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Update browserBy Dr Jaqi Lee, S2A Associates, Sustainability Systems Analysis Technology is wonderful, it has the potential to utterly transform peoples’ lives for the better. But in…
Read the full article, Which came first, the cook or the cooker?By Dr Jaqi Lee, S2A Associates, Sustainability Systems Analysis This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA There is a standing joke amongst…
Read the full article, It depends! The answer to life, the universe and everythingInter-ministerial debate and cooperation – the role of the legislator. By Dr Simon Batchelor. The Climate Parliament working with Wilton Park are able to convene…
Read the full article, Love is where the budget isBy Dr Nigel Monk, CREST Our earlier blogpost, The Joy of Tests, introduced some rationale behind testing system elements such as cooking appliances in a…
Read the full article, Say hello to SayonaBy Dr Nigel Monk, CREST Why are CREST performing technical tests? The ‘Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology’ (aka MECS_Techs to our friends, which includes…
Read the full article, The Joy of TestsBy Dr Simon Batchelor In a previous blog I noted that Ockwell et al had developed the paper TRANSFORMING ACCESS TO CLEAN TECHNOLOGY: LEARNING FROM…
Read the full article, Dancing with complex systemsBy Dr Simon Batchelor In the paper TRANSFORMING ACCESS TO CLEAN TECHNOLOGY: LEARNING FROM LIGHTING AFRICA, David Ockwell, Rob Byrne, Victoria Chengo, Elsie Onsongo, Jacob Fodio Todd and Joanes…
Read the full article, Systems ThinkingDavid Ockwell, Professor of Geography, University of Sussex MECS aims to transform access to modern energy cooking services within the next 5 years. The programme…
Read the full article, Transformative innovation is 5 dimensional, not 2 dimensionalby Jon Leary, Agnes Kalyonge & Monica Kalyonge The future looks bright for electric cooking in Kenya, with Jikoni Magic, Hotpoint Appliances Ltd. and KPLC…
Read the full article, Electric Pressure Cookers (EPCs) in Kenya: a huge untapped opportunityBy Dr Jon Cloke Since the roll-out of the MECS programme earlier in 2019, a range of different opportunities have presented themselves within other energy…
Read the full article, MECS and designing Energy Access courses for African Universities - the Learning Partnership Workshop in NairobiDr Jon Leary & Dr Simon Batchelor HIVOS and the World Future Council have published a new report in their Beyond Fire series (Couture and…
Read the full article, Why understanding real cooks is fundamental to going Beyond FireBy Dr Meron Tesfamichael. June 2019. During a visit to Uganda, Meron Tesfamichael from STEaPP UCL, was asked to comment on a draft ‘theory of…
Read the full article, The cook is a carrier of the practice