[Stoves] Press Release - Envirofit India Reduces Over 1 Million Tonnes of CO2 - Envirofit

[Sujoy Chaudhury]

Hi Nikhil

Hope you are doing well.
Why do you think the Gold Standard Foundation is a problem. Would you
kindly help me understand.

Best regards
Sujoy Chaudhury
CSS
Kolkata

On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 11:28 PM Nikhil Desai <pienergy2008 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Tom:
>
> This is impressive, but so is this claim from ESMAP/GOGLA
>
> " GOGLA estimates that the use of Lighting Global/GOGLA-affiliated solar
> devices has avoided *28.6 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions. *When
> considering the entire universe of OGS devices, emissions avoided are
> likely to be substantially higher. GOGLA’s estimates of avoided emissions
> include carbon dioxide as well as black carbon, a by-product of burning
> kerosene that has a high capacity for trapping heat in the atmosphere. One
> study estimates the amount of black carbon generated from the use of
> kerosene lamps worldwide to be 270,000 tons per year – a quantity that has
> the climate warming capacity of 240 million tons of carbon dioxide."
>
> Why don't stove promoters include Black Carbon avoidance in their
> argument? (I believe the argument was first advanced in ~2004 by Bond and
> Sun. I wrote a policy note to that effect in 2006, revised in 2012. I also
> advocated using 20-year GWPs.).
>
> Gold Standard Foundation is a problem.
>
> Nikhil
>
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> Nikhil Desai
> (US +1) 202 568 5831
> *Skype: nikhildesai888*
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 11:07 PM, Tom Miles <tmiles at trmiles.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> http://envirofit.org/press-release-envirofit-india-reduces-million-tonnes-carbon-csr-cookstoves/?platform=hootsuite
>>
>> Press Release – Envirofit India Reduces Over 1 Million Tonnes of CO2
>> *September 20, 2018*
>>
>>
>>
>> *• Cookstoves sold by Envirofit India have reduced over 1 millions tonnes
>> of CO2 • CO2 reduction verified by The Gold Standard through rigorous
>> monitoring, reporting & verification • Envirofit India carbon credits
>> issued by Gold Standard also help increase energy access for people in
>> energy poverty*
>>
>> *Pune, India* – Envirofit India has surpassed 1 million tonnes of CO2
>> reduced, demonstrated via the issuance of Gold Standard carbon credits;
>> Verified Emissions Reductions (VERs). This milestone was certified by Gold
>> Standard Foundation, a respected international carbon standards and
>> certification group – and made possible by durable, high-quality Envirofit
>> stoves that households use year after year. Envirofit can issue VERs over
>> many years because their CO2 reductions, generated when households use
>> their stoves, have been independently verified.
>>
>> As the global leader in the design, manufacture, and sale of
>> technologically advanced biomass cookstoves, Envirofit uses the proceeds
>> from the sale of carbon credits to provide a boost to small scale clean
>> cookstove enterprises with training, marketing and sales support. This
>> support helps increase energy access for people living in energy poverty.
>> Furthermore, according to the GSF, the impact of 1 million cookstove VERs
>> is equivalent to a $151 million investment in employment, livelihood and
>> health impacts
>> <http://www.goldstandard.org/sites/default/files/documents/goldstandard_impactinvestment.pdf>
>> over and above the certified climate impacts.
>>
>> Envirofit works with the GSF to certify CO2 emissions reductions from
>> household cookstove use and to issue corresponding carbon credits.
>> Envirofit’s partnerships with carbon credit buyers, including governments,
>> corporations and private individuals, helps them to offset their
>> unavoidable greenhouse gas emissions via high impact, charismatic carbon
>> reduction projects throughout the world. By partnering with Envirofit,
>> carbon credit buyers can deliver both climate and sustainable development
>> impacts that transcend most standard CO2 emissions reductions.
>>
>> Working with the GSF, Envirofit follows a rigorous monitoring, reporting
>> & verification process in its cookstove projects to accurately account for
>> the emissions reductions. The improved efficiency and durability of
>> Envirofit’s biomass cookstoves is monitored frequently and households are
>> surveyed to check that stoves are continuously used by their owners. This
>> monitoring process is then independently verified to ensure transparency,
>> which means that carbon credit buyers can claim an impact via their
>> purchase that is traceable back to the individual stove use in households
>> throughout the world.
>>
>> Nearly three billion people worldwide live in energy poverty, lacking
>> access to clean energy technologies, and cook their meals over open flames
>> with biomass fuels such as charcoal and wood. Traditional cookstoves are
>> incredibly inefficient, wasting 90% of the energy generated and requiring
>> up to one-third of a family’s income for fuel. It is also hazardous to the
>> environment, causing 25% of the world’s global black-carbon emissions. The
>> smoke and other toxic fumes that result from cooking this way – known as
>> Household Air Pollution – are estimated to cause or directly contribute to
>> 3.8 million deaths per year – more than HIV, malaria and tuberculosis
>> combined.
>>
>> Envirofit stoves reduce smoke and toxic emissions by up to 80% and reduce
>> fuel consumption by an average of ~60%, which corresponds to a reduction of
>> between ~2-3 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year. Over its average lifespan
>> of 5 years, each Envirofit stove can help prevent up to 15 tonnes of CO2
>> equivalent from being released. With over 1.6 million stoves sold
>> worldwide, Envirofit stoves have the potential to prevent the release of up
>> to ~24 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent over their lifetime.
>>
>> According to current Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves estimates, the
>> number of people who cook with biomass is expected to grow as global
>> population increases, reaching 3.24 billion by 2025. By sustainably growing
>> markets and increasing access to clean energy technology, carbon credit
>> offsetting positively impacts the lives of millions, and helps future
>> generations benefit from this access as well.
>>
>> *****
>> *About Envirofit India*
>>
>> Envirofit India, a subsidiary of Envirofit International, is a social
>> enterprise that innovates smart energy products and services that improve
>> lives on a global scale. Using a market-based approach, Envirofit develops
>> a global product line of wood, charcoal, and LPG cookstoves that cook
>> faster while reducing fuel use, smoke, and toxic emissions. Serving more
>> than 8 million people in energy poverty, Envirofit’s household energy
>> products reduce climate change, create new jobs, and enable families to
>> save money.
>>
>> *CONTACT*
>> Ravi Kumar P
>> Envirofit India – Senior Manager- Product & Consumer Experience
>> ravi.kp at envirofit.org
>> +91 8956 443 443
>> www.envirofit.org
>>
>>
>> T R Miles Technical Consultants Inc.
>> tmiles at trmiles.com
>> Sent from mobile.
>>
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