Yale University in New Haven was awarded a $1,499,985 million grant funding research for cleaner emissions for cooking this May.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant will contribute to research of cleaner technologies and fuels for cooking, lighting and heating homes through its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) research program. The research is designed to identify the health and environmental benefits of cleaner cooking techniques.
More than three billion people worldwide rely on unventilated indoor burning for cooking, heating water, and for warmth. Unfiltered air emissions from these stoves lead to an estimated 4 million deaths per year along with local and regional impacts on air quality.
EPA grants also were awarded to Colorado State University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Minnesota, University of California – Berkeley, and University of Colorado Boulder through the EPA STAR program.
