EcoZoom explained

EcoZoom
Type:	Private
Homepage:	ecozoom.com

EcoZoom is a certified B Corporation that makes charcoal, wood and biomass cook stoves. The company has offices in Portland, Oregon and Nairobi, Kenya. EcoZoom holds the exclusive license to distribute stove technology designed by Aprovecho in developing countries and a second license to distribute in the United States.^[1]

History

EcoZoom was started in April 2011 by Ben West to increase the distribution of improved cookstoves in developing nations.^[2]

Timeline

2011

• January – EcoZoom receives B Corporation status^[3]

2012

• January – EcoZoom joins the Portland State University Social Innovation Incubator Vector Program^[4]
• February – EcoZoom completes a 10,000 stove pilot program with the Mexican government to replace open-fire cooking and indoor cooking stoves with a double burner stove called La Mera Mera^[5]
• November – EcoZoom is named by Sustainable Business Oregon as a Sustainable Business Award Finalist^[6]

2013

• May – EcoZoom opens up second office in Nairobi, Kenya^[7]
• September – EcoZoom Case Study is used by the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves to demonstrate product design process to increase adoption of stoves^[8]

Product design

EcoZoom stoves use a rocket stove design for efficient combustion of fuel. As a result, less fuel is used compared to an open fire with less smoke emitted, helping cooks from inhaling harmful smoke while using less natural resources.^[9]

Business model

EcoZoom sells stoves direct-to-consumer in the US while completing multiple international projects in Haiti, Kenya, Mexico, Rwanda, Somalia, and South Africa.

See also

• Cook Stove
• List of stoves
• Portable stoves
• Rocket stove
• Wood-burning stoves
• Aprovecho

Notes and References

1. Web site: EcoZoom works to clean the air . Sustainable Business Oregon . 16 November 2012 .
2. Web site: Cooking clean . Oregon Business . 5 November 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140113133321/http://www.oregonbusiness.com/articles/119-november-december-2012/8466-cooking-clean . 13 January 2014 .
3. Web site: EcoZoom . B Corporation . January 2012 .
4. Web site: Profit with purpose . Portland State University . 31 May 2012 .
5. Web site: EcoZoom installs 10,000 cookstoves in Mexico . Sustainable Business Oregon . 21 February 2012 .
6. Web site: SBO announces finalists for Innovation in Sustainability awards . Sustainable Business Oregon . 18 October 2012 .
7. Web site: EcoZoom cooks up Kenya office plans . Sustainable Business Oregon . 20 May 2013 .
8. Web site: Scaling adoption of clean cooking solutions through women's empowerment . Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves . 25 September 2013 .
9. Web site: EcoZoom: a model for selling clean cookstoves in Africa . The Christian Science Monitor . 29 November 2013 .