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1 GOLD STANDARD PASSPORT CONTENTS A. Project title B. Project description C. Proof of project eligibility D. Unique Project Identification E. Outcome stakeholder consultation process F. Outcome sustainability assessment G. Sustainability monitoring plan H. Additionality and conservativeness deviations Annex 1 ODA declarations 1

2 SECTION A. Project Title Efficient Wood Fuel Stove-Cooking-Sets, Lesotho V 3.1 Date of Completion: 11/09/2012 Previous versions: V 3 completed: 15/08/2012 V 2.2, completed 06/06/2012 V 2.1, completed 26/10/2011 Version 1, completed 14/12/2010 V 2.0, completed: 05/05/2011 SECTION B. Project description 2

3 Purpose of the project activity GOLD STANDARD PASSPORT The purpose of the project activity is the dissemination of efficient fuel wood stoves and heat retaining polypropylene boxes in several districts of Lesotho, at subsidized prices. Users are households who previously used inefficient, traditional fireplaces. The efficient fuel wood stove that will be deployed is a portable stove developed and prefabricated by a German manufacturer and assembled locally, called SAVE80. The SAVE80 system also consists of custom-fit pots, pans and a heat retaining box ( Wonderbox ). Design and brand name of the SAVE80 system may develop over time, for simplicity the system is hereafter referred to as the SAVE80 system. Deforestation and desertification have become a major concern in the area, as wood demand for household energy largely exceeds the available renewable woody biomass. The SAVE80 system saves up to 80% of fuel wood. By reducing the fuel wood consumption, the project activity hence reduces green house gas emissions stemming from the use of non-renewable biomass. Up to now, highly efficient woodstoves with savings of 80 % are not available in the country. Available improved wood stoves are relatively inefficient, with biomass savings not exceeding 30% as compared to traditional fireplaces. However, they have not gained any significant foothold in the country. The project is implemented by the Lesotho based company Solar Lights and the German carbon offset organisation atmosfair ggmbh (hereinafter referred to as atmosfair ). Besides preventing greenhouse gases, the objectives of the planned CDM Gold Standard project are: To reduce wood consumption to a sustainable level so as to allow natural recovery of forests and/or reforestation to take place. To curb GHG-emissions resulting from wood fuel burning. To reduce Indoor Air Pollution from wood smoke and avoid its harmful health consequences. To reduce the fuel wood bill or wood collection time for households. To contribute to the preservation of wood resources so as to avoid intercommunal conflict over resources. To financially empower participating community groups (majority women) in villages through financial incentives by including them in project activities. To reduce vulnerability of households falling into poverty through fuel wood security. To reduce soil erosion and protect environment. Technology of project activity 3

4 The efficient fuel wood stove that will be deployed is a portable stove made of stainless steel developed and prefabricated by a German manufacturer and assembled locally to create employment and income. The efficient fuel wood stove is called SAVE80. The SAVE80 system also consists of custom-fit pots, pans and a heat retaining box ( Wonderbox ). Design and brand name of the SAVE80 system may develop over time, for simplicity the system is hereafter referred to as the SAVE80 system. The initial SAVE80 model has a nominal effective thermal power of 1.5 kw. As per specification of the manufacturer, the SAVE80 system needs only about 250 g of small brittle sticks of wood to bring 6 litres of water to the boil, 80% less than traditional fireplaces. The design ensures preheating of the air and a complete combustion with very little visible smoke and only small amounts of ash. Industrial production allows constant quality standards. The SAVE80 system also includes a heat retaining box ( Wonderbox ), where food can be transferred after reaching the boiling temperature, and where it will continue to simmer until it is well cooked. The Wonderbox allows important energy savings in addition to the savings by the SAVE80. However, these energy savings will not be taken into account for calculating emission reductions. Ex-Ante Estimation of the total number of SAVE80 systems deployed: Period Total N of SAVE80 systems deployed 20/05/ /12/2012 5, , , , , , , , , ,350 01/01/ /05/ ,350 Measures undertaken as part of the project activity Organisational structure of the project 4

5 SAVE80 system components are ordered and shipped to Lesotho. Once the shipments arrive in Lesotho, the SAVE80 parts are transported to a workshop centre. Stoves are assembled by locals previously trained by Solar Lights. Solar Lights conducts sales and monitoring trainings. Trainings and demonstrations of using the SAVE80 and the Wonderbox are conducted in all target areas of the project. Solar Lights is also responsible for customer support. atmosfair will be the owner of the Certified Emission Reductions and CDM project developer. Description of marketing and sales strategy Solar Lights is responsible for awareness creation and cooking demonstrations so that households are informed about the benefits of the SAVE80 system, especially about the savings in firewood consumption. Local focal points facilitate the sales procedure. User Agreements When a user purchases a SAVE80 system, it will be property of the user. However, as CDM funding is subsidising sales of the SAVE80 system, it will be ensured that users agree - to cede all CERs to atmosfair - to cooperate with Solar Lights and atmosfair for monitoring purposes A sales receipt will be handed over to the buyer, stating that the households cede all entitlements from reduced carbon dioxide emissions (CERs) to atmosfair ggmbh. The buyer confirms with the purchase that up to the date of purchase, fuel wood has been used for cooking purposes. Households that are exclusively using fossil fuels (Kerosene, LPG) or Electricity for cooking are not eligible to receive the SAVE80 system at the reduced price. Monitoring All information obtained from the users (i.e. sales records, sales receipts) are transferred to an electronic project database. Hardcopies will be stored. All detailed monitoring procedures will be described in the monitoring manual which will be continuously updated by the project participants. Payment schemes Solar Lights offers payments in instalments to overcome the financial constraints of many customers. If instalments are agreed upon, payments can be collected either directly or by focal points (e.g. village communities). Ownership of the SAVE80 systems Each SAVE80 cooker will start to generate emission reductions on the day after the delivery of the SAVE80 system (deployment date). 5

6 SECTION C. Proof of project eligibility C.1. Scale of the Project [See Toolkit 1.2.a] Please tick where applicable: Project Type Large Small x C.2. Host Country Kingdom of Lesotho 6

7 C.3. Project Type [See Toolkit 1.2.c and Toolkit Annex C] Please tick where applicable: Project type Yes No Does your project activity classify as a Renewable Energy project? x Does your project activity classify as an End-use Energy Efficiency Improvement project? x Please justify the eligibility of your project activity: The CDM GS small-scale project activity is an end-use energy efficiency improvement category, (Type (ii): Energy Efficiency Improvement Projects) and applies the small scale baseline and monitoring methodology AMS-II.G., version 3, Energy Efficiency Measures in Thermal Applications of Non-Renewable Biomass (in the following AMS-II.G. always refers to version 3 of the methodology). Pre Announcement Yes No Was your project previously announced? x There has not been a public announcement of the project going ahead without carbon funding. The project was planned as a project financed entirely by carbon revenues right from the beginning. 7

8 C.4. Greenhouse gas [See Toolkit 1.2.d] Greenhouse Gas Carbon dioxide x Methane Nitrous oxide C.5. Project Registration Type [See Toolkit 1.2.f] Project Registration Type Regular x Pre-feasibility assessment Retroactive projects (T.2.5.1) Preliminary evaluation (eg: Large Hydro or palm oil-related project) (T.2.5.2) Rejected by UNFCCC (T2.5.3) If Retroactive, please indicate Start Date of Construction dd/mm/yyyy: 8

9 SECTION D. Unique project identification D.1. GPS-coordinates of project location [See Toolkit 1.6] Latitude Longitude Coordinates 29 18' " S 27 28' " E Explain given coordinates The coordinates of Solar Lights main office in Maseru are used to represent the physical location of the project activity. In fact, the project activity is located in the so-called foothills region of Lesotho, limited by the highlands in the east and the lowlands in the west. In the north the boundary stretches out from the village of Thabong (28 55 E, S), near to the border of South Africa, to the village of Ha Phala (27 58 E,29 99S), which is located close to the city of Mohale s Hoek in the southern part of Lesotho. The project location includes parts of the districts Berea, Maseru, Leribe, Mohale s Hoek, Mafeteng and Butha-Buthe. The project area is demarcated by so called EA Codes which were defined within the Population Census Each EA Code area is situated entirely within a community council boundary. The EA Codes consist of a unique 9-digit identifier code: 1st and 2nd digits in the code = district 3rd and the 4th digits in the code = constituency 5th and the 6th digits in the code = community council 7th digit in the code = geographical zone 8th and the 9th digits in the code = EA number For the list of all EA Codes forming the project area, see PDD Annex 5. D.2. Map 9

10 [See Toolkit 1.6] GOLD STANDARD PASSPORT Figure D.2.1: Map of Lesotho, Project Location (Foothill) Please note, this map is only for illustration purposes and does not specify the project location. SECTION E. Outcome stakeholder consultation process E.1. Assessment of stakeholder comments Public participation for the project activity has formed an integral part of project planning; indeed, dissemination of SAVE80 stoves would not be possible without a demand by the users. Every user voluntary decides to purchase a SAVE80 system and therefore decides voluntary to participate in the project activity. Procedure followed to invite comments The stakeholder consultation took place on Friday, 22nd October, 2010, at the Victoria Hotel in Maseru. Participants included local population and potential users of the SAVE80 10

11 stoves, local politicians, religious leaders, traditional rulers, and local NGOs, in total 17 participants. The stakeholder consultation was conducted bilingually, i.e. in the local language Sesotho and in English. Invitation to the consultation was done by - Newspaper Advertisement (Public Eye, Lesotho) - Solar Lights itself, which had made several cooking demonstrations and used these contacts to invite participants. - By and Phone - Banner and posters at the day of the stakeholder consultation inviting to participate at the stakeholder consultation. The Gold Standard Foundation was informed about the event by and consulted by . Stakeholders received a non-technical summary of the planned project activity. Many stakeholders underlined their interest in participating in the project. The questions and comments turned around the following issues: - Application questions (Cast Iron Pot, adding of wood) - Availability of the stove, also outside of the project area There was no opposition to the project nor were there outright negative comments. The Save80 has been redesigned in order to make the stove more convenient for the users. The cast iron pot which has been designed particular for the Lesotho market is currently redesigned in order to make the pot less heavy. Through CDM revenues stoves will be affordable to the local population, and will allow reducing the price of the SAVE80. Availability will be assured through advance payments for future CERs, assuring that cookers are shipped to Lesotho early in advance to always have enough SAVE80 Sets at stock. E.2. Stakeholder Feedback Round Please describe report how the feedback round was organised, what the outcomes were and how you followed up on the feedback. 11

12 The feedback round gave stakeholders the opportunity to comment during the process of validating the project activity. The Stakeholder Feedback Round was organized as follows: The PDD, the Local Stakeholder Consultation (LSC) report, the GS Passport, the revised version of the non-technical summary and supporting documents related to the Do-No Harm assessment were made available to stakeholders. atmosfair has published documents on the atmosfair website. Additionally, the documents were available as printed version at the office of the local partner, Solar Lights. Via ,and phone, the stakeholder were informed about the ongoing Feedback Round and were encouraged to give comments and suggestions. Only a few comments were received, stating that documentation reflects the meeting and no further comments need to be included (comments were submitted to DOE). The Stakeholder Feedback Round lasted for 2 months.starting on December 22th, 2010, ending on February 23th,

13 SECTION F. Outcome Sustainability assessment F.1. Do no harm Assessment [See Toolkit and Toolkit Annex H] Safeguarding principles Description of relevance to my project Assessme nt of my project risks breaching it (low/mediu m/high) 1. Human Rights The project respects internationally proclaimed human rights including dignity, cultural property and uniqueness of indigenous people. The project is not complicity in Human Rights abuses. The project is not complicity in human rights abuses, as the project does not force people to change cultural habits (cooking habits can remain the same). Contrary, women will have increased time availability for other purposes than cooking and fuel wood collection, which may even lead to better education, enforcement of gender rights and so on. However, as this may only be an indirect effect, we judged the aspect to be not relevant to the project. Participation is completely voluntary, but at the same time the parties will not exclude anyone from participation in the project due to gender, race, religion or sexual orientation. The only criterion for participation is that fuel wood has been used as primary fuel before obtaining the SAVE80. Low Mitigation measure N/A 13

14 The project does not involve and is not complicit in involuntary resettlement. Conclusion: Safeguarding principle is not relevant to the project, no mitigation measures are necessary. The project does not lead to resettlement. People are voluntary using the technology proposed, and no one needs to move. Low N/A The project does not involve and is not complicity in the alteration, damage or removal of any critical cultural heritage. Conclusion: Safeguarding principle is not relevant to the project, no mitigation measures are necessary. The project does not build facilities at specific sites, but disseminates portable fuel stoves that do not affect any critical cultural heritage as they are used in kitchens. Low N/A Conclusion: Safeguarding principle is not relevant to the project, no mitigation measures are necessary. 2. Labour Standards Host country commitment to international conventions on labour standards and child rights: Conventions on the right of the child New York, 20 November 1989 Lesotho Accession: 10. Mar The project respects the employees freedom of association and their right to collective Lesotho is member of the International Labour Organization 2 Every employee of Solar Lights and atmosfair ggmbh is free to associate with whomever he/she wants. Low N/A

15 bargaining and is not complicit in restrictions of these freedoms and rights. The project does not involve and is not complicit in any form of forced or compulsory labour. The project does not employ and is not complicit in any form of child labour. The project does not involve and is not complicit in any form of discrimination based on gender, race, religion, sexual orientation or any other basis. The project provides workers with a safe and healthy work environment and is not complicit in exposing workers to unsafe or unhealthy work environments. Conclusion: Safeguarding principle is not relevant to the project, no mitigation measures are necessary. Solar Lights and atmosfair ggmbh do not complicit in any form of forced or compulsory labour. Conclusion: Safeguarding principle is not relevant to the project, no mitigation measures are necessary. Solar Lights and atmosfair ggmbh do not employ children. Conclusion: Safeguarding principle is not relevant to the project, no mitigation measures are necessary. The project will focus on households within selected community councils within the project boundary without and the choice of the households to participate within the project or not is solely the decision of the households themselves. The project will be explained in public gatherings and roadshows, providing anyone with interest equal access to join the project. The project will follow the principle: first come first serve, not taking into account people race, religion, gender sexual orientation. Conclusion: Safeguarding principle is not relevant to the project, no mitigation measures are necessary. Risk of cutting damages from working with metal sheets during assembly. Risk of burning injuries for children through improper use of the cooker. Conclusion: Low Low Low Low N/A N/A N/A Solar Lights provides working gloves to all assembly workers. First aid boxes are at hand in all workshops. In the cooking 15

16 Safeguarding principle is relevant to the project, as a safe and healthy work environment should obviously be in place in any activity. However, risks for health and safety are much lower than in e.g. industrial projects. Additionally, the risk of burning injuries is even far low compared to the open fire (traditional stoves), the baseline scenario. 3. Environmental Protection United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change New York, 9 May 1992 Lesotho Accession: 7 Feb demonstrations users are instructed on the safe use of the SAVE80. A manual, disseminated with the SAVE80 systems gives operating instructions to avoid burning injuries. Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Kyoto, 11 December 1997 Lesotho Accession: 6 Sep 2000 a 4 Convention on Biological Diversity Ratified: 10 January 1995 Convention to Combat Desertification Date of entry into force: 26 December 1996 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora Date of entry into force: 30 December 2003 Convention on Wetlands (RAMSAR)

17 Date of entry into force: 01 November 2004 World Heritage Convention Acceptance: 25 November 2003 The project takes a precautionary approach with regard to environmental challenges and is not complicity in practices contrary to the precautionary principle. This principle can be defined as: When an activity raises threats of harm to human health or the environment, precautionary measures should be taken even if some cause and effect relationships are not fully established scientifically. The project does not involve and is not complicity in significant conversion or degradation of critical natural habitats, including those that are (a) legally protected, (b) officially proposed for protection, (c) identified by authoritative sources for their high conservation value or (d) recognized as protected by traditional local communities No harmful effects are stemming from the use of the SAVE80. Contrary, Indoor Air Pollution will improve. Conclusion: Safeguarding principle is not relevant to the project, no mitigation measures are necessary. The project will advise the people to preferably use alien species for fuel and not indigenous and to avoid to gather wood from the few remaining woody areas. Conclusion: Safeguarding principle is relevant to the project. The project itself is a mitigation measure. Low Low N/A The Save80 only uses small sticks, which can be obtained by pruning trees avoid cutting tree altogether. Hence, in addition to the reduced demand, the pressure on natural habitats can be further reduced. 4. Anti Corruption United Nations Convention against Corruption New York, 31 October 2003 Lesotho Accession: 16 Sep

18 The project does not involve and is not complicit in corruption. GOLD STANDARD PASSPORT As corruption is a widespread phenomena in many countries it can occur as well in Lesotho, especially during import and transportation of the SAVE80 systems. However, since the project is implemented directly through the local company Solar Lights with transparency and accountability there is less possibility of corruption during project implementation. Low It s company policy not to complicit in corruption. Obstacles and delays that might occur are taken into account. Additional relevant critical issues for my project type Conclusion: Safeguarding principle is relevant to the project. Description of relevance to my project Assessment of relevance to my project (low/mediu m/high) N/A N/A N/A N/A Mitigation measure F.2. Sustainable Development matrix [See Toolkit and Toolkit Annex I] Insert table in section C3 from your Stakeholder Consultation report (Sustainable Development matrix). Indicator Mitigation measure Relevance to achieving MDG Chosen parameter and explanation Preliminary score 18

19 Gold Standard indicators of sustainable development. If relevant copy mitigation measure from "do no harm" table, or include mitigation measure used to neutralise a score of Check and Describe how your indicator is related to local MDG goals Defined by project developer Negative impact: score - in case negative impact is not fully mitigated score 0 in case impact is planned to be fully mitigated No change in impact: score 0 Positive impact: score + Air quality Indoor Air Pollution will be reduced. As the SAVE80 is almost smokeless CO emissions are low and correspond to Kerosene. Other harmful substances like PICs (Products of Incomplete Combustion) are low as the combustion is nearly complete and only small quantities of ash need to be removed. Relevance to MDG goals: MDG 4: Reduce Child Mortality MDG 5: Improve Maternal Health MDG 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other Diseases Number of SAVE80 systems in use and results from the Spot Checks conducted to user households (see PDD). Carbon monoxide emissions of the SAVE80 have been tested and are lower than those of other wood stoves. + 19

20 Water quality and quantity No relevant impact on water quality and quantity. Relevance to MDG goals: MDG 7: Environmental sustainability Soil condition Decrease in soil erosion by reducing deforestation. Relevance to MDG goals: MDG 7: Environmental sustainability Other pollutants No other pollutants are emitted. Relevance to MDG goals: MDG 7: Environmental sustainability Biodiversity. Reduction of pressure on habitats. Quality of employment Livelihood of the poor Access to affordable and clean energy Relevance to MDG goals: MDG 7: Environmental sustainability Building up a structure for assembly, marketing, sales and documentation requires qualified employees. Jobs will be of good standard in terms of salary and their permanent character. Qualified employment also creates job security. Relevance to MDG goals: MDG 1: Poverty reduction Improvement of health of the users due to reduced Indoor Air Pollution (see Indicator Air quality). Saved time due to reduced wood consumption (less time needed for collection). Cash return to the communities will improve living standards. Relevance to MDG goals: MDG 1: Poverty reduction Affordable efficient and clean cooking stoves are made available. Relevance to MDG goals: N/A (No parameter chosen, as no direct impact on water quality and quantity) N/A (No parameter chosen, as no direct impact on soil condition) N/A (No parameter chosen, as no direct impact of other pollutants like noise or light) N/A (No parameter chosen, as no direct impact on biodiversity) Internal and External Trainings carried out and name of participants, incl. Certificates where available, Participation at Conferences, Workshops, Trainings etc. (also CDM related) Amount of biomass saved under the project activity, Cash return to the communities, Time savings due to reduced firewood collection Change in traditional Fuel Consumption, calculated as the amount of biomass saved under the project activity

21 services Human and institutional capacity Quantitative employment and income generation Balance of payments and investment Technology transfer and technological selfreliance GOLD STANDARD PASSPORT MDG 1: Poverty reduction MDG 7: Environmental sustainability Through the foundation of stove committees or the inclusion of existing village groups which will consists mainly of woman, the woman will be empowered especially in rural areas. Capacity building will from an integral part of the village groups. Demonstrations of the SAVE 80 have training character and raise awareness about environmental and health problems due to fuel wood use. Women, as users of the SAVE80, are especially targeted by the cooking demonstrations. Relevance to MDG goals: MDG 2: Universal education The project creates job opportunities for a set of project team at Solar Lights. Relevance to MDG goals: MDG 1: Poverty reduction MDG 2: Universal education No direct impact Relevance to MDG goals: MDG 1: Poverty reduction MDG 8: Global Partnership The project involves technological transfer of clean energy systems, thus introduce a new technology to Lesotho. However since the adaption of similar technologies outside of the project can not be guaranteed a positive impact can also not be guaranteed 0 N/A

22 Relevance to MDG goals: MDG 8: Global Partnership Justification choices, data source and provision of references Air quality Justification for a not-negative scoring: During the consultation, stakeholders could not identify any negative impact of the project in terms of releasing pollutants or any hazardous, toxic or noxious substances to air that can be harmful to human health (question 2 and 12 of the Environmental and Social Impact Checklist). By delivering SAVE 80 stoves in the region the project directly contributes to a decreased amount of wood fuel combusted. The SAVE80 system saves up to 80% of fuel wood. Therefore the project contributes to the abatement of NOx, SO 2 and CO 2 emissions. Water quality and quantity Justification for a positive scoring: Carbon monoxide emissions for the SAVE 80 were tested in Germany, see Annex 2 for results. The test shows significant lower emission values as compared to values from other wood stoves. As the product is an industrial product, emissions will not change during the lifetime of the cooker. Hence, it is sufficient to monitor the number of systems in use as a parameter for better air quality. Justification for a not-negative scoring: During the consultation, stakeholders could not identify any negative impact. Please refer to the Stakeholder Consultation report. Soil condition Justification for a neutral scoring: The project is expected to contribute to the preservation of the remaining woody vegetation in its function to inhibit a quick run-off of rainwater. Improvements, however, are seen as long term effects dependent on a large number of external factors which cannot be influenced by the project. Hence, no parameter is chosen to monitor the impact. Justification for a not-negative scoring: During the consultation, stakeholders could not identify any negative impact. Please refer to the Stakeholder Consultation report. Other pollutants Justification for a neutral scoring: By reducing fuel wood consumption, the project contributes to the preservation of the vegetation cover and hence protect against soil erosion. This has been highlighted in many reports of dissemination programmes of improved cooking stoves (see e.g. Report from Sustainable Technology Adaptative Research and Implementation Centre-Nepal on Cooking Stove Improvements: accessed , or presentation of GTZ HERA programme: accessed ). Improvements, however, are seen as long term effects dependent on a large number of external factors which cannot be influenced by the project. Hence, no parameter is chosen to monitor the impact. Justification for a not-negative scoring: During the consultation, stakeholders could not identify any negative impact. Please refer to the Stakeholder Consultation report. 22

23 Biodiversity Justification for a neutral scoring: This category is not applicable to the project, as there is no additional noise or light pollution that could disturb households. Justification for a not-negative scoring: During the consultation, stakeholders could not identify any negative impact. Please refer to the Stakeholder Consultation report. Quality of employment Justification for a neutral scoring: By reducing fuel wood consumption, the project contributes to the reduction of pressure on species that are preferred for fuel wood and hence to conserve habitats. Improvements, however, are seen as long term effects dependent on a large number of external factors which cannot be influenced by the project. Hence, no parameter is chosen to monitor the impact. Justification for a not-negative scoring: During the consultation, stakeholders could not identify any negative impact. Please refer to the Stakeholder Consultation report. Livelihood of the poor Justification for a positive scoring: The project creates qualified employment opportunities (assembly, sales, accountancy, monitoring), which are of good standard in terms of salary and their permanent character. Qualified employment also creates job security. The project will monitor the number of internal and external trainings carried out, including, where available certificates, the participation of Solar Lights members or focal point representatives at Conferences, Workshops, Trainings etc. (also CDM related). Justification for a not-negative scoring: During the consultation, stakeholders could not identify any negative impact. Please refer to the Stakeholder Consultation report. Access to affordable and clean energy services Justification for a positive scoring: Living standard of the poor is expected to be increased due to time saved (wood collection, cooking) and improved health of the users due to reduced Indoor Air Pollution. However, monitoring the health status of households is beyond scope of the project. Health status can be derived indirectly from Indicator Air quality. The project activity supports the foundation and/or participation of existing village committees (majority women) by including them in project related activities. The responsibilities of the village committees will be such as passing information from the villages to Solar Lights, collection of instalments, notification of warranty cases, etc., To financially empower the participating community groups, they receive financial incentives (cash return). Cash return to the village committee depends on the number of SAVE80 users that are using the SAVE80 in the respective village and fulfil the terms of the user agreements. The cash return will amount to approx. 10% of the revenues of the sale of the SAVE80 stoves. Cash return to the communities will improve living standards; the total cash return to the village committees will be monitored. Households have to travel long distances for gathering firewood. By using an efficient fuel wood stove, they will save considerable amounts of time. This will help to improve the living conditions of the people in Lesotho. The time savings will be monitored by asking if they spend less time on collecting firewood compared to what was previously the case (Yes/No question). Justification for a not-negative scoring: During the consultation, stakeholders could not identify any negative impact. Please refer to the Stakeholder Consultation report. Justification for a positive scoring: According to Annex I Guidance on sustainability assessment of the GSv2, this indicator refers to changes compared 23

24 Human and institutional capacity to the baseline for reducing dependency of fuel/ energy imports that may lead to more sustainable and affordable energy services. A possible parameter is Change in traditional fuel consumption. As the baseline fuel consumption is known through the Baseline Survey, it is sufficient to monitor the number of systems actually in use to monitor the indicator, as the changes in traditional fuel consumption (i.e. the savings of non-renewable biomass due to the project) can be calculated from this figure. The calculation will be included in the Monitoring Report. Justification for a not-negative scoring: During the consultation, stakeholders could not identify any negative impact. Please refer to the Stakeholder Consultation report. Quantitative employment and income generation Balance of payments and investment Technology transfer and technological self-reliance Through the foundation of village stove committees or the inclusion of existing village groups which will consists mainly of woman, the woman will be empowered especially in rural areas. Capacity building will from an integral part of the village groups. The number of village stove committees as well as the number of capacity building measures for the committees is chosen to monitor the impact. Highly efficient stoves constitute a decentralized form of energy use. As women are in general responsible for cooking, the project involves them in the first place. Training of women in all aspects of energy use will have important positive gender consequences. However, they are difficult to monitor. Justification for a not-negative scoring: During the consultation, stakeholders could not identify any negative impact. Please refer to the Stakeholder Consultation report. Justification for a neutral scoring: The project will lead to increased employment rates and income generation, but the stakeholder scored the indicator neutral, due to the fact that both indicators will be indirect and hardly measurable (for example increased time which can be used for education, thus leading to increased employment). Justification for a not-negative scoring: During the consultation, stakeholders could not identify any negative impact. Please refer to the Stakeholder Consultation report. Justification for a neutral scoring: The national balance of payments is not affected. Material and transportation costs are paid by atmosfair. Sales revenues serve as funding source for marketing and distribution in Lesotho. Hence, there are no direct cash flows between Lesotho and other countries in this project. Justification for a not-negative scoring: During the consultation, stakeholders could not identify any negative impact. Please refer to the Stakeholder Consultation report. Justification for a neutral scoring: The project involves technological transfer of clean energy systems, thus introduce a new technology to Lesotho. However since the adaption of similar technologies outside of the project can not be guaranteed a positive impact can also not be guaranteed 24

25 SECTION G. Sustainability Monitoring Plan [See Toolkit and Toolkit Annex I] Copy Table for each indicator No 01 Indicator Air quality Mitigation measure N/A Repeat for each parameter Chosen parameter Reduction in carbon monoxide emissions.co reductions will be calculated from the lab test mentioned in Annex 2. CO reduction per kg of fuelwood is g compared to the IPCC default value for firewood as mentioned in the lab test report. Therefore, the mass of CO saved will be calculated from the amount of woody biomass saved in kg (see indicator 04) multiplied by g CO/kg. Current situation of parameter There are no SAVE80 systems in use in Lesotho. First sales started in the second quarter of Estimation of baseline situation of parameter No usage of SAVE80 systems and therefore no reduction of harming Indoor pollution Future target for parameter Dissemination of approx. 12,500 SAVE80 systems until 2015 (please refer to Project implementation schedule in Section B) Way of monitoring How Sales records database, Monitoring Spot Check Database (See PDD B7.2), efficiency tests. When Sales recording and sample survey will be performed according to the frequency specified in the PDD. By who Solar Lights monitoring officer, atmosfair (See PDD for details) No 02 Indicator Quality of employment Mitigation measure N/A Repeat for each parameter Chosen parameter Internal and External Training carried out and name of participants, incl. Certificates where available, Participation at Conferences, Workshops, Trainings etc. (also CDM related). Current situation of parameter No SAVE80 implemented under the project activity. Training of assemblers under the project activity will start in the second quarter of Estimation of baseline situation of parameter There are no other projects focusing on the dissemination of Save80 stoves or other efficient cook stove projects for households in Lesotho, thus there are currently no trainings available regarding the assembling or dissemination of SAVE80 systems. Also CDM and Gold Standard is largely unknown, thus there are no trainings available regarding the implementation of CDM GS project activities. Future target for parameter Trainings depend on the implementation schedule and are to be decided on a case by case basis, thus future target of parameter is unknown. Way of monitoring How Number of internal and external trainings, description of training 25

26 When By who content, certificates where available. Number and description of other events (conferences, workshops etc.) attended by Solar Lights members, also CDM-related. Monitoring will be conducted at least once every two years. Solar Lights monitoring officer, atmosfair No 03 Indicator Livelihood of the poor Mitigation measure N/A Repeat for each parameter Chosen parameter Cash Return to the village committees Current situation of parameter There will only be cash return once the project has started (delivery of SAVE80 Stove Sets to the villages). Estimation of baseline situation of parameter There is no project using a similar incentive such as cash return currently, thus the present cash return is zero. (See Current situation of parameter). Future target for parameter Cash return to the village committee depends on the number of SAVE80 users that are using the SAVE80 in the village and fulfil the terms of the user agreement.the cash return will amount to approx. 10% of the revenues of the sale of the SAVE80 stoves. Way of monitoring How Evidence of money transfer to the village committees When Monitoring will be conducted at least once every two years. By who Solar Lights monitoring officer, atmosfair Repeat for each parameter Chosen parameter Amount of biomass saved under the project activity Current situation of parameter End users are using traditional fireplaces which are not efficient. Estimation of baseline situation See the PDD for Baseline Fuel Wood Consumption. of parameter Future target for parameter The fuel wood savings can go up to 80% compared to the baseline fuel wood consumption, depending on the efficiency of the SAVE80 system. Way of monitoring How Sales records database, Monitoring Spot Check Database (See PDD B7.2), efficiency tests. When The information in the Monitoring Sport Check Database will be updated at least one every two years (efficiency tests will be performed according to the frequency specified in the PDD - at least once every two years. As per methodology, tests can be either carried out yearly or every two years). By who Solar Lights monitoring officer, atmosfair (See Section B.7. of the PDD for details) Repeat for each parameter Chosen parameter Time savings due to reduced firewood collection Current situation of parameter Fuel wood users have to spend a significant amount of time for fuel wood collection. Estimation of baseline situation See Current situation of parameter of parameter Future target for parameter Fuel wood users have to spend less time for fuel wood collection. 26

27 Way of monitoring How Time savings of SAVE80 users (Yes/No question) When By who Monitoring will be conducted at least once every two years. Solar Lights monitoring officer, atmosfair (See Section B.7. of the PDD for details) No 04 Indicator Access to affordable and clean energy services Mitigation measure N/A Repeat for each parameter Chosen parameter Change in traditional Fuel Consumption, calculated as the amount of biomass saved under the project activity Current situation of parameter End users are using traditional fireplaces which are not efficient. Estimation of baseline situation See the PDD for Baseline Fuel Wood Consumption. of parameter Future target for parameter The fuel wood savings can go up to 80% compared to the baseline fuel wood consumption, depending on the efficiency of the SAVE80 system. Way of monitoring How Sales records database, Monitoring Spot Check Database (See PDD B7.2), efficiency tests. When The information in the Monitoring Sport Check Database will be updated at least one every two years (efficiency tests will be performed according to the frequency specified in the PDD - at least once every two years. As per methodology, tests can be either carried out yearly or every two years). By who Solar Lights monitoring officer, atmosfair (See Section B.7. of the PDD for details) Additional remarks monitoring N/A 27

28 SECTION H. Additionality and conservativeness This section is only applicable if the section on additionality and/or your choice of baseline does not follow Gold Standard guidance H.1. Additionality [See Toolkit 2.3] Additionality was assessed in the PDD by applying the Tool for the demonstration and assessment of additionality, v05, EB 39. Please refer to Section B.5 of the PDD. 28

29 H.2. Conservativeness [See Toolkit 2.2] Methodology The baseline and monitoring methodology used for calculation of emission reductions, AMS-II.G, v03, is an approved UNFCCC methodology. At the date of first submission to the Gold Standard, and at the date of submission of the GS Passport to the validating DOE, v03 was the latest version available. As per the methodology AMS-II.G, the emission factor of the fossil fuel likely to be used by similar consumers has to be used (default value AMS-II.G: 81.6 tco 2 /TJ). Compared to the emission factor for wood, which is 112 t CO 2 /TJ (see 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, p. 2.23), only 72.8 % of the de facto emission reductions when using the SAVE80 are taken into account. Emission reductions not considered Additional emission reductions related to the project activity are stemming from the use of the heat retaining box (Wonderbox) and reduction of plastic-based fire-starters use for kindling of traditional fireplaces. Use of the Wonderbox As users are equipped with a heat retaining device, the Wonderbox, total CO 2 savings from the use of the SAVE80 system are higher than calculated in Section B 6.3. of the PDD. By using the Wonderbox, additional 50% of fuel wood savings are possible. After 2 hours, the temperature of 6 litres of water will decrease from 95 C to about 85 C; after 10 hours the temperature is still above 60 C. However, emission reductions through the use of the Wonderbox are not considered. Reduction of plastic-based fire-starters There is a general habit of starting fires by using old plastic bags and plastic products in households. Usage of old plastic bags or other plastic products will no longer be required if the Save80 is used. Therefore, the air pollution will be reduced after adoption of the Save80 stove. These emission reductions are not considered. 29

30 ANNEX 1 ODA declaration 30

31 Annex 2: Carbon monoxide emissions SAVE80 31