EcoZoom

EcoZoom

EcoZoom’s logo
Type	Private
Website	ecozoomstove.com

EcoZoom is a certified B Corporation that makes biomass cook stoves. The company has offices in Portland, Oregon and Nairobi, Kenya. EcoZoom holds the exclusive license to distribute stove technology designed by Aprovecho in developing countries and a second license to distribute in the United States.

History

EcoZoom was started in April 2011 by Ben West to increase the distribution of improved cookstoves in developing nations. The company’s mission is to bring ecological products to the world.

Timeline

2011

• January – EcoZoom receives B Corporation status

2012

• January – EcoZoom joins the Portland State University Social Innovation Incubator Vector Program
• February – EcoZoom completes a 10,000 stove pilot program with the Mexican government to replace open-fire cooking and indoor cooking stoves with a double burner stove called La Mera Mera
• November – EcoZoom is named by Sustainable Business Oregon as a Sustainable Business Award Finalist

2013

• May – EcoZoom opens up second office in Nairobi, Kenya
• September – EcoZoom Case Study is used by the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves to demonstrate product design process to increase adoption of stoves

Product design

EcoZoom stoves use a rocket stove design for efficient combustion of fuel. As a result less fuel is used compared to an open fire with less smoke emitted, helping cooks from inhaling harmful smoke while using less natural resources.

Business model

EcoZoom sells stoves direct-to-consumer in the US while completing multiple international projects in Haiti, Kenya, Mexico, Rwanda, Somalia, and South Africa.

See also

• Cook Stove
• List of stoves
• Portable stoves
• Rocket stove
• Wood-burning stoves
• Aprovecho

External links

• EcoZoom’s Official Website
• EcoZoom’s B Corporation Profile
• Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves