contents a. project title b. c

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

SECTION A. Project Title

Title: Stove Capital Guatemala Improved Stoves and Water Purification Project

Date: 10/05/2012

Version no.: 1

SECTION B. Project description

Summary: Paradigm & Stove Capital Improved Cookstove and Water Purification Project

One of the major causes of deforestation in Guatemala is the harvesting of wood for cooking, heating, and water treatment. In addition to the environmental and health consequences associated with cooking with a traditional wood-burning stove, many Guatemalan women and children spend much of their time gathering fuel, instead of putting that time toward more productive purposes. This project will promote the distribution of improved energy-saving wood stoves and safe water treatment devices in Guatemala. The project will primarily work through local organizations, such as Socorro Maya and Ecofiltro to reach rural and peri-urban households with more efficient cooking and water treatment technologies that will reduce fuel use and improve health. The project will distribute improved stoves and water treatment devices and will invest revenues from carbon finance into subsidies, social marketing, and the development of robust distribution channels. The Guatemalan Context According to the latest National Survey of Living (ENCOVI 2011), 60% of urban and 94% of rural households in Guatemala reported using firewood for cooking. The most common cooking device in Guatemalan households is a traditional 3 stone fire polleton (a pot perched on three rocks or set on top of a large table). These traditional methods for cooking and water boiling use unnecessarily large amounts of fuel and cause deforestation, a severe problem in Guatemala, which has diminished the forest coverage over the past 50 years from 77 to 34% of the total land area. The use of traditional open fire stoves and “plancha” stoves also releases harmful air pollutants which cause significant health effects to household members, particularly women and children who spend more time in and around the kitchen. The UNDP and WHO (2009) estimate that every year 1,200 Guatemalan children under 5 die of pneumonia and 300 adults die prematurely of chronic obstructive pulmonary disorders resulting from solid fuel use.

Project Activity The project will provide high-quality, affordable improved wood stoves to replace inefficient traditional 3 stone fires and traditional “plancha” stoves in rural and peri-urban households. The project will also provide water treatment devices that will increase access to safe drinking water and reduce the need to boil for sanitation. Improved wood stoves have been shown to reduce wood consumption in households by approximately 65

percent, and water treatment technologies like ceramic water filters eliminate 99% of harmful bacteria which is found in untreated water. The project will identify the most appropriate improved cookstove models for varying contexts, but will start with the distribution of efficient “plancha” stoves and ceramic filters, made locally in Guatemala by CEMEX and Ecofiltro. All stoves and water treatment systems will significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions while simultaneously offering co-benefits to families in the form of relief from high fuel costs, improved access to clean water, and improved health. Specifically these new kitchen regimes will:

Reduce unsustainable wood harvest and the accompanying deforestation

Reduce Indoor Air Pollution from wood smoke

Improve access to safe drinking water

Diminish the fuel wood bill for households and save fuel collection time for other important activities

Contribute to the preservation of wood resources so as to avoid inter-communal conflict over resources

The stoves and water treatment devices will be distributed through Socorro Maya, Ecofiltro, and other Guatemalan partners with relationships and distribution networks in local communities. Carbon finance from stoves will further be used to provide extensive support in the form of financing, training, and free or inexpensive repair of stoves if they break.

The Role of Carbon Finance

Carbon finance provides a basis for maintaining a professional commercial relationship between the user and the disseminators, while also introducing a subsidized and affordable price, a quality guarantee, and a warranty system. The quality assurance strategy is a major benefit of carbon finance. It has the potential to introduce new quality expectations amongst consumers and so shift prevailing practice away from inefficient cooking, which has extreme environmental and health penalties, to a new mass prevailing practice involving significantly reduced GHG emissions and healthier kitchens. The entire project, and all cookstoves distributed, is financed by investment capital that the project seeks to recapture by generating Voluntary Gold Standard carbon credits. Partners Stove Capital LLC is leading the development and finance of the project. The Paradigm Project is the project coordinator and is providing the necessary carbon finance for project development and stove subsidies. Impact Carbon is managing the development of the carbon asset. Socorro Maya, Ecofiltro, and CEMEX are the partners executing the project in Guatemala.

Estimated project start date: October 10th, 2012

SECTION C. Proof of project eligibility

C.1. Scale of the Project

Please tick where applicable:

Project Type Large Small

x

C.2. Host Country: Republic of Guatemala

Neither the country of Guatemala nor any economic activity within its borders is subject to any cap or restriction on greenhouse gas emissions.

C.3. Project Type

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

Does your project activity classify as waste handling and disposal project?

x

Please justify the eligibility of your project activity:

Scale of Project Activity

This is a large-scale Gold Standard (GS) voluntary emission reduction (VER) energy efficiency project.

Type of Project Activity

The project activity involves the dissemination of energy efficient cookstoves and safe water treatment technologies to households in Guatemala. The project aims to reduce fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions, while also promoting sustainable development. The project will be developed using the Gold Standard VER methodology “Technologies and Practices to Displace Decentralized Thermal Energy Consumption”.

The technologies to be disseminated through this project activity are improved biomass cookstoves and safe water treatment technologies that displace water boiling, and are thus eligible as “technologies and/or practices that reduce or displace greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the thermal energy consumption of households and non-domestic premises”. More specifically, the improved cookstoves will enable the same amount of heat to be produced to meet household cooking needs while reducing smoke and emissions of greenhouse gases compared to traditional cooking technologies. Water treatment systems will also reduce the amount of smoke and emissions associated with the practice of boiling water for purification. For water treatment technologies a suppressed demand approach (detailed in Annex 2 of the GS VER Methodology), will be used as a large portion of households in the project boundary have insufficient resources to boil all their water in order to meet a reasonable level of human development.

According to the methodology, “The project proponent must clearly communicate to all project participants the entity that is claiming ownership rights of and selling the emission reductions resulting from the project activity. This must be communicated to the technology producers and the retailers of the improved technology or the renewable fuel in use in the project situation by contract or clear written assertions in the transaction paperwork, If the claimants are not the project technology end users, the end users should be notified that they cannot claim for emission reductions from the project6.” In the included project activities, credit waiver agreements will be distributed with each technology at the point of distribution, and this transfer will be explained at local consultations. The waivers stipulate that carbon rights are transferred from the customer to the project proponents.

Greenhouse gases

The project will reduce the carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions, CO2, CH4 and N20 are all included in both baseline and project activity emission estimates.

Official Development Assistance (ODA)

The project activity will not receive public funding from Annex I parties that could result in a diversion of

official development assistance.

Other Certification Schemes

The project applies sales only to the GS VER registry, and no CDM or alternative registries are used for project technologies. Publicly available information on GS VER and CDM stove and water projects can confirm that technologies installed by the project are not used by other groups and that double counting has been avoided. Each technology will have a unique serial number so that they may be distinguished from technologies distributed by other projects.

Pre Announcement Yes No

Was your project previously announced? x

The project was planned as a project financed entirely by carbon revenues from the beginning. Stove Capital, the investor, formally committed to leverage carbon finance for project development in June 2012 (upon signing Emissions Reductions Purchase Agreement). There has not been a public announcement of the project going ahead without carbon funding. The project has been planned as a GS VER project.

C.4. Greenhouse gas

Greenhouse Gas

Carbon dioxide

x

Methane

x

Nitrous oxide

x

C.5. Project Registration Type

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 project activity dd/mm/yyyy:_________________

SECTION D. Unique project identification

D.1. GPS-coordinates of project location

Coordinates

Latitude 15° 28' 53" N

Longitude 90° 22' 17" W

Explain given coordinates

The GPS coordinates are of Coban in the Department of Alta Verapaz, which is one of the regions where the project will start implementation and the location of project implementer Socorro Maya’s offices

D.2. Map

SECTION E. Outcome stakeholder consultation process

E.1. Assessment of stakeholder comments

Stove Capital LLC introduced the project to stakeholders in the Local Stakeholder Consultation (LSC), which took place on the 10th of September at Ecofiltro’s factory in Antigua, Guatemala. Invitations were sent to all individuals and organizations which could be identified as having experience working with improved cookstoves or safe water technologies in Guatemala. This included government authorities, NGOs, as well as end users. Invitations were sent via several means of communication including email (when applicable), an advertisement in “La Presna”, local postings (on university campuses and in local communities), as well as personal invitations. It was ensured that stakeholders represented both genders and diverse ethnic groups. The project proponent used the meeting to explain the project and solicit feedback and suggestions as to how to improve the project and ensure that it will promote sustainable development. The meeting was moderated by Elisabeth Gomez from Impact Carbon and was well attended by a diverse group of stakeholders including, end-users from local communities, government officials, NGOs, and local businesses.

All Stakeholder comments were positive, while a few comments recommended a more affordable payment plan. The project proponents have not yet formed a fixed payment plan, and such plans will be designed according to the costs of the stoves and the needs of the communities. The project proponent will take stakeholder suggestions into account when designing said payment plans. Therefore, it is not necessary to make changes or modifications to the current project design. Through the stakeholder meeting it is seen that the project activity will contribute strongly to sustainable development in Guatemala.

The project is designed to incorporate feedback continuously in order to maximize the positive impact on communities in Guatemala, and this will ensure that the project is sustainable and takes stakeholder opinion into account.

Stakeholder comment Was comment taken into account (Yes/ No)?

Explanation (Why? How?)

How many people will the subsidy reach?

Yes The subsidy will reach all household end-users involved with the project. Due to certain factors like transportation cost, number of products, and payment mechanisms, the subsidy amount may vary in different areas.

How much fuelwood is Yes We are uncertain of the exact amount, but a study

saved from using the filter?

indicated that about 60 Quetzales a month would be saved due to a reduction in the purchase of fuelwood

What are the sources of water pollution?

Yes Can come from a number of sources including sewage, agricultural contamination, industrial contaminations, etc

Does the filter need to be changed?

Yes The filter should be changed every 18 months. There have been studies from Universities that demonstrate that this can be longer, as there are 3 and 4 year old filters which are still effective. But this not recommended, and Ecofiltro only guarantees them for 18 months. Currently Ecofiltro is helping users save money to purchase a replacement after 18 months

Is the stove certified? There should be a standardized certification process for the stoves to ensure that it meets certain criteria.

Yes We are looking to certify it through the Gold Standard in the certification of reduction of carbon. CEMEX will internally have the stoves certified by the quality control and cement experts of CEMEX. The stoves will also be tested in laboratories to certify their efficiency. The project proponent will also look for local certifications to guarantee that the technologies are in line with all national and international guidelines/regulations

Is the stove portable?

Yes Yes, it is not more than 40kg, so people can move them.

Does the cement break?

Yes Cemex can ensure that with their expertise in cement they are using the best technology which will last the longest and this will reduce the breaking of stoves including in transportation

Have a longer period to pay for the stove

Yes This comment will be taken into account when the project proponent designs the payment mechanism for each community. The project proponent will ensure that flexible payment mechanism are established so that the technologies are affordable to various income quartiles

Socorro Maya has always followed up on the project, and they have had continuous training. The technicians are always available and we are in constant contact with them. They also have asked for recommendations on how to improve the technology

Yes The project will continue to monitor and follow-up on technologies which it has distributed, in order to ensure the sustainability of the project

E.2. Stakeholder Feedback Round

Please describe report how the feedback round was organized, what the outcomes were and how you followed up on the feedback.

The LSC report (both in English and in Spanish), the PDD, and the Passport were made available to all invitees regardless of their attendance, allowing them to review the documents and submit additional comments. The PDD and LSC report provided stakeholders further information as to the scale, location, technical aspects, and timeline of the project. The project proponent sent an email invitation to all attendees and invitees to participate in the SFR, and provided them with the aforementioned documentation. The documentation was also posted with the Continuous Input Process Book at the locations determined at the LSC and online, at http://theparadigmproject.org/the-guatemala-improved-stoves-and-water-purification-project-feedback-round-has-started/

No feedback was received during the two month period which the SFR was conducted. The only communication the project proponent received during this period was from a stakeholder requesting additional information about the Local Stakeholder Consultation as they were not able to attend, for which the project proponent provided them with the LSC Report and PDD. The project will continue to solicit feedback through the Continuous Input Mechanism, outlined below, as well as by gathering feedback from directly from end-users during trainings.

Continuous Input Mechanism

In order to maintain a transparent channel of contact with local stakeholders throughout the crediting period and to address any unforeseen issues that may arise during the course of the project; the PP will implement a continuous input mechanism.

The PP will use the following three methods for soliciting and responding to continuous feedback on the project activity.

1. Continuous Input Process Book: the comment book will be posted in the publically accessible space where the LSC meeting was held (the Ecofiltro Factory), as well as the Socorro Maya office. These locations are centrally located near the project area and are well-known gathering place for the local community. The project proponent will check the comments in the book on a regular basis and record their responses.

2. Telephone Access: during the LSC meeting, the local partner’s telephone number, which was also included in the LSC invitation, was made available to all stakeholders. The LSC meeting also delivered the contact information of the project proponent and the GS regional expert as other means of communication. All calls received will be logged and recorded in the same manner as the continuous input process book. Contact information of the local partner, carbon developer and GS regional expert is also stated below :

Ecofiltro Marisol de Leon + +502 5417-4654

http://theparadigmproject.org/the-guatemala-improved-stoves-and-water-purification-project-feedback-round-has-started/

http://theparadigmproject.org/the-guatemala-improved-stoves-and-water-purification-project-feedback-round-has-started/

Socorro Maya Arturo Morales: 5053 5916

Impact Carbon +1 (415) 968-9087

GS regional expert: Ivan Hernandez +528113676306

3. Internet/email Access: during the LSC meeting, the project proponent’s email address, which was also included in the LSC invitation ([email protected]), was made available to all stakeholders for submitting comments and suggestions. The project documents will also be posted to the project proponent’s website (www.theparadigmproject.org) and feedback will be solicited, and requested to be sent to the PP’s email address. All emails received will be logged and recorded in the same manner as the process book.

All comments received through these methods will be documented using a standardized template and will be provided to the DOE at the time of verification and to the GS Secretariat at the time of request for issuance. The template will include the date, comment, action requested, the response from the PP, identification of contact who will respond and monitor the issue, and status on whether the issue has been resolved.

E. 3. Discussion on continuous input / grievance mechanism

Discuss the Continuous input / grievance mechanism expression method and details, as discussed with local stakeholders.

Method Chosen (include all known details e.g. location of book, phone, number, identity of mediator)

Justification

Continuous Input / Grievance Expression Process Book

The Continuous Input/Grievance Expression Process Book will be kept at the Ecofiltro Factory, where the meeting was held. The address was provided on the LSC invitation

Simple method that does not require access to technology or associated costs for stakeholders.

Telephone access Marisol de Leon +502 5417-4654 Since stakeholders are located all over Guatemala, telephone access may be more practical than a physical book.

A local Guatemalan phone number provided to minimize call cost.

Internet/email access [email protected] Easiest way to receive feedback- does not incur costs and is well documented

Nominated Independent Mediator (optional)

N/A N/A

All issues identified during the crediting period through any of the Methods shall have a mitigation measure in place. The identified issue should be discussed in the revised Passport and the corresponding mitigation measure should be added to sustainability monitoring plan in section G.

SECTION F. Outcome Sustainability assessment

F.1. ‘Do no harm’ Assessment

Safeguarding principles Description of relevance

to my project

Assessment of my

project risks breaching it

(low/medium/high)

Mitigation

measure

1 HUMAN RIGHTS The project

respects internationally

proclaimed human rights including

dignity, cultural property and

uniqueness of indigenous people.

The project is not complicit in

Human Rights abuses.

Improved cookstoves and

water filters respect the

dignity, cultural property

and indigenous qualities of

local communities. The

project will improve local

health through reduced

indoor air pollution from

reduced use of high

emission stoves, and

access to safe water from

water filters.

Low N/A


does not involve and is not

complicit in involuntary

resettlement.

Project participants are

self-selecting in that they

choose whether or not to

purchase a subsidized

stove or water filter. The

sale and distribution of

cookstoves and filters will

not cause involuntary

resettlement.

Low N/A



Local cooking and drinking

practices will be preserved

Low N/A

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complicit in the alteration,

damage or removal of any critical

cultural heritage.

with the installation of

new cookstoves and water

filters, these technologies

will provide improvements

to human rights.

4 LABOUR STANDARDS The

project respects the employees’

freedom of association and their

right to collective bargaining and

is not complicit in restrictions of

these freedoms and rights

The project generates

employment through

manufacturing,

distribution, training,

monitoring, and sales

associated with the

dissemination of stoves

and filters. The project

respects all employees’

freedom of association

and does not restrict these

rights.

Low N/A


project does not involve and is not

complicit in any form of forced or

compulsory labour.

Participation in the project

is voluntary; no forced or

compulsory labour is

employed by the project.

Low N/A


project does not employ and is

not complicit in any form of child

labour.

The project does not

employ and is not

complicit in child labor.

Low N/A


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 does not

involve any form of

discrimination based on

gender, race, religion,

sexual orientation, or any

other basis.

Low N/A


project provides workers with a

safe and healthy work

environment and is not complicit

in exposing workers to unsafe or

unhealthy work environments

The construction of

cookstoves and filters

involves light factory work.

Low N/A

9 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

The project takes a precautionary

approach in regard to

environmental challenges and is

not complicit in practices contrary

to the precautionary principle.

The project does not pose

a threat to human health

or the environment. The

project aims to improve

health through reducing

levels of indoor air

Low N/A

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.”

pollution and improving

access to safe water.

10 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

The project does not involve and

is not complicit 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)

recognised as protected by

traditional local communities

Natural habitats will not

be degraded or converted

through the use of the

stove or filter. The

project will reduce

demand for biomass fuel.

Low N/A

11 ANTI-CORRUPTION The project


complicit in corruption.

The project is not involved

or complicit in corruption.

Low N/A

Additional relevant critical issues

for my project type

Description of relevance

to my project

Assessment of relevance

to my project

(low/medium/high)

Mitigation

measure

1 NA NA NA

2 NA NA NA

Etc. NA NA NA

F.2. Sustainable Development matrix

Insert table as in section D3 from your Stakeholder Consultation report (Sustainable Development matrix).

Indicator Mitigation measure

Relevance to achieving MDG

Chosen parameter and explanation

Preliminary score

Gold Standard indicators of sustainable development

If relevant, copy mitigation measure from ‘Do No Harm’ assessment, and include mitigation measure used to neutralise a score of ‘-’

Check www.undp.org/mdg and www.mdgmonitor.org

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

n/a MDG Goal 7, Target 1 MDG Goal 5, Target 1 MDG Goal 4, Target 1 MDG Goal 6, Target 3 (progress toward tuberculosis)

Measurement of user perceptions between old kitchen regime and new kitchen regime: Perceived smoke levels, Incidence of coughing, Incidence of respiratory illness, Incidence of itchy eyes

+ Positive

Water quality and quantity

n/a MDG Goal 7, Target 3 Measurement of user perceptions of filtered water compared to boiled or untreated water and incidence of diarrheal disease

+Positive

Soil condition

n/a MDG Goal 7, Target 2 Decreased soil erosion 0 Neutral

Other pollutants

n/a MDG Goal 7, Target 1

Solid/liquid wastes 0 Neutral

Biodiversity

n/a MDG Goal 7, Target 2 Number of affected and/or threatened plants Number of affected and /or threatened mammals, birds, reptiles, fishes, and other species and habitats

0 Neutral

Quality of employme

MDG Goal 1, Target 2 Number of workers employed

0 Neutral

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Livelihood of the poor

n/a MDG Goal 1, Target 1; MDG Goal 7, Target 4

Time and money savings due to reduced fuel consumption and boiling of water

+ Positive

Access to affordable and clean energy services

n/a MDG Goal 1 Time and Money savings due to reduced fuel consumption and boiling of water

+ Positive

Human and institutional capacity

n/a MDG Goal 1, Target 2 Development of new technology, number of people trained

0 Neutral

Quantitative employment and income generation

n/a MDG Goal 1, Target 2 Number of local jobs created in manufacturing, distribution, and retail

0 Neutral

Balance of payments and investment

n/a MDG Goal 1, Target 2 Number of stoves made locally, value of stoves/filters made locally, value of retail margin of all stoves/filters, foreign investments made in project

0 Neutral

Technology transfer and technological self-reliance

n/a MDG Goal 1, Target 1 and 2

Number of stoves/filters made locally, observation of spin-offs, anecdotal documentation of technical innovations and developments

0 Neutral

Justification choices, data source and provision of references

A justification paragraph and reference source is required for each indicator, regardless of score

Air quality (Positive Score) The project has and will continue to identify stoves that burn less fuel and that burn fuel more completely, and identify water treatment technologies that reduce the reliance on combustible fuels for water

boiling, thereby reducing the amount of smoke and harmful pollutants released in participants’ households in comparison with traditional stoves. The project additionally will educate consumers on the proper use of the stove and water filters, further reducing the incidence of indoor air pollution. The project scores positive for this indicator. Multiple studies have detailed the harmful health effects of indoor air pollution from open cookstoves in Guatemala and worldwide. References: 1. Bruce, N., Perez-Padilla, R., Albalak, R., 2000. Indoor air

pollution in developing countries: a major environmental and public health challenge. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 78, 1078-1092.

2. Fullerton, D.G., Brucen, N., Gordon, S.B. (2008). Indoor air pollution from biomass fuel smoke is a major health concern in the developing world. Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. (102), 843-851.

3. WHO (World Health Organization, see page 11) http://whqlibdoc.who.int/hq/2002/WHO_SDE_OEH_02.05.pdf [Accessed Jan 3rd 2012]

Water quality and quantity

(Positive Score) Fuel-efficient cookstoves and water filters make water treatment easier and more affordable for stove users. Reduced fuel consumption also correlates to reduced climate change as a result of greenhouses gas emission production and a consequent improvement in water quality and quantity.The project scores positive for this indicator. Reference:

1. Gilman, R. H., Skillicorn, P., 1985. Boiling of drinking-water: can a fuel-scarce community afford it? Bull World Health Organ 63(1), 157–163.

2. Programa Agua y Bosques –Departamento de Foresteria. 2005. Consultado el 13 de Octubre del 2009. http://www.fao.org/forestry/fra/40417/es/(“Influencia en elrégimen de aguas”, 2nd theme)

Soil condition (Neutral Score) Reduced fuel consumption correlates to reduced deforestation which protects soil. However, due to the difficulty in monitoring and measuring this factor in

http://www.fao.org/forestry/fra/40417/es/

comparison to the baseline of traditional stoves, we have scored the project neutral for this indicator. Reference:

1. Pimentel D., Dazhong W., Eigenbrode S., Lang H., David E., Karasik M., 1986. Deforestation: Interdependency of Fuelwood and Agriculture. Oikos 46(3), 404-412.

2. FAO. Programa Agua y Bosques –Departamento de Foresteria. 2005. Consultado el 13 de Octubre del 2009. http://www.fao.org/forestry/fra/40417/es/(“Reducción de laerosión del suelo por la acción del agua”, first theme)

Other pollutants (Neutral Score) The project is unlikely to have a material effect on participants’ exposure to “other pollutants” besides the reduction of indoor air pollutants. The project is scored neutral for this indicator.

References:

1. Smith, K., Mehta, S., Maeusezahl-Feuz, M. (Eds.), 2004. Ch.18 Indoor Air Pollution from Household use of Solid Fuels. World Health Organization, Geneva.

2. Smith, K.R., Dutta, K., Gusain, P.P.S., Masera, O., Berrueta, V., Edwards, R., Bailis, R., Shields, K.N., . (2007). Monitoring and evaluation of improved biomass cook stove programs for indoor air quality and stove performance: conclusions from the Household Energy and Health Project. Energy for Sustainable Development. XI (2), 5-18.

http://www.lged-rein.org/indoor_air_pollution/ICDDRB-IAP-Protocol-DRAFT.pdf pages 24-38. [Accessed Jan 3rd, 2012]

Biodiversity (Neutral Score) Reduced fuel consumption correlates to

reduced deforestation, which protects biodiversity.

However, due to the difficulty in monitoring and

measuring this factor in comparison to the baseline of

traditional stoves, we have scored the project neutral for

http://www.fao.org/forestry/fra/40417/es/

http://www.lged-rein.org/indoor_air_pollution/ICDDRB-IAP-Protocol-DRAFT.pdf

http://www.lged-rein.org/indoor_air_pollution/ICDDRB-IAP-Protocol-DRAFT.pdf

this indicator.

References:

1. Pardini, R. (2004). Effects of forest fragmentation

on small mammals in an Atlantic Forest landscape.

Biodiversity Conservation, 13: 2567-2586.

2. FAO (see conclusions)

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pdf [Accessed Jan 3rd 2012]

Quality of employment (Neutral Score) The project is invested in local manufacturing capacity and the training of workers in Guatemala. As the project scales, even more resources will be invested. It is possible that the project will improve quality of employment, but the project scores this indicator neutral because there is no guarantee that the “quality” of employment will improve for Guatemala.

Reference:

Pal, R.C., Sethi, K.S., 2005. Improved cookstove technology for rural livelihoods for women: sharing experiences from Haryana – India. Boiling Point, 13-14.

Livelihood of the poor (Positive Score) For families that purchase fuelwood, access to efficient cookstoves and water filters will reduce fuel expenditures, resulting in more disposable income. For families that gather biomass, efficient cookstoves and filters will free up more time to spend on productive activities. The project scores positive.

Studies have documented the positive effects of adoption of efficient cookstoves on livelihoods in Guatemala and globally:

Reference:

1. Gupta, C.L., 2003. Role of renewable energy technologies in generating sustainable livelihoods. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 7, 155-

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174.

The links between improved stoves and indications of improvement on the livelihood of the poor are stated on the following report (see page 4): http://www.gtz.de/de/dokumente/giz2011-en-carbon-markets-for-improved-stoves.pdf [Accessed 3rd of Jan 2012]

Access to affordable and clean energy services

(Positive Score) The project seeks to provide affordable, efficient cookstoves and water filters to Guatemalans at a large scale. Carbon finance will make the stoves affordable for poor families. As noted above, adoption of efficient cookstoves and water filters will improve air quality, water quality, and result in time and money savings for participating households. The project scores positive and will be monitored throughout the project period.

Reference:

1. Abakah, E.M., 1990. Real incomes and the consumption of woodfuels in Ghana : An analysis of recent trends. Energy Economics 12, 227-231.

2. Energy poverty across the country is addressed in the report: Mortality and Greenhouse Gas Impacts of Biomass and Petroleum Energy Futures in Africa. Robert Bailis,1 Majid Ezzati,2* Daniel M. Kammen1,3* http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/308/5718/98 [Accessed Jan 3rd 2012]

3. See also: http://www.hedon.info/docs/BP47-14-StillWiniarski.pdf [Accessed Jan 3rd 2012]

http://www.hedon.info/IncreasingFuelEfficiencyAndReducingHarmfulEmissionsInTraditionalCookingStove

Human and institutional capacity

Neutral Score) Trainings in stove and water filter usage, maintanence, manufacturing, and marketing will be provided to Guatemalans as part of the project. Regardless, this parameter does not require mitigation measures, and results in no changes to the project design. To conservatively assess the project’s impacts on human and institutional capacity, we score this indicator neutral, believing that this score best reflects GS methodology for this indicator. Reference: Evidence of training of stove users are provided

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/308/5718/98

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/308/5718/98

http://www.hedon.info/docs/BP47-14-StillWiniarski.pdf

http://www.hedon.info/docs/BP47-14-StillWiniarski.pdf



to the DOE.

Quantitative employment and income generation

(Neutral Score) Although employment opportunities will certainly be available as a result of stove and water filter manufacturing and sales, the project does not assume that the hiring of new workers will necessarily be required to maintain growth. Investments in more efficient equipment, or providing stable employment to current workers, are equally likely outcomes of the project. Regardless, this parameter does not require mitigation measures, and results in no changes to the project design. To conservatively assess the project’s impacts on quantitative employment and income generation, we score this indicator neutral, believing that this score best reflects GS methodology for this indicator.

Reference: Project proponent organizes and manages manufacturing and sales. Contact information for the project proponent is available in PDD Annex 1.

Balance of payments and investment

(Neutral Score) The project proponent may transfer payments directly from the United States to manufacturers, and therefore no significant funds are circulated within Guatemala. Regardless, this parameter does not require mitigation measures, and results in no changes to the project design. To date, no government tax records or bank statements show balance of payments or investments to areas outside of Guatemala.

Reference: The project proponent organizes and manages manufacturing and sales. Contact information for the project proponent is available in PDD Annex 1.

Technology transfer and technological self-reliance

(Neutral Score) A primary focus of the project is developing local, Guatemalan manufacturing capacity to compete with foreign made stove models which have been carefully developed with expensive research and design. Although technology improvements will likely occur from expanded research and development, it is difficult to monitor appropriately the transfer of this knowledge to other companies and the benefits to other regions. Manufacturer records, and informal discussions, have not indicated any transfer of technology. This indicator is scored neutral.

Reference: The project proponent organizes and manages manufacturing and sales. Contact information for the project proponent is available in PDD Annex 1.

SECTION G. Sustainability Monitoring Plan

No 1

Indicator Air quality: + Positive score

Mitigation measure None needed – the Project has a positive impact for this indicator, as justified above.

Chosen parameter Measurement of user perceptions between old stove and new stove: smoke levels, incidence of coughing, incidence of respiratory illness, and incidence of itchy eyes

Current situation of parameter Most households with traditional stoves report high smoke levels, incidence of coughing, incidence of respiratory illness, and incidence of itchy eyes.

Estimation of baseline situation of parameter

Current situation will persist.

Future target for parameter Households will report reduced smoke levels, reduced incidence of coughing, reduced incidence of respiratory illness, reduced incidence of itchy eyes.

Way of monitoring How Baseline and project household surveys regarding sustainability issues will be conducted. Household monitoring surveys will be given to a sample of all purchasers of improved cookstoves.

When Biennial monitoring

By who Field-level project partners will designate monitoring specialists to conduct surveys at beneficiary households.

No

Indicator Water quality: + Positive score

Mitigation measure None needed – the Project has a positive impact for this indicator, as justified above.

Chosen parameter Measurement of user perceptions of filtered water compared

to boiled or untreated water and incidence of diarrheal disease

Current situation of parameter Some households purify water by boiling, but there is also suppressed demand for clean water


Current situation will persist.

Future target for parameter Avoidance of boiling water for purification and increased levels of water treatment by filters for drinking and cooking; households will report on reduced incidence of diarrheal disease

Way of monitoring How Household surveys will be given to beneficiaries of water filter technologies.

When Biennial monitoring

By who Field-level project partners will designate monitoring specialists to conduct surveys at customer households.

No 3

Indicator Soil condition: o Neutral score

Mitigation measure None needed – Neutral Score

No 4

Indicator Other pollutants: o Neutral score


No 5

Indicator Biodiversity: o Neutral score


No 6

Indicator Quality of employment: o Neutral score


No 7

Indicator Livelihood of the poor: + Positive score

Mitigation measure None needed – the project has a positive impact for this indicator, as justified above.

Chosen parameter Time and/or money savings due to reduced fuel consumption

Current situation of parameter Families purchasing fuelwood report a significant percentage of monthly income going toward fuel. Families that gather fuelwood spend a significant amount of time per month gathering wood and have to travel considerable distances to obtain it.


Current situation will persist. Increasing deforestation will result in shortages of non-renewable biomass, causing fuel prices and average time families spend gathering fuel to rise.

Future target for parameter For families that purchase fuelwood, access to efficient cookstoves will likely reduce fuel expenditures, resulting in more disposable income. For families and institutions that gather biomass, efficient cookstoves will reduce the time spent collecting fuel.

Way of monitoring How Kitchen Performance Tests will be conducted at regular intervals according to the Gold Standard Methodology. This, or related survey method, will provide information on the percentage of fuel saved that will be combined with data regarding the price and time required to collect fuel. Surveys will also assess how time and price savings (if any) are used.

When Every two years


No 8

Indicator Access to affordable and clean energy services:

+ Positive score

Mitigation measure None needed – the project has a positive impact for this indicator, as justified above.

Chosen parameter Time and money savings due to reduced fuel consumption.

Current situation of parameter Families cooking with unimproved stove technologies and/or fuelwood report a significant percentage of monthly

income going toward fuel. Families that gather fuelwood spend a significant amount of time per month gathering wood and have to travel considerable distances to obtain it.


Current situation will persist. Increasing deforestation will result in shortages of non-renewable biomass, causing fuel prices and average time families spend gathering fuel to rise.

Future target for parameter Families will adopt efficient cookstoves and water filters. For families and institutions that purchase fuelwood, access to efficient cookstoves and water filters will reduce fuel expenditures, resulting in more disposable income. For families that gather biomass, efficient cookstoves and water filters will reduce the time spent collecting fuel.

Way of monitoring How Evaluation of household fuel consumption will be evaluated according to Gold Standard methodology. The evaluation will provide information on the percentage or estimated amount of fuel saved that will be combined with data regarding the price and time required to collect fuel. Surveys will assess how time and price savings (if any) are used.

When Every two years (according to Gold Standard Methodology)


No 9

Indicator Human and institutional capacity: o Neutral score


No 10

Indicator Quantitative employment and income generation: + Positive


No 11

Indicator Balance of payments and investment: o Neutral score


No 12

Indicator Technology transfer and technological self-reliance: 0 Neutral


Additional remarks monitoring

Monitoring will be conducted according to the Gold Standard methodology Technologies and Practices to Displace Decentralized Thermal Energy Consumption V3 and will coincide with the monitoring plan described in the PDD.

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

The project follows Gold Standard Guidance for demonstrating that all project activities are additional and will reduce anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases below those that would have occurred in the absence of the registered Gold Standard project. Additionality will be assessed in the PDD by applying the GS list of approved additionality tools listed in Table 2.3 of the GS Toolkit (v2.2).

H.2. Conservativeness

Conservativeness will be built in to all elements of the project including Monitoring and Evaluation to establish the emissions reductions created by each stove, identifying stoves to be credited, and in estimating the renewability of the biomass that the project conserves. As the project develops, the project proponent will provide extensive information regarding project conservativeness.

ANNEX 1 ODA declaration

The project activity will not receive public funding from Annex I parties that could result in a diversion of

official development assistance.

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