Advanced Refrigeration CAL - ARS 006B

Audit Analysis

This ACR refrigeration project in Missouri has a solid additionality assessment (combined test, VVB-verified) and a jurisdictional baseline, but the verification report identified seven material findings involving incorrect charge sizes, GWP values, and calculation references that required corrective action. The project delivered roughly 72% of its pro-rata ex-ante expectation for the 2021 monitoring period, which is conservative but raises questions about the accuracy of the original ex-ante estimate. Leakage treatment is inconsistent across documents, and several key monitoring parameters remain unstated.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Seven material findings in the verification report (2022-03-08) include incorrect baseline charge sizes, wrong GWP values, and mis-referenced calculation parameters, all requiring corrective action
• ⚠Leakage justification is inconsistent: the validation report (2023-08) marks it as 'not addressed' while the PDD (2023-07) states it was 'deemed negligible', with a 0% deduction and no quantified analysis in either document
• ⚠ERR figures differ between the validation report (351,233) and the verification report (25,376), creating ambiguity about whether the ex-ante estimate was properly calibrated

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