iRise Affordable Housing and Agriculture Limited

iRise Affordable Housing and Agriculture Limited [iRise] is undertaking a project to distribute fuel-efficient cookstoves constructed from locally sourced materials at no cost. These high-energy efficient firewood cookstoves are designed to decrease greenhouse gas emissions and indoor air pollution associated with traditional cooking methods such as three stone fires. Currently, biomass makes up 88.5% of Malawi’s energy portfolio. Approximately 90% of Malawians depend on firewood or charcoal for their essential household energy requirements, with rural households relying exclusively on these fuels for cooking. This energy dependency has led to various environmental and socio-economic impacts. iRise has developed a ceramic cookstove designed to reduce cooking time and carbon emissions. It achieves higher thermal efficiency through an insulated firebox design that enhances heat retention and promotes more efficient heat utilization through forced convection. iRise plans to distribute these cookstoves to 28,000 households located in rural communities within Kasungu District, Malawi, focusing particularly on Mpasadzi area. The use of these stoves will lead to significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, along with several other associated benefits such as decreasing wood consumption, which allows for natural forest recovery or reforestation efforts; mitigating soil erosion attributable to deforestation,' lowering health risks linked to traditional cooking methods; saving time and expenses for households in collecting or purchasing fuelwood respectively; and generating local employment opportunities in stove production, distribution, and maintenance.

Project ID

GS12957

Registry

Gold Standard

Type

Cookstoves · Household & Community

Removal or reduction

Reduction

Methodology

GS TPDDTEC Reduced emissions from cooking and heating – technologies and practices to displace decentralized thermal energy consumption V4.0

Developer

iRise Affordable Housing and Agriculture Limited · 1 project

Country

Malawi

First vintage

—

Crediting period

2024-09-01 to 2029-08-31

Estimated yearly credits

68,320

Scale

Small Scale · Standalone

Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 1: No Poverty

Data from

Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry

The registry gives Malawi as the location, so this project is not drawn on the map. It is counted in the country totals.