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CARBON PROJECT

SMARTD Improved Cookstove Programme

Gold Standard · GS4432 · Lesotho

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Credits issued
0
tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Credits retired
0
—
Remaining
0
issued and not yet retired
Status
In the pipeline
Listed

About this project

As SMARTD we are aware that the communities we serve are not an exception of global warming and its effects. As a result we planned to make use of the Clean Development Mechanism Gold Standard (GS) certification and project in order to promote improved cook stoves (SAVE 80), in the area of operation of SMARTD, i.e. in the entire district of Qacha’s Nek and in the rural areas of Quthing and Mohale’s Hoek which are Seforong in the Quthing district, Hloahloeng, Sebaretlane, Qabanyane and Qabane in the Mohale’s Hoek district. The improved cook stove can be used by households, which are using mainly fuel wood as their source of fuel. The SAVE 80, stove set promoted by SMARTD contains a stainless steel stove, three cooking pots with lids and a heat retaining container/wonder cooker. This stove uses only small brittle sticks/twigs of wood to cook or boil water. It saves up to 80% of fuel wood compared to ordinary open fire way of cooking. This means that if you would need 1.5kg of wood to boil 6litres of water on an open fire, with SAVE 80 you would only need 0.3kg.The stove is suitable for cooking, frying and water heating. After reaching boiling point, food can be transferred to the wonder cooker where it will continue to simmer until it is well cooked. This further reduces wood consumption. Besides preventing greenhouse gas emissions, the objectives of the planned CDM Gold Standard programs are:•To reduce wood consumption to a sustainable level so as to allow natural recovery of forests and/or reforestation to take place.•To reduce soil erosion and protect the environment.•To reduce indoor air pollution wood smoke and avoid its harmful health consequences.•To reduce time for wood collection for households.•To contribute to the prevention of wood resources so as to avoid inter-communal conflicts over resources.•To empower participating women groups in villages by including them in project activities.•To reduce vulnerability of households falling into poverty through decreasing fuel wood scarcity.Thanks to the income that will be generated through certification of the project under the Gold Standard, the high quality improved cook stoves can be sold at a reduced price to make them affordable to the average households. The SAVE 80 stove sets are designed in Germany and assembled locally in Lesotho .

The record

Project ID
GS4432
Registry
Gold Standard
Type
Cookstoves · Household & Community
Removal or reduction
Reduction
Methodology
—
Developer
SMARTD · 1 project
Country
Lesotho
First vintage
—
Crediting period
2016-09-01 to 2023-09-01
Estimated yearly credits
7,500
Scale
Small Scale · Standalone
Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 15: Life On Land
Data from
Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry

Community involvement

householdswomenlocal communitiesvillages
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 13: Climate Action · Goal 3: Good Health and Well-Being · Goal 15: Life On Land

Status and timeline

Registry status
Listed (In the pipeline)
First credits (vintage)
none yet
Crediting period
2016-09-01 to 2023-09-01
Credits issued
0 (retired 0)

Location

Project location Location stated by the registry for this project
Coordinates
-30.0385, 28.3570
Source
Gold Standard registry (public API)
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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.
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