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DEW Labs 7/22/22 DEW Labs 7/22/22

Successful Pilot of Prakti Air in Himachal Pradesh

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Himachal Pradesh, 22 July, 2022: Prakti Inc, announced successful completion of the pilot of the Prakti Air product in Himachal Pradesh, India.

Prakti partnered with The Kalgidhar Trust (Baru Sahib), an Indian registered non-profit charitable organization focussed on providing Quality Education to children, along with focus on Healthcare, Women Empowerment and Social Welfare.

Prakti Air was tested over a period of 4 weeks with 8 families, in Kakhli village, near Baru Sahib campus in Himachal Pradesh, India. The objective was to measure improvement in air quality, firepower, usability and cooking efficiency due to use of Prakti Air.

The field testing yielded positive feedback.

We saw dramatic improvement in Air Quality (AQI* decreased from >500 to <250), visibly less smoke/soot while cooking.
Wood Consumption was cut by 50% (240 Kg per month per home wood is saved), resulting in 45 hours per month per home time saved in gathering wood.
Cooking with Prakti Air takes 67% less time, resulting in a cook saving up to 3 hours per day (or 45.6 days a year)
Traditional Chulas produce slow, “lazy” flames while Prakti Air produce high-velocity, turbulent flames which lead to better combustion.

About Prakti Pvt. Ltd.

Prakti Pvt Ltd is a certified social enterprise company registered in Singapore, with social/environmental impact as the highest priority. Prakti Pvt. Ltd. is an association of DEW Labs, a tax-exempt, non-profit organization registered in the US (EIN: 45-5228729).

Prakti’s mission is to save lives, empower women, alleviate poverty, and preserve the environment by developing and scaling the adoption of clean, efficient cookstoves that cooks want. Prakti’s teams are based out of the United States, India, and Bulgaria, and Prakti has sold stoves in over 14 countries!

Prakti offers unique and original solutions to a problem that has plagued previous stove projects: high performance, with no compromise on usability, significant improvement to usability, lower cost, and much ease in distribution/installation.

To get in touch with Prakti, write to info@praktidesign.org

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DEW Labs 6/13/22 DEW Labs 6/13/22

Launch of BBQ Charcoal Stove

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Phuket, 13 June, 2022: Prakti Inc, announced launch of their BBQ Charcoal Stove.

Prakti BBQ Charcoal stove is good for barbecues, easy to light, and fires up fast. It cooks with large frying pans, heavy stewing pots, saucepans, and grills. Heat can be controlled with the vent doors on the front. It's best for car campers, festival-goers, street food chefs (can be used all day), backyard barbecues, picnics, sunny days, and more. It works best with charcoal and comes with a year’s warranty, and complete instructions.

Size 26 x 26 x 21 cm. Weight 3.59 Kg. Colors Available in red, yellow, blue, and green.

The entirety of the profit from this BBQ charcoal stove sales goes to funding Prakti’s humanitarian cause. Prakti used their 15 years of cookstove design experience to make a stove for consumer’s premium home kitchen.

About Prakti Pvt. Ltd.

To get in touch with Prakti, write to info@praktidesign.org

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DEW Labs 2/15/22 DEW Labs 2/15/22

Successful Pilot of Prakti Air in Kolkata

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Kolkata, 15 February, 2022: Prakti Inc, announced successful completion of the pilot of Prakti Air product in Kolkata, India.

Prakti partnered with Calcutta Rescue (CR), an Indian registered charity working to improve the lives of the poorest people in and around Kolkata. CR's close relationships with urban slums and our experience with stove technology are a perfect match for Prakti Air field testing.

Prakti Air was tested over a period of 3 weeks with 6 families, in slums of Dakshineswar Metro Colony (DMC), near Kolkata, India. The objective was to answer two main questions to help with the design process: i) Are cooks confident about cooking with the Prakti Air? ii) Do cooks like using the Prakti Air, and why?

The field testing yielded favorable feedback. Every household felt the use of Prakti Air improved the stove performance. Prakti Air used less fuel for the whole meal and took less time. Every family felt there was less smoke, and families loved how much easier the pots were to clean (less soot build-up). Feedback from the users also resulted in fine-tuning the design of Prakti Air.

About Prakti Pvt. Ltd.

To get in touch with Prakti, write to info@praktidesign.org

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DEW Labs 11/10/21 DEW Labs 11/10/21

Introducing Prakti Air

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Phuket, 10 November, 2021: Prakti Inc, announced today their latest next generation cookstove, Prakti Air.

Prakti Air is a forced draft air stove and is designed to fit into many different kinds of stove bodies. It functions by blowing air into a fire, resulting in a dramatic decrease in emissions and an increase in fuel efficiency. This patented technology solves many challenges in the cookstove industry, such as cost, adoption of technology, and firepower.

Using Prakti Air results in 95% less PM and CO. This means women and children in the kitchen inhale significantly less air pollution. Another user favorite improvement is less smoke means less soot collects on pots and results in easier cleaning. Prakti Air is also estimated to reduce black carbon by 90%, one of the top contributors to climate change.

Prakti Air saves 66% of the fuel usually needed in traditional stoves. Families in poverty can spend less time collecting and spend less money purchasing wood. Decreases in burning wood demand can slow the rate of deforestation as well.

Prakti Air is currently in pilot phase in slums in Kolkata, West Bengal, India and Baru Sahib, Himachal Pradesh India.

About Prakti Pvt. Ltd.

To get in touch with Prakti, write to info@praktidesign.org

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