Clean Household Energy Solutions Toolkit (CHEST)

The WHO Clean Household Energy Solutions Toolkit (CHEST) provides tools that countries and programmes can use to develop policy action plans for expanding clean household energy access and use. Created based on expert input, CHEST is intended to help professionals and policy-makers in the health and other sectors implement the recommendations found in the WHO Guidelines on indoor air quality: household fuel combustion. By providing resources to guide the energy planning process, CHEST enables policy-makers to design programmes that will increase access to clean and safe household energy, ensuring that these deliver genuine and substantial health gains. CHEST facilitates the design of policies that promote the adoption of clean household energy at local, programmatic, or national levels.

CHEST includes six modules that provide resources for mapping key stakeholders; conducting a situational assessment; identifying technological and policy intervention options; setting standards; performing monitoring and evaluation; engaging the health community; and improving communications and raising awareness.

Some of the specific tools included in these modules are models for estimating emissions, health impacts and cost-effectiveness of household energy interventions; survey questions to track household energy use; databases with information on the fuels and technologies used in homes and their health impacts; training materials; and communication strategies.

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Overview video on the Clean Household Energy Solutions Toolkit

Modules

Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)

Provides the WHO definition of clean, transitional, and polluting fuels and technologies used for cooking, heating, and lighting. WHO does not advocate for certain types of fuels or technologies over others, except to support the use of the cleanest possible options in each setting.

Resources

Brief: Clean Household Energy Solutions Toolkit (CHEST)

The kit includes six modules with practical tools and resources to help countries implement the recommendations inthe WHO Guidelines for Indoor Air Quality...

Brief: Benefits of Action to Reduce Household Air Pollution (BAR-HAP) Tool

The Benefits of Action to Reduce Household Air Pollution (BAR-HAP) tool can be used to compare the costs and benefits of different interventions to...

Brief: Household Energy Assessment Rapid Tool (HEART)

The WHO Household Energy Assessment Rapid Tool (HEART) helps policy makers and program implementers evaluate the household energy situation in their country...

Brief: Household energy policy repository

The World Health Organization (WHO)’s Household Energy Policy Repository is an online clearinghouse for policies, regulations and legislation affecting...

Brief: Core questions on household energy use

The Core Questions on Household Energy Use are a set of standard questions that can be integrated into national surveys or censuses to assess clean and...

Brief: Standards for cookstove performance

Standards are critical to ensure that cooking systems used in houses are safe, perform well and do not adversely impact health. When standards are applied...