The Honorable Secretary General visited SAARC Energy Centre Islamabad on 9th April, 2011. During briefing she appreciated the SEC Study on Improved Cooking Stoves and directed SEC to develop and demonstrate suitable models of Improved Cooking Stoves (ICS) during forthcoming SAARC Summit to be held in Maldives in November, 2011. The Improved Cooking Stoves (ICS) were developed and designed by SEC in 2012. The ICS technology developed by SEC is Energy Efficient (Less consumption of Bio-mass, thus saving de-forestation), improved the health of women who are the prime users, and help in improving local environmental conditions.
