Envirofit International is a nonprofit project that develops technology that reduces pollution

Pollution prevention

Pollution prevention ' describes activities that reduce the amount of pollution generated by a process, whether it is consumer consumption, driving, or industrial production...

 and enhances energy efficiency

Efficient energy use

Efficient energy use, sometimes simply called energy efficiency, is the goal of efforts to reduce the amount of energy required to provide products and services. For example, insulating a home allows a building to use less heating and cooling energy to achieve and maintain a comfortable temperature...

 in developing countries

Developing country

A developing country, also known as a less-developed country, is a nation with a low level of material well-being. Since no single definition of the term developing country is recognized internationally, the levels of development may vary widely within so-called developing countries...

, particularly in Asia

Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...

. Envirofit hopes that its endeavors will "promote environmental benefits, improve public health, foster economic growth, and alleviate poverty throughout its areas of operation.". In May 2009, organization founder Bryan Willson

Bryan Willson

Dr. Bryan Willson is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Colorado State University and is the current director and founder of the Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory at CSU. His main area of research interest involves the development of sustainable energy solutions.Dr...

 was named among Scientific American

Scientific American

Scientific American is a popular science magazine. It is notable for its long history of presenting science monthly to an educated but not necessarily scientific public, through its careful attention to the clarity of its text as well as the quality of its specially commissioned color graphics...

's top 10 innovators.

Two-stroke engine direct injection retrofit

In 2007, Envirofit was awarded a World Clean Energy Award for their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas

Greenhouse gas

A greenhouse gas is a gas in an atmosphere that absorbs and emits radiation within the thermal infrared range. This process is the fundamental cause of the greenhouse effect. The primary greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone...

 emissions through their two-stroke engine retrofit project. The system is said to increase fuel efficiency.

Clean cook stoves

The Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory at Colorado State University

Colorado State University

Colorado State University is a public research university located in Fort Collins, Colorado. The university is the state's land grant university, and the flagship university of the Colorado State University System.The enrollment is approximately 29,932 students, including resident and...

 is working with Shell Foundation

Shell Foundation

The Shell Foundation is an initiative of the oil major Royal Dutch Shell. Launched in1997, it is a worldwide, social investment initiative to concentrate on working with external partners to promote sustainable development...

 and Envirofit to design low cost, high performance cook stove

Cook stove

In cooking, a cook stove is a very basic stove heated by burning wood, charcoal, animal dung or crop residue. Cook stoves are the most common way of cooking and heating food in developing countries....

s for the developing world, to reduce indoor Air Pollution

Indoor air pollution in developing nations

Indoor air pollution in developing nations is a significant form of indoor air pollution that is little known to those in the developed world....

 generated by traditional fires. Envirofit is the main customer of a collaboration between Shengzhou Stove Manufacture (China) and Aprovecho

Aprovecho

Aprovecho is the name of two non-profit organizations located in Cottage Grove, Oregon. Aprovecho Sustainability Education Center is a not-for-profit organization based in the vicinity of Cottage Grove, Oregon. Its focus is on sustainable living, including permaculture and renewable energy...

(USA), mass producing stoves in China for use in developing countries.