Improved Wood Waste and Charcoal Burning Stoves

W Stewart

A manual for those involved in the day-to-day work of stoves projects. The book describes the chief characteristics, both advantages and disadvantages, of 28 types of stoves.

Windpumping Handbook

Sarah Lancashire, Jeff Kenna, Peter Fraenkel

Windpumping is an established technology, with over one million windpumps in use worldwide. A windpump needs no fuel, little maintenance and it usually lasts 20 years or more. Designs exist which are suitable for small-scale local .manufacture. The aim of this handbook is to help potential users and...

Water Current Turbines

Peter Garman

Developed from Intermediate Technology (now Practical Action) experience in Sudan, this handbook describes the development and testing of the water current turbine as a simple and inexpensive means of lifting water for irrigation purposes. With detailed technical information on the technology, this...

The Stove Project Manual

S Joseph, Y Shanahan, W Stewart

Detailed guidelines for project managers interested or involved in stoves programs

Wood Stove Dissemination

Robin Clarke

A collection of papers from an international workshop on the dissemination of improved stoves. The papers are presented in three sections: Part 1 - considers issues involved in wood-stove dissemination, Part 2 - contains eight case studies of projects in Guatemala, Sri Lanka and Africa and Part 3 -...

Modern Stoves for All

Waclaw Micuta

Revised edition of this practical survey of low-cost stoves for use in developing countries. Prepared for skilled technicians who will be able to use the drawings as a basis for building stove models, for testing and adaptation to local conditions.

Small Hydro Power in China

An account of how the Chinese achieved a long-term programme to provide rural areas with electricity. Contains lessons for other countries faced with energy provision problems.

Upgrading Micro Hydro in Sri Lanka

Drummond Hislop

This book is a case study in technology transfer and demonstration, although it also reviews the implications for possible village use and for the country as a whole.

Solar Water Pumping

Jeff Kenna, Bill Gillet

A 'state of the art' survey, with guides to costs and criteria for choice of pumping methods.

Small-scale Gold Mining

E H Dahlberg

The artisanal mining of alluvial gold is an extremely common small mining activity in many countries. This is a comprehensive and practical guide aimed at filling a need for improved goldmining techniques.