Energy Efficiency measures at Commerzone Industrial Park, Pune

Audit Analysis

A CDM energy-efficiency project at an Indian industrial park with a VVB-confirmed investment additionality test, but undermined by seven material findings at validation (including emission-factor calculation errors and insufficient baseline justification), a 10× discrepancy between the validation and issuance ERR figures, and a near-total absence of monitoring-period data. The project's low extraction confidence and lack of any monitoring report make it difficult to verify actual performance against the ex-ante estimate.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Ten-fold discrepancy in ERR figures: the validation report (2016) states 169,710 tCO₂e while the issuance document records 16,971 tCO₂e under the same 'total_err_claimed' field, raising questions about whether the issuance covers a single monitoring period or reflects a data-entry error.
• ⚠Seven material findings (CARs) at validation, including a weighted-average emission-factor calculation that excluded diesel-generator generation for two buildings and an insufficient justification for baseline scenario alternatives.
• ⚠No buffer pool, no monitoring period, no usage-monitoring method, and no fnrb value are recorded in the extracted data, leaving permanence and MRV quality unverifiable.
• ⚠Minimum extraction confidence is rated 'low', indicating at least one key document was poorly readable, which undermines confidence in the extracted figures.

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.