Improved biomass cookstoves for returnees in Burundi
Gold Standard · GS11140 · Burundi
About this project
The project aims to provide returning refugees and IDPs (returnees ) with a locally produced efficient or improved cookstove (ICS) as part of a package provided by aid agencies to returnees. The ICS distributed through this project will encourage returnees to replace the prevailing inefficient three-stone fire place or traditional cookstoves that are predominantly used across the region. The ICS provides for an efficient use of the thermal energy generated though the combustion of biomass while cooking and there is a more efficient transfer of this thermal energy to the cooking pot. There is thus a resultant reduction in both biomass consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
The record
- Project ID
- GS11140
- Registry
- Gold Standard
- Type
- Cookstoves · Household & Community
- Removal or reduction
- Reduction
- Methodology
- GS TPDDTEC Reduced emissions from cooking and heating – technologies and practices to displace decentralized thermal energy consumption v3.1
- Developer
- AERA Group · 16 projects
- Country
- Burundi
- First vintage
- 2020
- Crediting period
- 2020-07-05 to 2025-07-04
- Estimated yearly credits
- 378,335
- Scale
- Large Scale · Standalone
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 1: No Poverty · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
- Data from
- Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry
Community involvement
The registry record we hold does not describe the communities involved.
Status and timeline
- Registry status
- Gold Standard Certified Project (Active)
- First credits (vintage)
- 2020
- Crediting period
- 2020-07-05 to 2025-07-04
- Credits issued
- 2,185,104 (retired 626,948)
Credits by vintage year
Issued and retired, tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Location
The registry gives Burundi as the location, so this project is not drawn on the map. It is counted in the country totals.
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