Expansion and Improved Management Effectiveness of Adjara Regions Protected Areas

Implementation of the Action Plan for Undertaking Field Testing of Selected Technical Solutions in Machakhela National Park Support Zone villages

Project duration: October 03, 2016– October30, 2017

Recommended measures for field testing for the winter 2016/2017 include:

• Switching from fuel wood to such alternative fuels as sawdust briquettes, hazelnut shells and/or coal;

• Introduction of two types of energy efficiency stoves, in particular: energy efficiency stoves for burning the hazelnut shells and energy efficiency stoves for burning coal;

• Introduction of solar thermal collectors in households for hot water preparation to replace fuel wood usage for this purpose;

• Raise awareness of the population on no-cost, low –cost energy efficient home weatherization measures by demonstrating them the practical examples of how implementation of such measures could result in efficient heating and increase of comfort level in the house;

• Raise awareness of the population of the target villages on efficient utilization of the consumed fuel wood through provision them with information on proper storage of fuel wood;

• Raise awareness of the population on the implemented energy efficiency measures in the households in the target villages by providing them with information on types of fuels tested as substitute of fuel wood, energy efficient stoves used for various fuels and solar energy systems for hot water preparation by dissemination among the population informational leaflets.

Scope of Activities to be Performed for Field Testing of Selected Technical solution

1. Switching from fuel wood to alternative fuels: sawdust briquettes and hazelnut shells

• Testing the sawdust briquettes at Kedkedi public school classroom during the winter 2016-2017;

• Testing the hazelnut shells at Kedkedi public school classroom and at selected households willing to participate in fuel testing and co-financing the testing;

2. Introduction of energy efficiency stoves for burning the hazelnut shells and briquettes

• Modernization of existing wood stoves owned by testing participant population to burn hazelnut shells;

• Introduction of energy efficient stove for burring briquettes at Kedkedi public school;

• Introduction of energy efficient stove for burring hazelnut shells at Kedkedi public school;

3. Introduction of solar thermal collectors in households for hot water preparation to replace fuel wood usage for this purpose

• The solar thermal collectors will be installed and filed tested in at least four households in the period spring-summer 2017

4. Capacity building & public awareness: Micro demo home weatherization activities, publication & dissemination of thematic leaflets covering tested technologies

• Implementation of micro demo weatherization of windows and doors with no cost/low cost materials affordable to majority of families on several sites (households and school)

• Publication and Dissemination of several types of leaflets covering such issues: asproper storage and handling of fuel wood, simple home weatherization, energy efficient stoves for various types of fuels, biomass fuels (briquettes, hazelnut shells) used as fuel wood substitute in Machakhela villages, solar energy systems for hot water preparation

5. Monitoring and evaluation of tested measures at sites

• Periodic collection of data from testing participants, development of monitoring reports;

• Conduct survey to evaluate the results of the0 impact of the tested technologieson the participants, community,on preservation of forest resources from cutting, costs for consumed energy.

Updated: January 23, 2017