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Brickstar Wood Stove - Mahlaba Area

Gold Standard · GS4536 · South Africa

Credits issued
5,156
tonnes CO₂-equivalent
Credits retired
4,893
95% of issued
Remaining
263
issued and not yet retired
Status
Active
Gold Standard Certified Project

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

householdslocal 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 13: Climate Action · Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy · Goal 1: No Poverty

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

Project location Location stated by the registry for this project
Coordinates
-23.9475, 30.4142
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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