GS5658 VPA 40: Fuel-efficient cookstoves for the resilience of rural communities in Burundi
Gold Standard · GS11157 · Burundi
About this project
The micro-scale Voluntary Project Activity (VPA) is planning to manufacture and distribute energy efficient cookstoves of the BIIKIGITI model within the districts of Kayanza, Ngozi and Kirundo in Burundi. The project is carried out by the consortium Fondazione AVSI and Norwegian Church Aid under the main project “UMUCO W`ITERAMBERE - Contribution à la résilience intégrée des communautés rurales à travers l’accès à l’énergie durable” financed by the European Union. The distribution of cookstoves is expected to include around 3.500 stoves. Most families in Burundi cook with traditional inefficient cookstoves that consume large amounts of firewood. The consume of firewood is increasing the rate of deforestation and land degradation, and its combustion is a significant source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions responsible for climate change. In addition to the environmental consequences, there are serious health implications related with the inefficient cooking methods through the exposure on the smoke and other emissions. The project will address the challenges above by reducing the consume of wood during the cooking activities. Besides reducing greenhouse gas emission and contributing to climate change mitigation in line with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal number 13 (“Climate Action”), the project activities are foreseen to contribute also other sustainable development goals.
The record
- Project ID
- GS11157
- Registry
- Gold Standard
- Type
- Cookstoves · Household & Community
- Removal or reduction
- Reduction
- Methodology
- GS Simplified Methodology for Clean and Efficient Cookstoves v1.
- Developer
- Carbonsink (Carbonsink Group S.r.l.) · 44 projects
- Country
- Burundi
- First vintage
- —
- Crediting period
- 2022-09-02 to 2027-09-01
- Estimated yearly credits
- 7,699
- Scale
- Micro Scale · VPA
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 15: Life On Land · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 1: No Poverty · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 13: Climate Action
- Data from
- Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry
Community involvement
Status and timeline
- Registry status
- Gold Standard Certified Design (Certified design)
- First credits (vintage)
- none yet
- Crediting period
- 2022-09-02 to 2027-09-01
- Credits issued
- 0 (retired 0)
Location
The registry gives Burundi as the location, so this project is not drawn on the map. It is counted in the country totals.
Other cookstoves projects in Burundi
| Improved biomass cookstoves for returnees in B... GS11140 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 2,185,104 |
| Improved Cooking Stove Programme in Burundi VCS2828 · Registered | 1,723,725 |
| Improved cookstoves for Burundi restaurants VCS2540 · Registered | 575,239 |
| BQS improved cookstoves for Burundi's schools VCS2616 · Registered | 263,695 |
| GS5658 VPA 38: Fuel-efficient cookstoves for t... GS11155 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 13,349 |
| UpEnergy-Social and Climate Impact Programme-B... VCS3703 · Under validation (Public comment period closed) | 0 |