Advanced Refrigeration - ARS2020001

Audit Analysis

This ACR-registered advanced refrigeration project in New York has VVB-confirmed additionality via a combined test, but is undermined by three inter-document contradictions (baseline method, leakage justification, reversal events), a 0% leakage deduction with no stated justification, and five material findings requiring corrective action. The identical claimed, verified, and ex-ante ERR figures (32,742 tCO₂e) suggest the verification confirmed design-phase calculations rather than independently measured reductions, limiting confidence in the credit quantity.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Three contradictions between the validation report and the PDD on baseline method (project vs. jurisdictional), leakage justification (not addressed vs. deemed negligible), and reversal events (not addressed vs. none reported) reduce data reliability
• ⚠Leakage deduction of 0% with justification listed as 'not addressed' in the validation report — no quantified or qualitatively justified leakage treatment
• ⚠Five material findings in the verification report, including the monitoring report not using the current ACR template and emission reduction totals not rounded down as required
• ⚠All three ERR figures (claimed, verified, ex-ante lifetime) are identical at 32,742 tCO₂e, indicating the verification confirmed design calculations rather than independently measured reductions

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