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July, 2005
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Met with Potters for Peace, a US based NGO, to assist us in learning and building improved pottery kilns in Morocco
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May-June, 2005
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First Moroccan rocket wood oven prototype was designed and built at Aprovecho's stove laboratory in Cottage Grove, Oregon.
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April , 2005
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Presented "Hybrid Gas-Solar Ovens: A Gentle Transition to Reliable Solar Cooking" at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Building Technology Lectures series
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March , 2005
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Surveyed biomass use reduction projects in six NGOs in Morocco: improved stove/oven, pottery kilns, hammams (communal bath house). Survey conducted on behalf of the Small Grant Program/Global Environment Fund office in Morocco.
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March, 2005
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Completed metallic hybrid butane-solar oven. Demonstrated oven in Morocco.
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February, 2005
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The hybrid solar-gas oven project presented at Renewable and Appropriate Energy Lab at Berkeley.
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Jan. 4-14, 2005
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Jennifer and Mouhsine took Aprovecho's training on design and testing of improved wood stoves.
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Jan. , 2005
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Work on improved biomass stoves/ovens was added to SunSmiles activities
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Dec. 20, 2004
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Established partnership with Near East Foundation (NEF). NEF will perform a field test of the hybrid solar oven in the high Atlas and Ouarzazate areas in the center of Morocco
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Nov. 30, 2004
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Established partnership with Association pour le Développement Local (ADL). ADL will perform a field test of the hybrid solar oven in the Azilal area in the center Morocco
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Nov. 15, 2004
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Completed a preliminary design, cost estimation of a hybrid solar-butane oven. Submitted proposal to UNPD/GEF, CDER, and ADS
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Sep. 10, 2004
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Completed the second part of solar cooking field study in Morocco (July 1- Sept. 10, 2004)
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Aug. 20, 2004
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Build an 8 bread loaves oven prototype in Morocco. The purpose was to gain experience with oven size an locally available materials and tooling.
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July 28, 2004
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Presented solar cooking technologies at Ain Bni Mathar Cultural Week Seminar
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June 30, 2004
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Attended the international solar cooking meeting in Benicarlo, Spain (link). Activities included presentation of various solar cooking deployment projects, and demonstration of about 50 different solar ovens/cookers
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June 23-28, 2004
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Attended European Solar Conference EUROSUN 2004 in Freiburg, Germany (link). It was a good opportunities to make contact with researchers and find out about latest developments in solar thermal applications.
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April 7, 2004
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Completion of first part of field study in Morocco (March 15 - April 7, 2004)
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With global warming, expanding deserts and millions of deaths each year from wood smoke why are 1.8 billion people still cooking with wood?
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July 2005: Started work with Potters for Peace ...
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