RDIS Carbon Emission Reduction for Self-Sustainable Environmental Care

Audit Analysis

A Gold Standard domestic energy-efficiency stove project in Rwanda with VVB-confirmed additionality and no reversal events, but undermined by ten material findings (including a 65% baseline parameter correction), nine required corrective actions, and seven cross-document contradictions. The project delivered only ~39% of its pro-rata ex-ante expectation for the monitored period, which is conservative but raises questions about the accuracy of the original estimate. Documentation quality is weakened by low extraction confidence and PDD versioning errors.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Baseline fuel-consumption parameter corrected from 187 to 308 kg/month/HH (a 65% increase) due to a CME error, fundamentally altering the ex-ante estimate
• ⚠Biennial monitoring frequency not followed for RDIS Rwanda and Aid Africa Uganda CPAs; a conservative approach was applied but the gap is unquantified
• ⚠Seven contradictions across documents, including conflicting ERR figures (7,635 vs 57,656), fNRB values (0.88 vs 0.77), and leakage deduction units (0.95 vs 5)
• ⚠PDD version 1.0 incorrectly referenced AMS-II.G version 11.1 instead of the applicable version 03, and ex-ante values were inconsistent with the VER spreadsheet
• ⚠CCP and CORSIA eligibility status not stated in any available document, leaving dual-channel risk unassessed

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