Energy conservation and solar energy use for cooking. Impact of its massive adoption in the arid zone of Argentina.

ESTEVES, ALFREDO; GANEM, CAROLINA; MERCADO, MA. VICTORIA

International Journal of Architecture, Engineering and Construction

International Association for Sustainable Development and Management (IASDM)

Año: 2014 vol. 3 p. 44 - 56

1911-110X

The use of solar energy, together with energy conservation, is an essential task to transform human habitat into sustainable places. This paper presents the positive impact produced by the adoption of energy-efficient equipment for cooking, both, by the use of the heat retention box cooker and the solar drum oven in the arid zone of Argentina. These can improve the quality of life of populations and, at the same time, save energy, time and effort in trying to obtain firewood, with less serious health problems associated and GHG emissions control. It is demonstrated that savings of 65.7% of Liquefied Petroleum Gas and 63.8 % of Firewood utilized in rural and arid zone. From this manner, a reduction of 3.09 kgCO2e per cápita from 2015-2050 of greenhouse gases emitted to the environment are possible when 50% of arid zone population have adopted the technology.