL
STANDARDS
 Physical appearance
 User friendliness
 Stability
 Safety
 Durability
 Adaptability to the
cooking culture

14. THANKYOU !!!
Lovans Owusu-Takyi
Director
Institute for Sustainable Energy and
Environmental Solutions (ISEES)
Tel: 0244108268
Email: director@iseesghana.org /
lovanstakyi@gmail.com
Website: www.iseesghana.org