Brickstar Wood Stove - Mahlaba Area
Gold Standard · GS4536 · South Africa
About this project
The Nova Institute aim’s through the implementation of this project to offer an alternative method of cooking to households situated in the rural areas of the Limpopo province of South Africa. This alternative method will take form through the implementation of an improved cooking stoves making use of the ‘rocket stove’ concept pioneered by Dr. Larry Winiarski in 1982 . The implementation of the cooking mechanism potentially addresses unsustainable problems regarding indoor air pollution, deforestation, economic income instability and greenhouse gas emissions through interaction with these communities at household level
The record
- Project ID
- GS4536
- 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
- Nova Institute · 15 projects
- Country
- South Africa
- First vintage
- 2017
- Crediting period
- 2017-01-17 to 2026-01-16
- Estimated yearly credits
- 9,999
- Scale
- Micro Scale · Standalone
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 13: Climate Action · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 1: No Poverty
- Data from
- Berkeley VROD v2026-08 + Gold Standard registry
Community involvement
Status and timeline
- Registry status
- Gold Standard Certified Project (Active)
- First credits (vintage)
- 2017
- Crediting period
- 2017-01-17 to 2026-01-16
- Credits issued
- 5,156 (retired 4,893)
Credits by vintage year
Issued and retired, tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Location
- Coordinates
- -23.9475, 30.4142
- Source
- Gold Standard registry (public API)
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