GS1247 VPA 49 Improved Kitchen Regimes:Kaliro Safe Water Project

Audit Analysis

The Kaliro Safe Water Project (VPA 49) is a Gold Standard energy-efficiency project displacing thermal energy for water heating, with VVB-confirmed additionality and no reversal events. However, the project is undermined by a 0% leakage deduction with an internally contradictory justification, a project-specific baseline, over 50 corrective actions and clarifications flagging calculation errors and data inconsistencies, and 12 documented contradictions across verification, monitoring, and design documents. The overall picture is of a project with a sound conceptual design but weak execution and documentation quality.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Leakage deduction of 0% in the 2024 verification report contradicts the 5% stated in the PDD, and the justification shifts between 'quantified' (verification report) and 'deemed negligible' (monitoring report) — a water project where users may revert to alternative water sources warrants a non-zero deduction
• ⚠Crediting period (2014–2021 per the 2022 verification report; 2015–2022 per the 2024 monitoring report) ends before the 2023–2024 monitoring period, raising questions about whether credits are being issued outside the approved crediting window
• ⚠ERR figures differ by a factor of ~5 between the 2023 verification report (3,054) and the 2024 verification report (592); if these cover comparable two-year periods this represents an ~81% decline, though the 2023 figure may cover both VPAs (35 and 49) combined
• ⚠Over 50 corrective actions and clarifications were raised, including errors in ER calculation sheets, inconsistent monitoring period references, incorrect fNRB sourcing, and missing monitoring evidence — indicating systemic documentation and calculation weaknesses
• ⚠CCP status and CORSIA eligibility are not stated in any available document, leaving the double-claiming risk unassessed

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