The project, located in Bangladesh, aims to address environmental and health issues caused by the widespread use of traditional biomass-based cooking methods. It seeks to achieve this by promoting the adoption of more efficient and cleaner cooking stoves among households and small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs). Currently, around 81% of the population in Bangladesh relies on solid fuel for cooking, with 39.5% using wood as their primary fuel source.

The main focus of the project is to encourage the widespread adoption of improved cooking stoves, branded Bondhu Chula, throughout the country. These stoves are specifically designed to enhance efficiency by transferring heat more effectively to the cooking pot, thereby reducing smoke, particulate matter, and other harmful emissions responsible for indoor air pollution and respiratory illnesses.

The improved cookstoves achieve their efficiency by adjusting the dimensions of the combustion chamber and ensuring proper airflow, resulting in complete fuel combustion and reduced fuel consumption. This not only decreases the total amount of fuel needed for cooking but also leads to a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from the use of non-renewable biomass, while simultaneously improving indoor air quality.