GS1247 VPA 1 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Bugesera, Rwanda
GS-162 ↗ · current registry ID: GS1267
#827of 1329 in Industrial#62of 139 in Rwanda#1226of 1801 in Gold Standard (GS)
Audit Analysis
This Gold Standard cookstove project in Bugesera, Rwanda has VVB-confirmed additionality and no reported reversals, but is undermined by a severe gap between assumed (90–99%) and verified (23–28%) usage rates, contradictory leakage treatment across documents, and numerous open corrective actions. The verified ERR of 13,701 tCO₂e matches the claimed figure, but the underlying parameter inconsistencies raise material concerns about the robustness of the credit calculation.
Red Flags
- Verified usage rate of 23.3% is less than one-third of the PDD assumption of 90–99%, indicating the project is delivering far below its original design expectations
- Leakage deduction is 0% in the 2022 monitoring report while the PDD (2023) specifies 5%, and the same monitoring report simultaneously describes the justification as both 'quantified' and 'deemed negligible'
- Five Forward Action Requests (FARs) remain open, including evaluation of SDG indicators at VPA level and submission of an fNRB report
- Crediting period end date is not stated in the verification report (2014–null), creating uncertainty about the project's temporal boundaries
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 9,448 | 9,448 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 10,000 | 9,921 | 79 | |
| 2016 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 0 | |
| 2017 | 10,000 | 9,970 | 30 | |
| 2018 | 9,782 | 9,592 | 190 | |
| 2019 | 7,744 | 7,600 | 144 | |
| 2020 | 2,835 | 2,830 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 82 | 81 | 1 | |
| Total | 59,891 | 59,442 | 449 |
Risk Indicators
VVB-confirmed combined test
mixed evidence / unresolved risk
0% deduction contradicts PDD 5%; conflicting justifications
Project-specific baseline, reassessed 2024
FPIC, grievance mechanism, and benefit sharing documented
CORSIA and CCP status not stated
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