Wolfgang Scheffler (inventor)
Scheffler cooker at JNV school in Leh, India
Born 1956 in Innsbruck, Austria, and recipient of a Special Recognition Award at the 2006 Nuclear-Free Future Award,[1] Wolfgang Scheffler is the inventor/promoter of Scheffler Reflectors, large, flexible parabolic reflecting dishes that concentrate sunlight for solar cooking in community kitchens, bakeries, and in the world's first solar-powered crematorium.[2] By early 2008, over 2000 [3] large cookers of his design had been built distributed worldwide including the world's largest solar cooker.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ Wolfgang Scheffler and Heide Hoedt, 2006 Nuclear-Free Future Solutions Award
- ↑ http://www.solare-bruecke.org/infoartikel/Papers_%20from_SCI_Conference_2006/22_wolfgang_scheffler.pdf
- ↑ Reboot Now Sustainability Conference Workshop with Wolfgang Scheffler & Heike Hoedt
- ↑ "Environmental and Economic Impacts of Solar Heat Cookers". UNESCO. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
Finances for the approximately Rs 25 lakh project came from the German Society for Technological Cooperation (GTZ; Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit).
External links
- Solar cooker at BKWSU
- Scheffler's Community Solar Cookers
- Audio interview with Golo Pilz discussing his extensive work with large Scheffler cooker installations
- History of Solar Alternatives and Associated Programme
- official website