The presentation outlines the brief introduction of CRT/N and the Regional Cookstoves Testing and Knowledge Centre Milestones Till July 2013 Presented by Basudev Upadhyay Coordinator, RTKC CRT/N on Ranyee Chiang, Technical Manager, GACC visit to Nepal on 14 August 2013 at CRT/N Meeting Hall

1. Centre for Rural Technology,
Nepal (CRT/N)
An Introduction
www.crtnepal.org

2. CRT/N Introduction
• Establishment
– Initiated as a private sector organisation in 1989
– Registered as a national NGO in 1998
• Aim
– Develop, promote and disseminate environmentally sound
rural/appropriate technologies
• Staff Strength
– Around 60+ (Engineers, Environmentalists, Technicians; Management
Experts; Socio-economists; Gender Experts)
• Office Units
– 3 Regional Unit covering 40+ districts under various programs/projects

3. Introduction (contd.)
• Major Areas of Operation
– Renewable energy technologies for increasing access to modern
energy
– Renewable energy based micro-enterprises
– Gender mainstreaming and social inclusion

4. Technologies of CRT/N
Biomass-based technologies
• Household/ Institutional Improved Cooking Stoves (ICS/IICS),
rocket stove
• Bio-briquette/Charcoal
Hydro-based technologies
• Improved Water Mill (IWM), electrification
• Hydraulic Ram Pump
Solar-based technologies
• Solar cookers
• Solar dryers

5. Ongoing Activities
• Biomass Energy Support Programme (since 2000) – AEPC/ESAP
• Improved Water Mill Programme (since 2003) – AEPC/ESAP
• Terai ICS Carbon Project – registered CDM project ref. no. 4530
(since 2009) - Egluro
• Pilot Project on Hydraulic Ram Pump (since 2010) –RW
• Promoting Renewable Energy Technologies for Enhanced Rural
Livelihoods, Nepal (since 2011) – NORDIC
• School Education on Energy and Environment (SEEE) Project
(since 2011)-CRT/N

6. New Initiatives
• Improving Gender-Inclusive Access to Clean and Renewable
Energy in Bhutan, Nepal, and Sri Lanka – ADB/ENERGIA
• TA: Electricity Transmission Expansion and Supply
Improvement Project - ADB
• Improved Cookstoves Programme with Carbon Finance (Sep
2012) – SNV/N
• Regional Cookstove Testing and Knowledge Centre– GACC
• National Alliance Affiliate for Nepal-GACC
• Study of Appropriate Stoves with Smoke Hoods for Hills
Areas in Nepal- Practical Action

7. RTKC, Nepal Milestones
Nov 2012 onwards..

8. RTKC Milestones
• Recruitments, lab equipment identification/location – Nov-
Dec 2012
• RTKC Staffs Recruitments completed – January 2013
• Formed RTKC Advisory Group – February 2013
• Lab Construction completed – March 2013
• LEMS Arrived, Lab setup and WBT training – April 2013
• Testing started – May 2013
• RTKC Lab Formally Inaugurated – June 2013
• Training and Capacity Building Workshop on Cookstoves
Programme Effectiveness 22-24 July 2013
• National Workshop on Standards and Testing of Cookstoves in
Nepal 25 July 2013

9. RTKC Staffs
Supervisor: Mr. Hari Gopal Gorkhali
Coordinator: Mr. Basudev Upadhyay
Lab Officer: Ms. Shovana Maharjan
Research Officer: Ms. Nisha Jaishwal
Knowledge Management Associates: Ms. Kaushila Rai and
Lab Technician: Ms Cheeza Adhikari
Advisory Group: Dr. Krishna Raj Shrestha, Biomass
Expert, RECAST; Dr. Ramesh Man Singh, VC CEE-N; Dr. Bim
Prasad Shrestha, HOD Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, KU
(extension on process…)

10. Lab Construction
Before Now

11. RTKC Advisory Group Formation

12. Lab setup and WBT training
8-18 April 2013
- 8 CRT/N staffs and 2 RETS staffs
Resource Person: Mr. Alex Seidel, Emission Engineer Aprovecho
Research Centre, Oregon USA
Training Module
- LEMS Set up
- Conducting WBT using LEMS
- Trouble shooting/Maintainence/Calibration (Theoretical portion)

13. RTKC Lab Inauguration
6 June 2013

14. Testing Service
– RS 1.1, RS2.1, RS3.1 (SNV)
– RS4.1, Two pothole RS with Chimney (Hariyo Ban, WWF
Nepal)
– KU-JICA Model (Kathmandu University)

15. Participation in Clean Cooking Market
Place 2013
10-12 July 2013

16. Trade Tower
• Seminars
• Expo (CRT/N)
• Field Visit (CRT/N)
Participation in Clean Cooking Market
Place n 2013
10-12 July 2013

17. Training and Capacity Building Workshop on
Cookstoves Testing for Programme Effectiveness
23-24 July 2013

18. • 17 Core trainees were trained (13 CRT/N- 3 from field offices, 3 AEPC, 1
RETS)
• Basic Training Module on Programme Effectiveness
- RTKC as a Centre of Excellence
- Preference of Testing Methods
CCT/KPT/WBT
- Issues related to field/lab tests
Training and Capacity Building Workshop on
Cookstoves Testing for Programme Effectiveness
23-24 July 2013

19. National Workshop on Standards and Testing of
Cookstoves
25 July 2013

20. Participated by over 80 delegates
• Technical Session- Testing/related organizations – presented
on their goals/activities/ related to testing
• Policy Session- Cookstoves stakeholders including Govt. body/
NGOs/ INGOs and biomass experts
National Workshop on Standards and Testing of
Cookstoves
25 July 2013

21. Next…
• USEPA/WI/CRTN/AEPC - CCT/WBT Training (9-24 Sept 2013..)
• KPT Training/Conduction (yet to fix date..)
• ICS Regional Network Building Workshop (Nov 1st week..)
• WI field WBT (3rd week of August)
• RTKC Newsletter..

22. FUTURE Activities on Proposal
TimeLine
Major activities of Year 1 (Remaining)
• ICS Network Building Workshop
• Seasonal KPT
• Newsletter
Year 2 Activities
• Adaptive Research on design modification
• One time KPT
• Need and Impact Assessment through Social Survey
• ICS Network Building Workshop 2

23. Future Plan
RTKC’s 5 year roadmap has been in progress with very ambitious
mission of proving itself as a center of excellence. For which the
collaboration have been considered a vital approach. Some of
the important components of the road map are:
- Improved Testing Service – Additional equipments, well-
trained staffs
- Knowledge development and Sharing – Demonstration
plots, newsletters, publications
- Enhanced Research and Development on Cookstoves –
student support programmes
- Promoting cooking/heating solution – promotional
workshops, awareness campaigns, designing projects