Day: April 18, 2013

CSS students compete in National Sustainable Design Expo, Washington, DC

Presenting their research project: “Pyrolytic Cookstoves and Biochar Production in Kenya” Today’s cooking methods in the developing world cause substantial greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation and diseases. Cornell University students are designing and evaluating a cookstove that uses pyrolysis, a process that scorches solid fuel without oxygen to produce heat for cooking in rural Kenyan homes….Continue Reading CSS students compete in National Sustainable Design Expo, Washington, DC