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GS1247 VPA 17 Improved Kitchen Regimes Bugesera Rwanda
Gold Standard · GS3450 · Rwanda
Credits issued
49,144
tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Credits retired
48,526
99% of issued
Remaining
618
issued and not yet retired
Status
Active
Gold Standard Certified Project
About this project
This VPA involves the distribution of improved cook stoves into rural areas within Bugesera District, Rwanda. In addition to reducing deforestation through less wood use, the project is also expected to have additional benefits for local communities, such as reduced incidences of illnesses related to indoor air pollution and smoke inhalation, improved employment opportunities, and less time and money spent on firewood collection.
The record
- Project ID
- GS3450
- 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 v 1.
- Developer
- CO2balance UK ltd · 417 projects
- Country
- Rwanda
- First vintage
- 2014
- Crediting period
- 2015-10-14 to 2022-10-13
- Estimated yearly credits
- 7,145
- Scale
- Micro Scale · VPA
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being
- Data from
- Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry
Community involvement
local communities
Basis: Project description (Gold Standard registry). This lists who the project describes working with; it is not a check of benefit-sharing.
Sustainable Development Goals claimed: Goal 5: Gender Equality · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being
Status and timeline
- Registry status
- Gold Standard Certified Project (Active)
- First credits (vintage)
- 2014
- Crediting period
- 2015-10-14 to 2022-10-13
- Credits issued
- 49,144 (retired 48,526)
Credits by vintage year
Issued and retired, tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Location
Project location Location stated by the registry for this project
- Coordinates
- -2.0699, 30.1365
- Source
- Gold Standard registry (public API)
Other cookstoves projects in Rwanda
| DelAgua Clean Cooking Grouped Project in Rwand... VCS4150 · Verification approval requested | 8,552,433 |
| DelAgua Improved Cookstove Grouped Project VCS3699 · Verification approval requested | 2,692,966 |
| BioLite Africa Improved Stove Program VCS4151 · Registered | 922,902 |
| Rwandan Improved Cookstove Project VCS2984 · Registered | 484,726 |
| Improved Cook Stoves programme for Rwanda GS1060 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 358,779 |
| CPA 4 Improved Cook Stoves programme for Rwand... GS4259 · Gold Standard Certified Project | 301,346 |
Credit totals and status are as compiled in the Berkeley Voluntary Registry Offsets Database v2026-08 (CC BY 4.0) and change as the registries update. Please check the registry record before you quote a figure.