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The BioLite Stove Converts Waste Heat Into Electricity

4 by Karen MacKay on July 1, 2011

Award winning BioLite makes cooking with wood clean, safe and easy.

BioLite stoves maximize thermal energy from wood burning fires, creating an efficient cooking device and providing electricity to charge small electronic devices.  BioLite reduces carbon emission created by wood burning stoves and eliminates the need for propane or other fuels.

BioLite has two products: The HomeStove for the developing world and the CampStove for outdoor enthusiasts.

The HomeStove saves families money on fuel and creates a safe environment for cooking by reducing smoke and emissions. Smoke inhalation is the second biggest killer in the world after malnutrition.

The BioLite CampStove, available March 2012, is a great tool for campers and backpackers. Weighing only 26oz and eliminating the need to carry fuel, the BioLite CampStove let’s hikers reduce the items and weight in their pack. The stove burns using twigs, sticks, underbrush, pine cones, pellets and rice husks.

The CampStove will be the first to hit the market, creating revenue to subsidize the cost of the HomeStove for consumers in the developing world.

Watch a demonstration of the BioLite Stove in action:

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Karen MacKay is an industrial designer and glass artist currently focusing her work on urban agriculture solutions and habits for urban wildlife. Karen’s interest in art began as early as her first memories. Throughout high school and college she explored various mediums, including painting, drawing, sculpture and glass blowing. In 2002 Karen graduated from the University of North Carolina Asheville with a BA in Philosophy and recently graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a Master of Industrial Design. Since an early age, Karen has maintained a passionate relationship with both art and nature. She loves to spend time in the outdoors, usually with her dog Abbey. As a designer, her expertise in sustainable design integrates her passion for all things natural and her insatiable desire to create. Karen has worked as a sustainability consultant to various design and architecture firms and is currently continuing to develop a vertical farming device for in-home use.

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