Installation of high efficiency cookstoves in Sub Saharan Africa by BURN

Audit Analysis

A VCS cookstove project (VMR0006) in Kenya with VVB-confirmed additionality and documented safeguards, but significant gaps in baseline methodology detail, leakage treatment, and fNRB value transparency. A public comment challenging the fNRB values as too high, combined with 12 corrective action requests during validation, introduces meaningful over-crediting risk that has not yet been resolved by independent verification data.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Public comment during validation challenged fNRB values as too high, contradicting model simulations and observable reality; VVB verified calculations using CDM Tool 30 v4.0 but the underlying fNRB value is not stated in the extracted record
• ⚠12 Corrective Action Requests and 9 Clarification Requests were raised during validation — an unusually high number suggesting material issues in the project design
• ⚠Leakage deduction and justification are entirely absent from the extracted record for a project type where fuel substitution leakage is plausible
• ⚠Baseline method and last reassessment date are not stated in any available document
• ⚠Minimum extraction confidence is rated low, indicating at least one key document was poorly readable

Credit Vintages

No issuances recorded on the registry.