BURN Manufacturing Receives Global Energy Award
Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) announced BURN Manufacturing, makers of the JikokoaTM and KuniokoaTM cookstoves, has been awarded this year’s Bloomberg New Energy Pioneers Award.
Vashon, WA, April 18, 2018 --(PR.com)-- Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) announced BURN Manufacturing, makers of the JikokoaTM and KuniokoaTM cookstoves, has been awarded this year’s Bloomberg New Energy Pioneers Award.
The annual award recognizes “game-changing companies” in the field of clean energy technology and innovation. BURN’s Chief Operating Officer Boston Nyer accepted the honor this week during BNEF’s Future of Energy Summit in New York City.
BURN was one of ten winners who were selected from among 160 applicants from 47 countries. The company manufactures its products in Nairobi, Kenya and has a design engineering laboratory in Vashon, Washington.
“We are honored to be recognized by such a prestigious organization as being among the world’s leaders in clean energy solutions,” says BURN Chief Executive Officer, Peter Scott. “Having sold more than 400,000 modern, super fuel-efficient biomass cookstoves since 2013, we are not only transforming lives, but also proving to the world that cookstoves can have a transformative impact. Our fuel-efficient stoves save users $100 - $500 annually in energy expenses and also help save the lives of people in sub-Saharan Africa who might otherwise have died from harmful smoke due to cooking on traditional stoves.”
According to the World Health Organization, 4.3 million people each year die from exposure to household air pollution.
BURN Manufacturing
Founded in 2011, BURN Manufacturing (www.burnstoves.com) designs, manufactures and distributes Kenya’s best-selling, most fuel efficient, and most durable biomass cookstoves. It is the only clean cookstove company which manufactures all of its products in Kenya in sub-Saharan Africa’s only state-of-the-art, solar-powered manufacturing facility. BURN currently employs more than 225 employees in Kenya, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the United States.
BURN’s cookstoves have:
• Helped customers save $98 million in fuel expenses
• Benefited 2 million people
• Saved 1.7 million tons of wood
• Reduced 3 million tons of harmful carbon dioxide emissions
Editor’s Note: For further details about the 2018 Bloomberg New Energy Pioneers Award, please visit https://about.bnef.com/new-energy-pioneers/
The annual award recognizes “game-changing companies” in the field of clean energy technology and innovation. BURN’s Chief Operating Officer Boston Nyer accepted the honor this week during BNEF’s Future of Energy Summit in New York City.
BURN was one of ten winners who were selected from among 160 applicants from 47 countries. The company manufactures its products in Nairobi, Kenya and has a design engineering laboratory in Vashon, Washington.
“We are honored to be recognized by such a prestigious organization as being among the world’s leaders in clean energy solutions,” says BURN Chief Executive Officer, Peter Scott. “Having sold more than 400,000 modern, super fuel-efficient biomass cookstoves since 2013, we are not only transforming lives, but also proving to the world that cookstoves can have a transformative impact. Our fuel-efficient stoves save users $100 - $500 annually in energy expenses and also help save the lives of people in sub-Saharan Africa who might otherwise have died from harmful smoke due to cooking on traditional stoves.”
According to the World Health Organization, 4.3 million people each year die from exposure to household air pollution.
BURN Manufacturing
Founded in 2011, BURN Manufacturing (www.burnstoves.com) designs, manufactures and distributes Kenya’s best-selling, most fuel efficient, and most durable biomass cookstoves. It is the only clean cookstove company which manufactures all of its products in Kenya in sub-Saharan Africa’s only state-of-the-art, solar-powered manufacturing facility. BURN currently employs more than 225 employees in Kenya, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the United States.
BURN’s cookstoves have:
• Helped customers save $98 million in fuel expenses
• Benefited 2 million people
• Saved 1.7 million tons of wood
• Reduced 3 million tons of harmful carbon dioxide emissions
Editor’s Note: For further details about the 2018 Bloomberg New Energy Pioneers Award, please visit https://about.bnef.com/new-energy-pioneers/
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BURN Manufacturing USA LLC
Nimo Nyambura
+254723735791
www.burnstoves.com
Nimo Nyambura
+254723735791
www.burnstoves.com
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