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Re-assessment pendingGSEnergy Efficiency - DomesticSouth AfricaRegistry: Registered

Kuyasa low-cost urban housing energy upgrade project, Khayelitsha (Cape Town; South Africa)

Developer: City of Cape Town

GS-1667 ↗ · current registry ID: GS337

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#1138of 1735 in Industrial#87of 136 in South Africa#1539of 2172 in Gold Standard (GS)

Score from methodology v2.1 (analysis of 5 Sep 2026). Re-assessment under v2.2 pending.

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 4.8 / 10
Integrity 🔒 Transparency 🔒 Claim Safety 🔒 Documentation 🔒
Dimension scores are locked — the faint arcs are empty tracks, not zero scores.

Scale 0–10 · method weights: integrity 35% · transparency 25% · claim safety 25% · documentation 15%.

Re-assessment pending · v2.1

Scored2026-09-05medium confidenceLatest monitoring period ends: 2010-11-15

evidence: 9/11 registry documents analyzed · 4 red flags

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Analysis

The Kuyasa housing energy upgrade project in Khayelitsha has VVB-confirmed additionality and over-delivers relative to its ex-ante estimate, but is undermined by a project-specific baseline, absence of a buffer pool, no FPIC or grievance mechanism for a community housing project, and an extensive list of monitoring and data-quality findings requiring corrective action. The credits appear conservative in their energy calculations, yet the social-safeguard and documentation gaps limit confidence in overall project integrity.

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On this page: the analysis of 5 Sep 2026, marked “Re-assessment pending”. Per-dimension scores, risk indicators, 4 red flags, score factors, detailed analysis, and 11 registry documents (9 analyzed).

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Eligibility & market

What can you claim with this credit?

Four checks buyers ask about, from the registry and the Integrity Council (ICVCM).

  • Airlines (CORSIA)

    No CORSIA label on the registry

    Not usable for airlines' CORSIA obligations.

    Source: registry label

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    No ICVCM information

    No CCP label and no ICVCM decision found for this project's methodology.

  • Removal or reduction

    Emission reduction or avoidance

    Prevents or reduces emissions — fits contribution claims, not SBTi neutralisation.

    Source: registry label

  • Paris Agreement (Article 6)

    Not published

    This registry does not publish Article 6 authorizations.

Information only, from public sources. Claim rules (CORSIA, SBTi, EU rules on green claims) change: check them before making a public claim. Since 27 September 2026, EU consumer rules do not allow “climate neutral” product claims based on offsets.

Registry labels last checked:2026-09-27

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2008
1,88401,884
2009
6,88006,880
2010
5770577
Total9,34109,341

Methodology versions used

The methodology version stated in each monitoring, verification and issuance document, by period, compared with the official methodology pages.

  1. 2005–2010AMS-I.C v5.0since replaced by v22.0

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  2. 2005–2010AMS-II.C v5.0since replaced by v16.0

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  3. 2005–2010AMS-II.E v5.0since replaced by v12.0

    monitoring report + verification report

    official page · verified on

  • AMS-I.C: Active (CDM / UNFCCC) · official page · verified on
  • AMS-II.C: Active (CDM / UNFCCC) · official page · verified on
  • AMS-II.E: Active (CDM / UNFCCC) · official page · verified on

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Analysis ProvenanceGeneral Methodologyv2.1
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