GSEnergy Efficiency - DomesticIndiaAMS-II.G

The Breathing Space Improved Cooking Stoves Programme, India - VPA No. 07 Envirofit

GS-562 ↗ · current registry ID: GS3365

#400of 1329 in Industrial#499of 975 in India#644of 1801 in Gold Standard (GS)#74of 189 in AMS-II.G

5.2/ 10
Integrity
5.5
Transparency
5.5
Claim Safety
5.0
Documentation
4.5

Scored2026-09-06medium confidence Latest verified monitoring: 2015-07-31

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Audit Analysis

The Breathing Space improved cooking stoves project has a VVB-verified investment additionality test and a quantified 5% leakage deduction, but is undermined by eleven material findings (including ER calculation errors and methodology version mismatches), a project-specific baseline, and a 10% gap between assumed and verified stove usage rates. The ERR discrepancy between the monitoring report and verification report (338,325 vs 512,662) raises data-reliability concerns that temper confidence in the credit volume.

Red Flags

  • Eleven material findings in the verification report, including an incorrect baseline stove-usage formula, inconsistent fNRB values between the monitoring report and the registered PoA-DD, and survey/WBT data that do not reconcile with the ER spreadsheet
  • Usage rate assumed at 100% in the ex-ante estimate but verified at only 89.7% in the monitoring period, indicating roughly a 10% over-claim on stove utilisation
  • ERR figures differ by ~51% between the monitoring report (338,325) and the verification report (512,662), with no clear reconciliation in the extracted record

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2012
440
2013
23,74723,7470
2014
29,91929,9190
2015
29,11528,879236
2016
28,52328,5230
2017
28,85828,8580
2018
6,1096,1090
Total146,275146,039236

Risk Indicators

Additionality

VVB-confirmed investment test

Permanence

10% usage gap

Leakage

5% quantified deduction

Baseline

Project-specific; reassessment not stated

Safeguards

Grievance & benefit-sharing present; FPIC not conducted

Double-claim

CORSIA & CCP status not stated

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