Protocols Overview

Laboratory-based tests evaluate stove performance and quality under controlled, repeatable settings, allowing testers to quantify differences between stoves. Field-based tests demonstrate how stoves perform with local cooks, foods, practices, and fuels. The Clean Cooking Alliance (CCA) maintains this list of protocols for a range of stove and fuel types.

Both laboratory- and field-based protocols have been developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Technical Committee on Clean Cookstoves and Clean Cooking Solutions (TC285). The Controlled Cooking Test, Kitchen Performance Test, Biomass Stove Safety Protocol, Durability Test, and Water Boiling Test were developed collaboratively by multiple CCA partners. The other protocols shared below were developed by individual partner organizations or countries. CCA partners continue to develop and improve standards for the betterment of the clean cooking sector.