Integrity comparison
The small-scale limit is 60 kt CO2e per year (p. 6). CarbonMeld compares the project's annual estimate with it. CM-F-AMS-III-BC-SMALL-SCALE-LIMIT
small-scale limit: 60 kt CO2e per year
AMS-III.BC — Emission reductions through improved efficiency of vehicle fleets
About this methodology
Projects improve vehicle fleet efficiency through equipment or operating changes. The method measures emissions avoided by using less fuel for the transport service.
- Issued by
- CDM (UNFCCC) · issuer's site
- Version
- 3.0 · source ·
- Status
- Active at CDM / UNFCCC · source ·
- Climate outcome
- Emission reductions
- Activity
- Transport
- Official page
- cdm.unfccc.int ·
- Also used by projects of
- American Carbon Registry (ACR) (2 projects)
- Verra (VCS) (1 project)
How methodology v3 reads projects of this type
What CarbonMeld reads
A confirmed investment analysis A-INVEST
The documents show a project-level additionality test, the validation confirmed it, and it is an investment analysis (a numeric test of the project's finances with and without carbon revenue).
Figures set against the methodology's own values
Set by the methodology or the programme, not assessed by our current method
- not assessed
Social safeguards and consent of communities (FPIC): any such rules come from the programme, not the methodology. Our current method does not assess it. CM-F-AMS-III-BC-SAFEGUARDS-FPIC
Not applicable to this type — never a gap in our current method
The criterion does not apply to this methodology. Our current method never counts it as a gap.
- CM-N-GRID-EFGrid emission factor
- CM-N-LEAKAGELeakage
- CM-N-BUFFERBuffer pool
- CM-N-PERMANENCE-REVERSALPermanence and reversals
- CM-N-FNRBFraction of non-renewable biomass (fNRB)
- CM-N-USAGEUsage rate of the devices
- CM-N-DURABILITY-MEASUREMENTDurability of the storage
- CM-N-FEEDSTOCK-SUSTAINABILITYSustainability of the feedstock
- CM-N-END-USE-TRACKINGTracking of the end use
The general rules apply as well. Read the general rules.
The rules of methodology v2.2, as they were: the archived v2.2 page.
History and transitions
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v03.0adopted 8 Sept 2022source
Ensure the consistency in definitions of market penetration metrics and thresholds. 12 Considering the uncertainties related to for example data collection on parameters via control groups.
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v02.0adopted 4 Oct 2013source
Include engine efficiency retrofits to vehicles that improves combustion efficiency; Update the provision related to PoA.
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v01.0adopted 20 Jul 2012source
Initial adoption.
Projects using AMS-III.BC
Browse 3 published projects using AMS-III.BC, listed alphabetically. There is no ranking for this methodology yet: it appears here automatically once 5 of its projects not in the pipeline or under validation are rated. Open a project to view its registry details and the analysis available for that project.
Which registries list projects under AMS-III.BC?
In CarbonMeld's data, AMS-III.BC projects are on 2 registries: American Carbon Registry (2) and Verra (1). Being listed on a registry is not the same as being registered: the «Registered» column counts the projects each registry shows as registered, and credits are issued only after each verification.
| Registry | Projects | Registered | Projects list |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Carbon Registry (ACR) | 2 | 0 | See the list |
| Verra (VCS) | 1 | 0 | See the list |
Counts of project records in CarbonMeld's data, with or without a CarbonMeld analysis. «Registered» counts the records whose current registry status is «registered», as last read (15 November 2026); projects in a later status, such as awaiting verification approval, late to verify or completed, are not in that column.
- Analysis: No rating yet
- Analysis: Re-assessment pending
- Analysis: Re-assessment pending