Who we are

ARPEDAC is a non-profit association involved in research and promotion of services and technologies related to energy efficiency and renewable energy in the Economic Community of Central Africa. ARPEDAC aims to demonstrate and advocate the sustainable use of technology to reduce poverty in Central Africa Subregion in general and Cameroon in particular. Our mission is to improve the quality of life of low income people through energy efficiency renewable energy m technologies including improve stove, and through use of sustainable, safe and affordable energy small scale off-grid electricity technologies supply and services. Regarding indoor smoke alleviating technologies, ARPEDAC is doing research, capacity building and raising awareness on waste to energy (fuel briquette), improve stove, ventilation system to improve indoor air quality. ARPEDAC is also carrying on research and advocacy to create favourable policy to improve low cost homes, including waste management (briquette from waste, biogas from human manure and waste), waste water recycling systems. ARPEDAC is also seeking to play the leading roles in consolidating practical partnership in Central Africa Sub-region between civil society, academe, government and industry to bring about sustainable future and develop effective sustainable clean solutions.

Association pour la Recherche et la Promotion de lEnergie Durable en Afrique Centrale A non-profit association under Cameroonian law

(Declaration No : 001956/RDA/J06/BAPP)

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We have an enormous responsibility. We must never forget that the ability of people in Africa to build their economies, to educate their children, to build hospitals, to reduce poverty and improve their quality of life, and to run their any business, all depend on energy. ARPEDAC believes that, the world could eradicate poverty and achieve sustainable development at the same time; therefore, we dedicate our business to pursuit the social and environmental change in order to gratify present and future community needs in the Central Africa Sub-region.

www.arpedac.org
Avenue John Ngu Foncha, Nkomkana 2, Yaound II, Cameroon Tel/Mobile : (00237) 99838493

(Mr B. Ngansop Magloire, General Secretary ) , Email: info@arpedac.org www.arpedac.blogspot.com

Dr. B. Mempouo
founder and Chair of ARPEDAC

Initiatives/targets/scale :
Technology standardization for cooking, heating and ventilation:

In three years (2012 2015) in Cameroon ARPEDAC is planning to support families and children in achieving access to low cost technologies to improve their living conditions including improved indoor air quality as the result of carrying on research on cooking/lighting energy needs (for poor family/ schools ) in the capital Yaound, organising awareness campaign, capacity building, promoting access to good lighting, safe drinking water, household good sanitation and low cost clean energy kits. In summary our projected energy poverty relief targets for the next three years period are as follow: - 20,000 Solar lighting Kit for poor family; - 10 water solar pumps for schools; - 1000 Bio-sands filters for clean water; - 1000 improve stoves for poor family/ schools; - 1000 tonnes briquettes for cooking on the improve stove ; - 300 m3 Biogas plan for cooking/lighting for poor family/ schools; - 1000 low energy bulbs / poor families; - 1000 Alternative water boiler Tech (Low Cost Solar Thermal ) / poor families; - Set up in Cameroon, by 2015 in partnership with private and government a briquette manufacturing company.

ARPEDAC in order to ensure high quality of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies in the Cameroonian in particular and Central Africa market in general is trying to establish an independent testing and advisory services for low cost energy efficient cooking, heating and ventilation technologies including improve cooking. ARPEDAC is also trying to work and lobbying with governments, industry, universities, and research bodies to set up a standard for low income homes including related cooking, heating and ventilation technologies.

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Our Contribution to our Members :

For members, ARPEDAC can: Share research findings, experiences and case studies etc Engage actively in lobbying and advocacy work to influence local, regional or national strategy and policy in relation to household energy needs, indoor air pollution and health. - Organize workshops, seminars, and International conferences, and promoting household energy, indoor air pollution and health energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies and ecobuildings in the Central Africa. - Provide to member an independent testing and advisory services for low cost energy efficient cooking, heating and ventilation technologies including improve stove for cooking. - Facilitate market development for energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies in the Central Africa by working to establish a market-based institutional delivery system of sustainable technologies. ARPEDAC is working to developing through collaboration with governments, industry, universities, and research bodies, affordable products, practices, services. Phone E-mail

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Social/Cultural Barriers:
Lack of clear policy and politic related to energy efficiency and renewable energy. Awareness about energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies including improved cooking technologies is non-existent in some areas of Cameroon. Some of the main social/cultural barriers to using energy efficiency and renewable energy is that the popular three-stones fireside also serve as a source of indoor heating and light in the kitchen, in addition some low income families believe that smoke keeps away mosquitoes. Also poverty is still very high and very few families especially in the rural areas can afford improved technologies.

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