In 2008, CEIHD's M&E activities found a new home at Berkeley Air Monitoring Group (www.berkeleyair.com).

In 2004, the Household Energy and Health division of CEIHD received funding from the Shell Foundation to provide technical assistance in monitoring and evaluation to household energy practitioners. The overarching goal of this program is to reduce the mortality and morbidity that result from chronic exposure to cooking smoke. Creating access to successful monitoring and evaluation (M&E) tools contributes to this goal by allowing practitioners to understand and maximize the effectiveness of household energy interventions.

Background

CEIHD's M&E activities grew out of a project initiated in 2002 by the Shell Foundation in partnership with the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Liverpool to develop appropriate monitoring and evaluation strategies for the foundations’ first four pilot projects. Through this initiative, a series of collaborative protocols were developed to assist practitioners (mostly NGOs) with monitoring plan design, indoor air pollution measurements, stove performance assessment, and the review of socio-economic and health outcomes. Concurrently, the Shell Foundation supported the development of the UCB particle monitor, which offers a relatively simple and efficient way to measure and log pollution concentrations and exposures in the field.

CEIHD has worked with several household energy projects in Africa and Asia to provide technical support for monitoring and evaluation activities, such as training in monitoring techniques, assistance with monitoring plan development, on-site sampling support, and remote data-analysis consulting and report writing.

In 2008, CEIHD's M&E activities found a new home at Berkeley Air Monitoring Group.

Resources

Measuring air pollution and fuel use are two critical indicators for assessing stove program impacts. The following sections provide practical information for measurement techniques for these two indicators, as well as information for obtaining aid through the US Environmental Protection Agency (Partnership for Clean Indoor Air), CEIHD’s monitoring training workshops and through the Berkeley Air Monitoring Group.