Samuel Shiroff

A collaborative effort between a major-multi-national corporation, an international non-profit organization, a university and a development agency to design and distribute an advanced, appropriate technology for some of the world's poorest people.

Please go to www.healthysmokehoods.org to see the website or watch the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOKp9FjDhME&list=UUW_kpQCdoUMGHR_k6Ffo6oQ&index=5&feature=plcp We designed an improved smokehood that achieves WHO indoor air… Show more

A collaborative effort between a major-multi-national corporation, an international non-profit organization, a university and a development agency to design and distribute an advanced, appropriate technology for some of the world's poorest people.

Please go to www.healthysmokehoods.org to see the website or watch the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOKp9FjDhME&list=UUW_kpQCdoUMGHR_k6Ffo6oQ&index=5&feature=plcp We designed an improved smokehood that achieves WHO indoor air pollution levels. It can be designed and built locally and is currently being sold in the high hills of Nepal. We are now making efforts to expand the project there and begin new projects in other relevant countries. Show less

Refrigerator Exchange Project in Brazilian Favelas.
The project focused on the creation of a holistic solution to bring the most modern, efficient cooling appliances to slums in Brazil.

Piggybacking on a government program to promote energy efficiency we designed a refrigerator exchange program that incorporated Phase II recycling and CO2 credits.
By doing so we maximized the potetnial revenue streams and minimized the overall environmental impacts.

A joint effort between the Bellagio Forum, Eurosif and the European Foundation Centre, to build a Toolkit to help foundations manage their endowments in a socially responsible way. The need for a practical guide for foundation trustees emerged after the Bellagio Forum conducted a survey among European and some international foundations to map the current practices of investing and managing the foundations’ endowments. What the survey revealed was an array of emerging experiences among European… Show more

A joint effort between the Bellagio Forum, Eurosif and the European Foundation Centre, to build a Toolkit to help foundations manage their endowments in a socially responsible way. The need for a practical guide for foundation trustees emerged after the Bellagio Forum conducted a survey among European and some international foundations to map the current practices of investing and managing the foundations’ endowments. What the survey revealed was an array of emerging experiences among European foundations with regard to their asset management strategies; however one clear need identified is for a resource to assist foundation trustees and executives to develop a greater understanding of and approach to the topic of responsible investment. Show less