CREEC Makerere

CREEC staff and a group of ten technicians completed a training on “Operation of a Gek Gasifier”. The two day training carried out by Pamoja Uganda Ltd was aimed at educating technicians about the practical functionalities of operating a gasifier ahead of the installation of three gasifiers (10kW capacity for each) in Opit, Gulu district, Ssekanyonyi village in Mityana and at CREEC offices

We seek FOUR final-year undergraduate students who will assist in the following activities during the 2013-2014 academic year: working with a primary school and community in Mukono to conduct a waste audit; conducting waste audits at Kampala markets, and working with women farmers in Mpigi on fertilizer use and feedback. The student will receive training. Flexibility and willing to perform other tasks as needed is a must. Follow this link for more details: http://greenheatug.wordpress.com/2013/08/22/study-grant-opportunity-at-makerere-university/

Study grant Opportunity at Makerere University We seek FOUR final-year undergraduate students who will assist in the following activities during the 2013-2014 academic year: working with a primary school and community in Mukono to conduct a was...

CREEC Staff trained in standard lab management practices (ISO/IEC 17025:2005)
http://creec.or.ug/creec-staff-trained-in-laboratory-management-isoiec-170252005/

Centre for Research in Energy and Energy Conservation | CREEC Staff trained in standard lab... CREEC’s bioenergy and solar PV staff completed a three day training course labelled “Understanding and Implementation of ISO/IEC 17025:2005-General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories”. This training that commenced on 5th and ended on 7th August was aimed at equip...

The solar club of Green Valley High School in Kyebando, Kampala

CREEC’s solar PV department has introduced solar clubs to schools through the Solar Lamps for Health and Wealth campaign with the aim of promoting the use of solar lamps over other rudimentary and unhealthy ways of lighting for reading purposes among students.

The solar clubs have been established in four institutions so far and fifteen solar PV lamps have been given to each of these clubs memorandums of understandings with school managements. According to the understanding, CREEC will in turn collect data about the quality of the various lamps that have been given out to students for research and product assessment purposes of Uganda’s solar PV market.
The centre is also interested in researching about the functionality of the different lamps, their durability and user behaviour on the market today.


The clubs have been introduced to Sacred Heart Girls School in Gulu, Moroto High School, Kaliro Teacher’s College of Kaliro District and Green Valley High School of the Kyebando neighbourhood in Kampala.

Some of the lamps that have been given to the school solar club include d.light S 10, firefly TM Mobiles, SUN KING Pro, ASE SOLAR, Sundial TSL01, and others.

How it works:
After CREEC has established a club and a patron has been elected by the club team members, they all agree on a schedule under which the lamps are going to be used. CREEC issues out copies of a questionnaire each user is supposed to fill out every time they borrow a lamp from the patron.

We hope that students can learn and appreciate the goodness of using clean solar energy as compared to using kerosene lamps and tadoobas for reading at night. They can also share their experience and promote these lamps at household levels.

This campaign started in March 2013 and it is part of the five year solar technologies project under the Presidential Initiative Programme implemented by the College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology in Makerere University.

Other activities that have been part of this campaign are awareness creation and promotional activities in local markets surrounding Kampala surburbs of Kitintale, Makerere where CREEC has teamed up with distributors to promote solar PV technology.

Visit the link below for a detailed report about the project that led to the birth of MWOTO stove innovation.
http://www.mwotostove.com/the-project-final-report/

The project final report - Mwoto Stove A stove that changes your life!

Discover our new toy! Yes a toy, http://greenheatug.wordpress.com/2013/07/11/3d-biogas-digester/

3D Biogas digester

CREEC’s Regional Testing and Knowledge Centre (RTKC) team has begun training officials from SNV-RD Congo and Kinshasa University about how to operate a stove testing laboratory. The training team that is headed by Agnes Naluwagga, the centre coordinator and Jackson Mutegeki, the lead trainer, will be educating participants about stove testing procedures, data management and general laboratory responsibilities through tutorial, interactive presentations and practical sessions to be carried out from 1st to 12th of July. Participants who came from DR Congo are led by Xavier Castellvi and Laetitia Bosange, both renewable energy advisors of SNV-RD Congo for West and Central Africa. Currently, the team is attending an interactive session about an introduction to the Portable Emissions Monitoring System (PEMS) presented by Sheila Nantambi, CREEC’s research executive.

Through the Solar Lamps for Health and Wealth campaign, the solar PV department begun a five weeks promotion of solar lamps aimed at creating awareness about the importance of using solar lamps among households over primitive unsafe lighting ways like using tadoobas and kerosene lamps. The campaign kicked off from Kitintale market and Turskys, Makerere branch on 19th July and will go on until 28th July. CREEC has also invited distributors of solar PV products to join them in this campaign drive.
The campaign involves interactive market demonstrations by sales executives, and this provides people with an avenue to learn about different solar products on the market. In addition, CREEC is making recommendations about the best solar PV products on the market and offering advice to those interested in buying these products. Some of the companies that have joined this drive include Small Solutions, d.Light and Barefoot Power Ltd, and are offering products on discounts.