Energy Efficiency Measures Across Commercial Buildings in India by SJPL 001

Audit Analysis

A VCS-registered energy efficiency project (AMS-II-E) in Indian commercial buildings with VVB-confirmed investment additionality and smart-meter monitoring, but weakened by a project-specific baseline, an unaddressed leakage justification, and a contradiction on FPIC status between the PDD and validation report. No monitoring-period data is available to verify actual delivery against the 226,240 tCO₂e lifetime claim.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Leakage deduction of 0% with justification recorded as 'not addressed' in the most recent validation report (July 2025), while an earlier validation report (August 2024) stated it was 'deemed negligible' — the inconsistency undermines confidence in the zero-leakage assumption
• ⚠FPIC status contradicts between the PDD (conducted) and the validation report (not conducted); the VVB's finding of 'not conducted' is privileged as the authoritative verification, but the discrepancy signals a documentation or process gap
• ⚠19 Corrective Action Requests were raised during validation — while all were closed, the volume suggests iterative issues in the project documentation or design
• ⚠No monitoring-period report is present in the extracted record, so actual credit issuance versus the 226,240 tCO₂e lifetime estimate cannot be independently verified

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.