Improved Wood Stove Project in South Africa
The Brickstar stove programme replaces traditional open-fire cooking with efficient rocket-type stoves across the Mahlaba area. Fuel demand drops, smoke exposure falls, and households gain a cleaner, faster, and more stable way to cook. The shift cuts pressure on local wood resources and reduces direct emissions from incomplete combustion.
Registered under Gold Standard ID 4536, the project delivers roughly 10,000 VERs per year at micro scale. Certified impacts span poverty reduction, affordable clean energy accfess, and climate mitigation, with each unit contributing measurable household-level benefits.
Developed by the Nova Institute, the project brings a practical, durable technology into rural homes, targeting long-standing issues of indoor air pollution and fuel scarcity while generating traceable emission reductions for buyers seeking small-scale, community-rooted credits.
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Gold Standard
Verified StandardThink of the Gold Standard as the "premium, fair-trade, organic" label of the carbon offsetting world. It's known for being one of the strictest and highest-quality standards. To get a Gold Standard certification, a project can't just prove it reduced carbon; it must also prove it contributed to at least three UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This means the project is also doing extra good, like providing clean water, creating new jobs, or protecting wildlife in the local community.