Gold standard for the global goals Monitoring report

June 2017, version 1

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Title of the project Smokeless Cook Stoves for Rural Districts of

Gold Standard project id GS 1191

Version number of the monitoring report 3

Completion date of the monitoring report 15/06/2020

Date of project design certification 01/01/2014

Start date of crediting period 01/01/2013

Duration of this monitoring period Period 3 from 01/05/2018 to 31/07/2019

Duration of previous monitoring period Period 2 from 01/04/2014 to 25/04/2015

Project representative(s) Dr. Reinhard Hallermayer, “Die Ofenmacher e.V.”, Germany Anita Badal, Swastha Chulo Nepal

Host Country Nepal

Certification pathway (activity certification/impact certification) Impact Statements & Products (VER Project Certification)

SDG Contributions targeted (as per 1 – Climate Action (SDG 13) approved PDD) 2 - Good health and well-being (SDG 3) 3 - Affordable and Clean Energy (SDG 7) 4 – Gender Equality (SDG 5)

Gold Standard statement/product certification sought GS VER (GSVER/ADALYs/RECs etc.)

Selected methodology(ies) AMS II. G., version 3

Estimated amount of annual average SDG 13: 7,648 tonnes CO2 certified SDG impact (as per approved PDD) SDG 3: 8,503 ICS SDG 7: 8,503 ICS SDG 5: 0 women

Total amount of certified SDG impact (as SDG 13: 6,696 tonnes CO2 per approved methodology) achieved in this SDG 3: 8,537 ICS monitoring period SDG 7: 8,537 ICS SDG 5: 7 women

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SECTION A. Description of project

A.1. Purpose and general description of project The objective of the project is the installation of mud brick cook stoves in individual households in three rural districts of Nepal in order to substitute the traditional fireplaces for cooking without discharge of the smoke into the environment.

The widespread energy resources of the increasing population in Nepal for cooking are fuel wood from surrounding forests in the rural area. The requirements for fuel wood will be steadily high above the production of fuel wood and therefore exceed the available renewable woody biomass.

The traditional three-stone fireplaces or other common used traditional fireplaces (see picture below) result in high indoor air pollution with high concentration of smoke gases and particulate matter because all these substances remain within the house. Therefore, the common used fireplaces have several serious drawbacks for the families: - The people have to live in their houses with almost permanently irritation by smoke from the fireplace. - Frequently accidents occur with open fire, which often result in severe burns and mostly affecting children. - Frequently chronic diseases of the respiratory system, the lungs and the vessels are developed by the users - The smoky atmosphere is a permanent irritation of the eyes and the respiratory system - The cooking procedure is inefficient and consumes a lot of fuel wood for this.

The polluted atmosphere in the house mainly affects women and small children because they stay most of the time in their houses. Women have to cook the meals for their families and take their small children with them during that procedure. Women also must provide the fuel wood from surrounding forests.

(picture source: Die Ofenmacher e.V.)

The project objective is to replace the traditional fire places (see left picture above) by built-on-site mud brick cook stoves with an outlet for the firing gases directly outside the house. Therefore the atmosphere in the house is smokeless with only little pollution (see right picture above) which prevents burning accidents and improves the health situation while preventing diseases of the household members. The second main effect of the cook stove is the considerable efficiency increase of the combustion of fuel wood. This leads to a reduction of the necessary amount of fuel wood for cooking.

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The project activity reduces greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by replacing the traditional fire places by more efficient mud brick cook stoves and saving therefore fuel wood from non-renewable sources. The type of cook stove is known in Nepal as improved cook stove (ICS).

Construction start 17/09/2012 Construction date of first ICS in Kavre-Palanchok Construction break 26/04/2015 Due to terrible earthquake in project area to 14/12/2015 Construction end Continuing

Operation start 18/09/2012 Start of 1st monitoring period 01/01/2013 End of 1st monitoring period 31/03/2014 Start of 2nd monitoring period 01/04/2014 End of 2nd monitoring period 24/04/2015 Suspension of crediting 25/04/2015 Suspension of crediting but not of operation to 30/04/2018 Start of 3rd monitoring period 01/05/2018

A.2. Location of project

Host Country: Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal Region/ State/ Province: The project is located in the foothills and mountain areas in the Central Development Region of Nepal. The project area includes districts Dolakha, Kavre-Palanchok and Ramechhap. Their administrative boundaries are also representing the actual project boundaries.

Map of project districts

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All locations where improved cook stoves (ICS) have been installed are within a distance of 70 to 150 kilometres from the capital city Kathmandu.

Coordinates of the project area: Coordinates Latitude 27 o 44‘ N (+27,73 o) Longitude 85 o 58’ E (+85,97 o) The values of the latitude and longitude are mean values and are correlated to the central point of the project region.

A.3. Reference of applied methodology

The project follows the methodology outlined in the small scale project activity category in Type II G. / Version 03 EB 60 “Energy Efficiency Measures in Thermal Applications of Non-Renewable Biomass”

A.4. Crediting period of project

Fixed crediting period (10 years) Start of crediting period: 01/01/2013 Suspension of crediting: From 01/05/2015 to 30/04/2018 (3 full years) End of crediting period: 31/12/2025

SECTION B. Implementation of project

B.1. Description of implemented project

Introduction

On Saturday 25th of April 2015 a horrible earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 rocked the central region of Nepal. Another horrible one rocked Nepal on 12th of May 2015 with a magnitude of 7.3. The epicentres of the earthquakes were located about 70 to 80 km northwest and northeast of Kathmandu. Innumerable aftershocks happened with magnitudes from about 4 up to 6. All these earthquakes left great damages in the valley of Kathmandu and even more in nearby districts. Thousands of people lost their lives and even up to one million people lost their houses because these were destroyed or severely damaged so they were inhabitable no longer for their owners. The victims mostly lost all their belongings and were homeless. In addition, the aftershocks left great damages too and produced great ongoing fear of the local people.

The following map shows the earthquakes in Nepal from 25th April to 25th June:

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(Source: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventproducts/us20002926/NepalAftershocksMap-0626- 2015.pdf )

The earthquakes severely stroked all project districts. About half a year after this event according to our information we estimated that about 3/4 of all built improved cook stoves had been destroyed or completely inoperative. This was a severe throwback to our project. For that reason, we decided to make a request to Gold Standard Foundation for suspending the crediting of the project. A suspension of crediting was accepted for 3 years. Therefore, the current monitoring period starts on 01/05/2018.

Status of implemented project Throughout the project period from the project start on 01/09/2012 to 31/07/2019 in all districts of the project area improved cook stoves had been installed. The previous monitoring report showed that at the end of the second monitoring period there existed 9465 installed improved cook stoves (ICS). These stoves are documented in the project database. The basis for the monitoring report of the third monitoring period is a copy from the database, which was drawn in the beginning of September 2019.

The damages of the earthquakes and the number of inoperable stoves are derived from published official damage numbers of Nepal government. This derivation leads to an estimation of stoves still in operation. It is described in a separated document that is the basis for the design changes in the project design description1. The results of stoves still in operation are different for the three districts:

Kavre- All Total ICS Month Dolakha Palanchok Ramechhap districts in use 01.05.2015 244 1278 2355 3877 3877 That means 3877 stoves are still in operation on 1st May 2015. All others are counted as totally damaged and not operable.

1 See Excel File GS1191-Damage-Estimation_V4.xlsx submitted in connection with GS1191 Project Design Change documents

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During the time of suspension of crediting some new stoves have been built in project area who substituted damaged stoves or delivered new stoves to households who did not have stoves before and whose houses are not or only slightly damaged and therefore in an inhabitable state. The project built the following ICS from 01/05/2015 to 30/04/2018:

Kavre- All Total ICS Month Dolakha Palanchok Ramechhap districts built 01/05/2015 244 1278 2355 3878 3877 After 01/05/2015 2 0 0 2 3879 2016 120 0 4 124 4003 2017 1104 0 0 1104 5107 2018 until 30.04.2018 486 0 0 486 5593

Therefore, the starting point of the third monitoring period are 5593 built cook stoves on 1st May 2018. The next table shows the built improved cook stoves regarding months during the third monitoring period (after 30th April 2018):

Kavre- All Total ICS Month Dolakha Palanchok Ramechhap districts built May 2018 57 0 0 57 5650 June 2018 149 0 0 149 5799 July 2018 128 0 0 128 5927 August 2018 145 0 0 145 6072 September 2018 141 0 0 141 6213 October 2018 188 0 3 191 6404 November 2018 161 0 3 164 6568 December 2018 182 44 13 239 6807 January 2019 152 34 5 191 6998 February 2019 188 0 11 199 7197 March 2019 323 225 0 548 7745 April 2019 374 13 0 387 8132 May 2019 417 119 0 536 8668 June 2019 481 9 0 490 9158 July 2019 302 0 0 302 9460 Sum 5344 1722 2394 9460 9460

Please note that the stoves installed in July 2019 might be not completely reported and documented in the database. But that has no influence on the evaluation because the stoves built in July 2019 are not counted for emission reduction. Please note that the figures above contain 2-pot stoves only. Other stove types are separated out as stated in the PDD.

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The following diagram shows the cumulated numbers of built ICS in the project area:

Districts and VDCs/Municipalities of the construction area since project start:

District VDC Dolakha Baiteshwor Ga. Pa Dolakha Bhimeswor Na. Pa Dolakha Bhusafeda Dolakha Dadhpokhari Dolakha Fasku Dolakha Gauri Sankar Dolakha Ghang Sukathokar Dolakha Kalinchwok Ga.Pa Dolakha Katakuti Dolakha Lakuri Danda Dolakha Magapauwa Dolakha Melung Dolakha Pawati Dolakha Sailungeswor Dolakha Tamakoshi Ga. Pa Kavre-Palanchok Baluwapatti Deupur Kavre-Palanchok Bekhsimle Kavre-Palanchok Bethanchok Kavre-Palanchok Kavre-Palanchok Dhuseni Siwalaya Kavre-Palanchok Gotpani Kavre-Palanchok Kartike Deurali Kavre-Palanchok Madan Kundari Kavre-Palanchok Majhi Feda

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Kavre-Palanchok Nagre Gagarche Kavre-Palanchok Pokhari Chaunri Kavre-Palanchok Sanowangthali Kavre-Palanchok Ramechhap Bethan Ramechhap Ramechhap Ramechhap Ramechhap Gunsi Bhadaure Ramechhap Ramechhap Khadadebi Ga. Pa Ramechhap Ramechhap Lakhanpur Ramechhap Majuwa Ramechhap Ramechhap

Districts and VDCs/Municipalities of the construction area after earthquake:

District VDC Dolakha Baiteshwor Ga. Pa Dolakha Bhimeswor Na. Pa Dolakha Fasku Dolakha Gauri Sankar Dolakha Ghang Sukathokar Dolakha Kalinchwok Ga.Pa Dolakha Katakuti Dolakha Lakuri Danda Dolakha Magapauwa Dolakha Melung Dolakha Pawati Dolakha Sailungeswor Dolakha Tamakoshi Ga. Pa Kavre-Palanchok Bethanchok Ramechhap Dadhuwa Ramechhap Khadadebi Ga. Pa Ramechhap Rakathum

B.2. Post-registration changes The design change was necessary after the request for suspension of the crediting period was accepted by Gold Standard in 2016. This requirement was made by Gold Standard not by me. From my point of view, it would not have been necessary because no substantial change happened during the project implementation: - No change of the implementing local organization - No change of project area - No technical changes of implemented stoves

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- No change of construction process - No change of documentation - No change of monitoring process

The only changes that concern the project are: - Estimation of operable stoves after the severe earthquakes as a basis for the subsequent monitoring period - Adaptation of the project’s implementation schedule as a consequence of the damages of the earthquakes - Adaptation to the concept of SDGs which was due to a change of the Gold Standard rules - Adaptation of the PDD to the new administration structure of the state Nepal in 2015

B.2.1. Temporary deviations from Certified Key Project Information, Project Design Document, Monitoring & Reporting Plan, applied methodology or applied standardized baseline >> (Indicate whether any temporary deviations have been applied during this monitoring period. If applied, provide a description of the deviation(s). Include the reasons for the deviation(s), how it deviates from the monitoring plan, applied methodology(ies) and/or applied approaches, the duration for which the deviation(s) is(are) applicable and justification on the conservativeness of the approach. Also indicate if prior approval from GS-TAC have been sought on the deviation.)

Due to the earthquake in 2015, the planned implementation schedule for the project had to be adjusted and changed.

Please note: There was a design change requested to the original registered PDD and the latest PDD version is 03 dated 14/02/2020.

B.2.2. Corrections >> (Indicate whether any corrections to project information or parameters fixed at validation have been applied.)

Due to the earthquake in 2015, the planned implementation schedule for the project had to be adjusted and changed.

Please note: There was a design change requested to the original registered PDD and the latest PDD version is 03 dated 14/02/2020.

B.2.3. Changes to start date of crediting period >> (Indicate whether any changes to the start date of the crediting period have been approved by Gold Standard that is relevant for this monitoring period.)

n/a

B.2.4. Permanent changes from registered monitoring plan, applied methodology or applied standardized baseline >> (Indicate whether any permanent changes from the approved monitoring plan, applied methodologies or applied approaches have been approved by GS-TAC that is relevant for this monitoring period.)

Change calculations of baseline emissions and emission reductions due to the change of the implementation plan.

Please note: There was a design change requested to the original registered PDD and the latest PDD version is 03 dated 14/02/2020.

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B.2.5. Changes to project design of approved project >> (Indicate whether any changes to the design of the project have been approved by GS-TAC that is relevant for this monitoring period.)

Due to the earthquake in 2015, the planned implementation schedule for the project had to be adjusted and changed.

Please note: There was a design change requested to the original registered PDD and the latest PDD version is 03 dated 14/02/2020.

SECTION C. Description of monitoring system applied by the project >>

Data collection procedures

An electronic project database is installed to record the built improved cook stoves. All stoves together with relevant information are recorded. The employed promoters are recorded too. The data collection process is illustrated in the PDD.

Both project coordinators Swastha Chulo Nepal and Die Ofenmacher operate and maintain the project database to ensure completeness and accuracy of monitoring information.

Project installation records database • Chulo ID (stove ID label) of improved cook stove • Report date of appliance (of promoter to Swastha Chulo office) • Installation date of appliance (to user) • Type of appliance (1-pot, 2-pot or 3-pot stove) installed • Name of stove builder (promoter) • Location of stove (district, VDC/municipality, ward) • User details (Name, Address, Telephone, Number of household members (total, younger than 15 or 6 years old)) • Remarks • Household contribution (amount of fee) • User contract • Photograph of stove

The promoters are the ones who deliver the data, contracts, photographs of the stove installation to the project manager at Swastha Chulo Nepal. According to this information they are paid for their work. Every one of disseminated improved cook stoves is recorded in the database. Only the ICS recorded in this database will be part of the project activity. The information in this database is updated continuously, normally when anyone of the promoters gives his report about recently installed cook stoves. Original copies of the user contracts signed by the beneficiaries are scanned and added to the database. Besides this, normally a photograph of each stove which shows the chulo and the stove ID is added to the database.

In Annex 1 and 2 there are some examples of database entries and related stove pictures and user contracts of the third monitoring period.

Beyond the project database with the installation records a special monitoring database is operated including the main relevant results of the field visits for monitoring the project activities.

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The monitoring database contains the results of the surveys during field visits. It includes at least this information: • Chulo ID • Date of the check • Name of the field workers (normally two persons) • Installation date of the stove • Name of stove builder • Construction quality • Condition of the stove • Name of Household Head • Address (district, VDC/municipality, ward) • User satisfaction • Indications for usage of baseline stove • Use rate of the stove (share of cooking) • Further remarks or comments The information in this database is updated for every field visit.

Quality Control

The steps of quality control for the data collection which are passed through are described in the PDD. Only data that are acknowledged according to these steps find their way into the project database. The quality control is done by the project manager at Swastha Chulo and supervised and rechecked by the project manager at “Die Ofenmacher”. If there are any inconsistencies in the incoming data appropriate corrective actions will be undertaken. If these actions do not lead to satisfying results the corresponding data will be deleted from the database.

The following organizations, roles and persons are involved into the quality control and monitoring: Organization Name Role Responsibility/Task Swastha Chulo Anita Badal Local project - Accounting of built cook stoves Nepal manager with promoters and recording of the data into the project database - Supervision of purchase contracts, photographs and project database recording Die Ofenmacher Tobias Federle Local monitoring - Quality control of project database manager content - Preparation and management of monitoring campaigns - Execution of monitoring campaigns and water boiling tests - Review of monitoring reports - Registration of monitoring results into the project database Die Ofenmacher Reinhard GS project - Quality control of project database Hallermayer manager content - Assessment of water boiling test results - Calculation of VERs - Preparation of monitoring report for GS

Quality control reconsideration of the database comprises the following activities:

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 Check of database contents against promoter’s installation lists (which are scanned): Are the data in the database the same data as on the promoters’ lists?  Check of database for data completeness: Are all mandatory data fields filled out? These are - Chulo ID, Report date of appliance, Installation date of appliance, - Type of appliance (1-pot, 2-pot or 3-pot stove), - Stove builder, - Location of stove (district, VDC, Ward), - User details (at least Name and Address, - existing User contract, Photograph of stove (if existing)  Check of database for data inconsistencies: Are there contradictory or implausible contents? Examples: - Uniqueness of Chulo ID? - Report date later than construction data? - Registered promoter? - Permitted stove type 1, 2 or 3?

Description of monitoring

The fundamentals of monitoring are the records of installed stoves in the project database. From the list of all eligible installed stoves samples are monitored in field visits directly in the VDCs respectively the municipalities.

The objectives of the field visits are 1. To determine the number of efficient cook stoves who are actually in operation. This is a fraction of the cook stoves built by the project. 2. To verify the quality of existing efficient cook stoves. 3. To determine the efficiency (ηnew) of improved cook stoves in operation. 4. To check the proper usage by the households. 5. To check that the baseline stoves are out of use. 6. To gain information about possible improvement of cook stoves or the whole usage process including collection of wood, preparation of wood and consumption of wood. 7. To gain information about maintenance and care of the cook stove in the field 8. To collect information about lifetime performance and life expectancy in the field 9. To collect information about necessary replacements of built cook stoves

There are two different activities for monitoring: 1. General monitoring done by interviews at field visits 2. Water boiling tests Both activities are separated both by area as by time. The reason is that water boiling tests are much more extensive and have to be performed by special trained people. For that reason only a few water boiling tests have been conducted throughout the regarded monitoring period.

The eligible stoves are those which obey the criteria:  Installed in the project area  Stove type is 2-pot stove  Location is situated below 2500 meters above sea level The list of installed improved cook stoves in table of section B.1 obeys all of these criteria. Therefore they are eligible stoves for the project.

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Monitoring Organization

Monitoring is done by field visits in the project area. Each monitoring team consists of two qualified persons who get the order to check the operation of the built improved cook stoves in the beneficiaries’ households. The initiative of a monitoring action comes from Die Ofenmacher organization. The project manager proposes the monitoring area and transfers it to the commissioned local monitoring manager who manages the monitoring activities. A comprehensive field workers guide was elaborated to support the field workers. There are frequently volunteers from Europe employed as field workers and these people must have useful information for their job in Nepal. Beside this, a standardized questionnaire was developed by Die Ofenmacher to confirm a high and equal quality of the monitoring interviews. See Annex 3. After the field visits the results are documented and evaluated in monitoring reports. Afterwards the key results are transferred into the project database.

The monitoring has also the objective to collect socio-economic data and especially to learn more about the usage of the stoves and about possible improvements of the stove’s usage or maintenance.

It was decided for the monitoring to do no telephone calls but only physical monitoring. The reason was that the information that is provided by telephone from the rural people is very uncertain. The beneficiaries normally give only very positive feedback about the installed improved cook stoves which is sometimes not true in reality. Therefore physical visualization is very important to the project proponents to gather significant information. This is despite of the fact that a monitoring campaign is very extensive and takes normally roughly one week for two persons.

The field visits for the third monitoring period was done from February 2018 until May 2019. As mentioned in the PDD the installed stoves are spread over the project’s districts where the possibilities of transportation are partly very poor. Besides transportation by motorbike, bus, taxi, truck or jeep frequently the field workers have to go the last mile or so to the households by foot. And even within one village (or ward) the households are distributed over a wide distance with different altitude levels. Therefore a stratified complete random distribution was not performed in this case.

Another aspect of field visits is the fact that the address of a household is not distinct. The address consists of district, VDC/municipality and ward number. However, within one VDC’s ward there live many families. The number of households ranges from 20 or 30 up to 100 or more. Some municipalities even have wards with 1,000 or more households. The stoves themselves do have an unique identification number but due to the inaccurate address of a household it would be extraordinary extensive to find a certain stove.

After the earthquake the situation is even worse because the project does not actually know which single installed stove is still operable or not. This statement is valid for stoves installed before 01/05/2015. Stoves installed after this date should all exist and be operable.

The project considered these circumstances and derived an adequate sample for monitoring from the regional distribution of installed stoves. The monitoring for different parts of the project districts were conducted on different times.

SECTION D. Data and parameters

D.1. Data and parameters fixed ex ante or at renewal of crediting period

Relevant SDG Indicator SDG 13: Emission reductions Data/parameter By

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Unit tonnes/household/year Description Quantity of woody biomass used in the absence of the project activity in tonnes Source of data Historical data from FAO report Value(s) applied 2.0 Choice of data or According to AMS II.G. section 7 the project has chosen the option of usage Measurement methods of historical data. See PDD. and procedures Purpose of data Input value for the calculation of base line emissions. Additional comment The project has chosen a very conservative value for this parameter which is not monitored during the crediting period.

Relevant SDG Indicator SDG 13: Emission reductions

Data/parameter ηold Unit % Description Efficiency of the baseline system being replaced. Source of data AMS II G, version 3 default value Value(s) applied 10% (or factor 0.10) Choice of data or According to AMS II.G., version 3 a default value of 0.10 can be used “if the Measurement methods replaced system is the three stone fire or a conventional system lacking and procedures improved combustion air supply mechanism and flue gas ventilation system i.e., without a grate as well as a chimney”. Purpose of data Input value for the calculation of base line emissions. Additional comment

Relevant SDG Indicator SDG 13: Emission reductions

Data/parameter fNRB,y Unit % Description Fraction of woody biomass saved by the project activity in period y that can be established as non-renewable biomass Source of data Default value for Nepal according to the information note of Annex 20 of the report of the 35th CDM-SSC WG meeting Value(s) applied 86% (or a factor 0.86) Choice of data or According to the information note of Annex 20 of the report of the 35th CDM- Measurement methods SSC WG meeting a project that applies methodology AMS II.G., version 3 can and procedures take the listed country specific default values for fNRB,y. Purpose of data Input value for the calculation of base line emissions. Additional comment

Relevant SDG Indicator SDG 13: Emission reductions

Data/parameter NCVbiomass Unit TJ/t Description Net calorific value of the non-renewable woody biomass that is substituted

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Source of data AMS II G, version 3 default value Value(s) applied 0.015 Choice of data or This is the IPCC default value for wood fuel as provided by AMS II.G version Measurement methods 3, par. 6 and procedures Purpose of data Input value for the calculation of base line emissions. Additional comment

Relevant SDG Indicator SDG 13: Emission reductions

Data/parameter EFprojected_fossilfuel Unit tCO2/TJ Description Emission factor for the substitution of non-renewable biomass by similar consumers Source of data AMS II G, version 3 default value Value(s) applied 81.6 Choice of data or According to AMS II.G, section 5, a value of 81.6 tCO2/TJ can be used. Measurement methods and procedures Purpose of data Input value for the calculation of base line emissions. Additional comment

Relevant SDG Indicator SDG 13: Emission reductions

Data/parameter Ly Unit Fraction Description Leakage adjustment factor period y Source of data AMS II G, version 3 default value Value(s) applied 0.95 Choice of data or According to AMS II.G., section 13, a net to gross adjustment factor of 0.95 Measurement methods can be applied to account for leakage in which case surveys are not required. and procedures With that factor Bold has to be multiplied. Purpose of data Input value for the calculation of emission reductions. Additional comment

D.2. Data and parameters monitored

Relevant SDG Indicator SDG 13: Emission reductions

Data / Parameter ηnew Unit % Description Average efficiency of the improved cook stoves being installed by the project.

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Measured/ Calculated from measurement results based on WBTs of a sample. Calculated / Default Source of data 7 Water Boiling Test Measurements of sample stoves Value(s) of monitored The mean value of the measurements is 24.1%. For conservativeness the parameter value of 22% (factor 0.20) is taken. For detailed description and calculation see section D.3.3 Monitoring equipment WBT testkit Measuring/ 7 WBTs Reading/ Recording frequency: Calculation method Monitoring of the statistically adjusted average efficiency involves three (if applicable) steps: Step 1: Execution of water boiling tests according to WBT 4.2.2 and calculation of the thermal efficiencies in spreadsheet templates. Step 2: Calculation of the average efficiency. Step 3: Calculation of the precision of the average efficiency at 90% confidence level. See section D.3.3 The WBTs were performed by a dedicated team. QA/QC procedures The execution of the WBTs by the monitoring team was according to the prepared instructions and entrance sheets. All results were supervised by the project manager of Die Ofenmacher. Purpose of data This parameter is used for calculation of emission reductions. Additional comments According to PDD a conservative value below the actual average result is applied to cover uncertainties.

Relevant SDG Indicator SDG 13: Emission reductions SDG 3: Number of installed and operating stoves SDG 7: Number of installed and operating stoves

Data / Parameter Nm, installed Unit Number Description Total number of installed and operating improved cook stoves for a duration of m months for year y Measured/ Ongoing measured and tracked in the project database Calculated / Default Source of data Project database of installed stoves Project database records: Promoters report the data about their stove installations every month to the project manager. Value(s) of monitored Improved cook stoves operating during the last month of monitoring period: parameter 9,158 Installed stoves at end of monitoring period: 9,460 Monitoring equipment Stove builder reports as input for the project data base Measuring/ Continuous recording Reading/ Recording frequency: Calculation method n/a (if applicable)

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QA/QC procedures All recorded data are checked by the project manager of Die Ofenmacher. Data will be collected using the standard procedures and will be stored for the crediting period and an additional two years. Purpose of data This parameter is used for calculation of baseline emission and emission reductions. Additional comments

Relevant SDG Indicator SDG 13: Emission reductions Data / Parameter m Unit Number of months Description Number of months stoves are in operation Measured/ Calculated from the project database contents. Calculated / Default Source of data Project database records Value(s) of monitored Each stove has its number of months in operation according to the parameter construction date. Monitoring equipment Project data base records Measuring/ Continuous recording Reading/ Recording frequency: Calculation method Every installed cook stove starts to generate emission reductions in the (if applicable) month after signature of the installation contract, to account for delays between installation and the first use.

QA/QC procedures Same as parameter Nm, installed Purpose of data This parameter is used for calculation of baseline emission and emission reductions. Additional comments

Relevant SDG Indicator SDG 13: Emission reductions SDG 3: Number of installed and operating stoves SDG 7: Number of installed and operating stoves

Data / Parameter DOy Unit % Description Statistically adjusted average drop-out fraction of the total number of installed cook stoves in period y Measured/ Calculated from sample monitoring Calculated / Default Source of data Results of monitoring campaigns Value(s) of monitored 2.7% parameter For detailed description and calculation see section D.3.1

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Monitoring equipment Questionnaire Measuring/ Annually Reading/ Recording frequency: Calculation method For detailed description and calculation see section D.3.1 (if applicable) QA/QC procedures All formulas applied to determine the statistical precision used are standard formula. Furthermore, according to AMS II.G, par.22 the sampling error has to be deducted (“...the lower bound of a 90% confidence interval of the parameter value may be chosen”) in the event that 90/10 precision could not be achieved because of a small sample size. No deductions have to be made if 90/10 precision is achieved by sampling a proper number of SAVE80. Data will be collected using the standard procedures and will be stored for the crediting period and an additional two years. Purpose of data This parameter is used for calculation of baseline emission and emission reductions. Additional comments

Relevant SDG Indicator SDG 13: Emission reductions

Data / Parameter UBy Unit % Description Adjusted average use rate of baseline stove in parallel or additionally to the installed cook stoves in period y. I.e. (1- UBy) is the actual use rate of the improved cook stoves. UBy=0 means the improved cook stoves are used exclusively to 100%. Measured/ Calculated from sample monitoring Calculated / Default Source of data Results of monitoring campaigns Value(s) of monitored 26.1% parameter For detailed description and calculation see section D.3.2

Monitoring equipment Questionnaire Measuring/ According to the monitoring period. Reading/ Recording frequency: Calculation method For detailed description and calculation see section D.3.2 (if applicable) QA/QC procedures All formulas applied to determine the statistical precision used are standard formula. Furthermore, according to AMS II.G, par.22 the sampling error has to be deducted (“...the lower bound of a 90% confidence interval of the parameter value may be chosen”) in the event that 90/10 precision could not be achieved because of a small sample size. No deductions have to be made if 90/10 precision is achieved by sampling a proper number of SAVE80. Data will be collected using the standard procedures and will be stored for the crediting period and an additional two years. Purpose of data This parameter is used for calculation of baseline emission and emission reductions. Additional comments

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Relevant SDG Indicator SDG 5: Number of women active for stove building in project area

Data/parameter Nwomen Unit Number Description Number of women who are employed by the project Measured/calculated/def measured ault Source of data project database Value(s) of monitored 7 women parameter For detailed description and calculation see section D.3.4 Monitoring equipment The number of active women is directly documented in the database by the project during project’s lifetime. Measuring/reading/reco Documentation is done monthly. rding frequency: Calculation method n/a (if applicable) QA/QC procedures Purpose of data This parameter shows the impact of the project to SDG 5. Additional comments

Details about the active women who were employed during the third monitoring period:

Promoter Name Sex Trained by Date Date in English ID Bisnu Maya f BT DDC, Dolakha 2060-08-3 to 10 2003-11-19 to 26 Tamang 2073-02-10 to 2016-05-23 to Durga Shrestha f WM DDC, Bhimeshwor Municipality 19 June 1st Malmali f WN AEPC, ESAP, REMREC 2066-01-2 to 9 2009-04-15 to 22 Tamang Parbati Shrestha f WO AEPC, ESAP, REMREC 2066-01-2 to 9 2009-04-15 to 22 Ratna maya SCN(trained locally, refreshing training f BZ 2014-10-09 to 14 Shrestha date) Rekha Tamang f RE AEPC, ESAP, REMREC 2068-10-3 to 8 2012-01-17 to 21 Shanta Tamang f SG AEPC, ESAP, REMREC 2066-5-25 to 6-1 2009-09-10 to 17

Explanations:

DDC: The District Development Committee, popularly DDC, is a district level governing body in Nepal.

AEPC: Alternative Energy Promotion Centre

ESAP: Energy Sector Assistance Programme (of AEPC) The Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC) launched the Energy Sector Assistance Programme (ESAP)

RETS: Renewable Energy Test Station

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REMREC: Resource Management and Rural Empowerment Centre (REMREC), established in 1998, is one of the leading member based non-governmental organisations (NGO) with the primary aim of contributing to sustainable national development. The main focus of REMREC is to promote social, political, economic and cultural equity and to improve access to resources and services for disadvantaged and marginalised sections of society in line with inclusive democracy.

D.3. Implementation of sampling plan >> (If data and parameters monitored described in section D.2 above are determined by a sampling approach, provide a description on how project participants implemented the sampling plan and surveys for those data and parameters according to the approved PDD.)

The population of the installed cook stoves is homogeneous concerning the construction and the usage of the appliances. All stove builders are trained to build exactly the same kind of stoves which are constructed in the same way and have the same dimensions within certain margins. There is a construction drawing where the set-up of an improved cook stove is shown in detail down to each brick. The stove users in the rural project area live in equal geographical and socio-economic environments. Only the number of household members and personal practices differ. For these reasons one can fairly state that the population is homogeneous.

For each monitoring campaign first of all the district and VDCs/wards were selected as starting point of a field visit. Then, the task for the field workers was to monitor as many installed stoves as possible within the given area. The objective was to monitor as many stoves as possible within the selected area and the scheduled duration. For these reasons, the stove samples for monitoring are randomly selected though they are not selected by an automatic random number generator.

Overall criteria of sampling: - Monitoring covers all districts - Monitoring covers most of the active promoters - Collecting information about as many stoves as possible within one visited area

During the monitoring campaigns for the current monitoring period 577 ICS were monitored. As described in the PDD the minimum number for a sample with maximum variability is 68 appliances. This holds for 90% confidence level and 10% precision. The actual monitored number is much higher than the required minimum number.

The following field visits took place

Numbe r of Days VDCs/Munic ICS Means of in the ipalities monito Personal in the transportat Start Date End Date field District red field ion Domi Sherpa 09/05/2018 16/05/2018 8 Dolakha Sailungeswor 24 Eka Devi Mainali Bus/Taxi Sailungeswor Katakuti Kalinchwok Ga.Pa Fasku Domi Sherpa Bus/Taxi 13/02/2019 28/02/2019 16 Dolakha Melung 195 Eka Devi Mainali truck/jeep

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Bhimeswor Na. Pa

Sailungeswor Melung Tamakoshi Domi Sherpa 14/03/2019 23/03/2019 10 Dolakha Ga. Pa 127 Eka Devi Mainali Bus/Taxi Sailungeswor Bhimeswor Na. Pa Kalinchwok Ga.Pa Domi Sherpa Fasku Naoko Suzuki Bus/Taxi 06/04/2019 12/04/2019 7 Dolakha Pawati 68 Saluna Tamang truck/jeep Kavre- Domi Sherpa 13/05/2019 16/05/2019 4 Palanchok Bethanchok 101 Suraj Tamang Bus/Taxi

Altogether, 515 installed improved cook stoves were monitored in 2019 and 2018.

The field visits were performed by order of Tobias Federle, the local monitoring manager.

Duration of field visits The average duration of these executed field visits (surveys) between 09th May 2018 and 16th May 2019 is about 8 days in the field. The number of days taken for each field visit varies between 4 to 16 days.

The duration varies due to following reasons:

 Monitoring target of number of stoves.  Reachability of households.  Condition of roads and pathways.  Availability of accommodation.  Availability of petrol in case a motorcycle was chosen as means of transportation.  Availability of local means of transportation in case local means of transportation was chosen.  Dissemination of households with installed ICS within the selected areas.

Number of monitored ICS during a field visit The amount of monitored ICS varies due to following reasons:

 Monitoring target of number of stoves.  Reachability of households with installed ICS.  Dissemination of households with installed ICS within the selected areas.

Household Selection Process The objective of the project monitoring was to get a broad database for the evaluation of installed stoves in the field. For that reason, the project put big effort into field visits. According to statistical approach the minimum number of stoves for monitoring is 68 (see PDD). During the third monitoring period, the project controlled nearly 600 stove recipients. Another proposition was to monitor within all districts of the project area. Finally stoves of most stove builders should be controlled especially those who had the highest building rates. The monitoring team managed to control stoves of 16 out of 17 stove builders who installed stoves during the years 2016 to 2019.

Planning phase of field visits

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The pre-field visit selection process of to be monitored districts, VDCs (village development committees) and wards, is based on following information:  Database entries of installed cook stoves containing the distribution of stoves at districts, VDCs, wards and stove builders  Distribution and amount of already monitored Households.  Information gathered in previous field visits.  Available Information about the current political situation or safety concerns for districts, VDCs, wards or regions. First, the district is determined. Second, the VDCs and wards are selected together with the travel route for the visit. The result of the planning phase is a list of households, which are designated for interview. Obviously the households for a field visit are selected manually randomly but not by a specific computer program.

On-site execution phase The on-site execution phase might lead to changes to the list of households of the planning phase based on following information:

 Information received from interviewed households.  Wards which were selected for monitoring during the pre-field visit planning phase, might be sorted out of the selection again during the on-site execution phase due to a not justifiably proportionality of exffort. For instance if the journey to a ward or a village development committee, which was selected during the pre-field visit selection process, would mean an extensive additional travel time and would only cover a small amount of households.

Some more results

Construction Quality and Condition Quality

The following charts show the distribution of construction and condition quality of the monitored stoves at the time of field visit:

Construction Quality Condition Quality

264 241 340

171

9 1 4 0

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

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97.3 percent of all monitored stoves had both construction quality 1 (perfect) or 2 (average) and condition quality 1 or 2.

Results of some usage properties

 About 95 percent of all monitored beneficiaries are satisfied with their ICS.

 About 93 percent of all monitored ICS operated sufficiently according to the opinion of the beneficiary.

 About 90 percent of all monitored beneficiaries got an introduction into the use of the ICS.

 About 82 percent of all monitored beneficiaries received a user manual of the ICS.

 About 85 percent of the beneficiaries seem to have still another fireplace.

 About 98 percent of all monitored households are conscious about the advantages of their ICS

According to the answers of all monitored beneficiaries

 About 71 percent of all households use the ICS at least for 80% of their cooking

 About 99 percent of all households use the ICS at least for 50% of their cooking

 About 91 percent of all households report about fuel reduction by using an ICS.

All monitoring results of all field visits are stored in the project database.

D.3.1 Determination of drop-out rate DO

There are two questions of the monitoring questionnaire regarding the determination of drop-outs:

- What is the construction quality of the stove? Answers are o 1= perfect o 2= average o 3= poor o 4= very poor

- What is the condition of the stove? Answers are

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o -1 = no stove found o 0 = no signs of usage o 1 = perfect condition o 2 = slight damages but function ok o 3 = severe damages, function limited o 4 = completely damaged, not usable

An installed stove is detected as drop-out if one or two or all of these criteria are fulfilled: 1. Construction quality is poor or very poor (quality greater or equal to 3) 2. Stove condition is equal to -1 or 0 or greater or equal to 3 3. If one of the items construction quality or condition quality is not filled the corresponding stove is declared as drop-out too. This is again a conservative approach, because the assessment as drop-out is independent whether the drop- out stove can actually be used or is actually used by the owner or not.

Results of monitoring: Out of 515 monitored stoves 14 appliances fulfilled the criteria for drop-out. That means the drop-out rate was 2.7% of the installed stoves. That value is taken for the whole monitoring period i.e. DO = 0.027 (or 2.7%) and therefore (1 – DO) = 0.973 (or 97.3%). The determined relative precision of the drop-out rate is 1.2% for 90% confidence interval (see Excel spreadsheet for evaluation). All formulas applied to determine the statistical precision are standard formulae from “GUIDELINES FOR SAMPLING AND SURVEYS FOR CDM PROJECT ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMME OF ACTIVITIES Version 0.2.0” (EB 69 Report Annex 5). According to AMS II.G, par.22 “… On the other hand when the project proponent chooses to inspect annually, a 90% confidence interval and a 10% margin of error requirement shall be achieved for the sampled parameters. In cases where survey results indicate that 90/10 precision or 95/5 precision is not achieved, the lower bound of a 90% or 95% confidence interval of the parameter value may be chosen as an alternative to repeating the survey efforts to achieve the 90/10 or 95/5 precision.” As 90/10 precision is reached no deductions to the determined parameter value have to be made.

D.3.2 Determination of use rate UB There are some questions to detect whether there are still other fireplaces in use besides the improved cook stove: - Does the environment look like there is another cook place that is used? Answers are: o -1= No o 0 = don't know, not sure o 1= Yes

- Do you use still other cook stoves or cook places besides the improved cook stove? Answers are:

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o -1= No o 1= Yes

If any or both of these questions was answered with yes the following two further questions were asked: - Why do you use still other cook stoves or cook places besides the improved cook stove? - What share of your cooking is done on the improved cooking stove (percentage)?

The monitoring results showed 188 users (or 37% out of 501 non-drop-out stoves) use the stove at least for almost all their cooking (i.e. 80% to 100% cooking). But 419 users (or 84% out of the 501 non-drop-out stoves) still use an additional fire place for cooking. Most of them use the additional fireplace outside the house to cook kundo (animal meal). In the PDD there is no distinction made between cooking meals or cooking kundo. The average annual consumption of biomass per appliance means the total consumption of biomass per household. The general assumption was that all the cooking that was done at the traditional fireplace in the past would be done at the improved cook stove if one had been installed. It looks like that also in the past the cooking of kundo has been done normally at a second traditional fireplace outside the house. For that reason all cooking that is not done at the improved cook stove will be subtracted from the overall use rate. The use rate is taken from the share of cooking which is asked during the monitoring.

Please note: Even almost all users who have stoves of construction quality 3 or 4 or condition 3 or 4 use their stoves for cooking! But they are counted as drop-outs. More than 93% of all users are satisfied with the operation of the cook stove and say that the cook stove is still operating sufficiently.

Result of monitoring: The average use rate (1 – UB) for 501 used improved cook stoves is 73.9% with a standard deviation of 22.1%. That value is taken for the whole monitoring period i.e. UB = 0.261 (or 26.1%) and therefore (1 – UB) = 0.739 (or 73.9%). The determined relative precision of the use rate is 2.1% for 90% confidence interval (see Excel spreadsheet for evaluation). All formulas applied to determine the statistical precision are standard formulae from “GUIDELINES FOR SAMPLING AND SURVEYS FOR CDM PROJECT ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMME OF ACTIVITIES Version 0.2.0” (EB 69 Report Annex 5). According to AMS II.G, par.22 “… On the other hand when the project proponent chooses to inspect annually, a 90% confidence interval and a 10% margin of error requirement shall be achieved for the sampled parameters. In cases where survey results indicate that 90/10 precision or 95/5 precision is not achieved, the lower bound of a 90% or 95% confidence interval of the parameter value may be chosen as an alternative to repeating the survey efforts to achieve the 90/10 or 95/5 precision.” As 90/10 precision is reached no deductions to the determined parameter value have to be made.

D.3.3 Determination of stove efficiency ηnew One of the main effects of improved cook stoves is the higher efficiency in cooking than at the traditional fireplaces. The stove efficiency is a direct factor in the calculation of emission reductions. All stove builders employed by the project are trained to build exactly the same kind of stoves which are constructed in the same way and have the same dimensions within certain margins. There is a construction

Page 26 of 40 drawing where the set-up of an improved cook stove is shown in detail down to each brick. For these reasons it is expected that the stove efficiencies will differ only within slight ranges. According to the PDD section B.7.1 “To confirm the quality, the efficiency of the cook stove will be measured by repeating the water boiling Test, as described under Section B.4, in every monitoring period. At least 3 installed stoves from the beginning of installation, i.e .installed since the project start date until the end of the first monitoring period will be tested in each monitoring period. The installed stoves will be selected from frequent users.” The project decided to conduct considerably more than 3 water boiling tests. The reason was to get more measurement experience about the stove efficiency in the field because these measurements were the first water boiling tests of the project done in Nepal. It was the objective to cover several stove builders to learn how individual differences in installation and material influence the stove efficiency. The water boiling tests followed the WBT protocol version 4.2.22. The German non-profit organization atmosfair gGmbH which performs several CDM and Gold Standard projects especially in the domestic heat generation field like cook stoves has developed some instruction and evaluation sheets for the WBT together with a test kit containing the necessary measuring devices and utilities. The project purchased a test kit from atmosfair and shipped it to Nepal for field testing.

Measuring devices of the WBT test kit:  Thermometer Voltcraft, accuracy +/- 1 oC  Weighing Scale MyWeigh Waage KD-8000, accuracy +/- 1 g  Wood Moisture Meter Trotec T500, accuracy +/1 %

2 http://www.aprovecho.org/lab/pubs/testing

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The instruction and evaluation sheets were adjusted to type 2-pot-stove to be able to use it correctly in Nepal. Besides this an existing improved cook stove in Germany was tested by Die Ofenmacher with the same measuring equipment to learn more about the actual performance of the WBT according to the description and instruction sheets of the WBT protocol. Dr. Frank Dengler and Dr. Reinhard Hallermayer who were the leading persons of that test are both physicists and therefore familiar with testing procedures and measuring devices. For these reasons the testers in Nepal had appropriate and reliable testing equipment and good background of testing experience. The stoves for testing were randomly selected by the monitoring manager though not by an automatic procedure. First the area was selected where a lot of stoves had been installed by several stove builders and afterwards the individual stoves were selected on-site. All tests have been conducted very carefully as described in the instructions. Special care was put on the wood to have uniformly dry material for the test.

Results of the WBT-Tests:

test type (cold start/hot Thermal Nr stove-ID: District start) efficiency Date of test: 1 CZ1633 Kavre-Palanchok cold 27,7% 15.06.2019 2 CZ1633 Kavre-Palanchok hot 22,2% 15.06.2019 3 CZ1635 Kavre-Palanchok cold 24,8% 15.06.2019 4 RE1657 Kavre-Palanchok cold 23,3% 16.06.2019 5 RE1657 Kavre-Palanchok hot 22,1% 16.06.2019 6 RE1661 Kavre-Palanchok hot 25,2% 16.06.2019 7 RE1663 Kavre-Palanchok hot 23,1% 15.06.2019

The mean value of these WBT results is 24.1% with a standard deviation of 2.0%. The standard error of the mean is 0.75%, which leads to a determined relative precision of the efficiency ηnew of 5.6% for 90% confidence interval (see Excel spreadsheet for evaluation). Therefore, the relative precision is without the required 10% interval. All formulas applied to determine the statistical precision are standard formulae from “GUIDELINES FOR SAMPLING AND SURVEYS FOR CDM PROJECT ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMME OF ACTIVITIES Version 0.2.0” (EB 69 Report Annex 5). According to AMS II.G, par.22 “… On the other hand when the project proponent chooses to inspect annually, a 90% confidence interval and a 10% margin of error requirement shall be achieved for the sampled parameters. In cases where survey results indicate that 90/10 precision or 95/5 precision is not achieved, the lower bound of a 90% or 95% confidence interval of the parameter value may be chosen as an alternative to repeating the survey efforts to achieve the 90/10 or 95/5 precision.” As 90/10 precision is reached no deductions to the determined parameter value have to be made.

That means the measured mean value of the ICS efficiency ηnew is above the ex-ante value in the PDD which was set to 20%. A value of 22% for ηnew was filled into the calculation of emission reductions.

D.3.4 Number of employed stove builders enclosing number of employed women

The number of employees who work the project for stove building is directly taken from the project’s database. The database contains all stove builders who are active for the project.

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After the earthquake from beginning of May 2015 altogether 17 promoters were active. Out of them 8 women are amongst the promoters. These women installed 2595 stoves i.e. on average every woman installed more than 320 stoves. The following list shows the active stove builders:

Number of Active in 3rd Name Sex Promoter ID built stoves Period Balram Ghising m WH 85 no Bisnu Maya Tamang f BT 343 yes Dammare Thami m SQ 170 yes Dhawa Tamang m WP 179 yes Dipak Budhathoki m SI 290 yes Durga Shrestha f WM 832 yes Gopal Tamang m WR 200 yes Jiban Tamang m WS 47 yes Kambar Bdr. Karki m WG 61 no Krishna Thokar m IZ 1825 yes Malmali Tamang f WN 263 yes Parbati Shrestha f WO 674 yes Ratna maya Shrestha f BZ 4 no Rekha Tamang f RE 206 yes Serem Lama m RB 131 yes Shanta Tamang f SG 35 yes Shanti Shrestha f CZ 238 yes

During the third monitoring period from 01/05/2018 to 31/07/2019 altogether 14 promoters were active (see list above). Out of them 7 women are amongst the promoters. These women installed 1870 stoves i.e. on average every woman installed more than 250 stoves.

SECTION E. Calculation of SDG outcomes

E.1. Calculation of baseline value or estimation of baseline situation of each SDG outcome >> (Provide details of equations and approaches used to calculate/estimate baseline values.)

SDG 13 indicator:

Equations used for calculation of baseline emissions, in line with the AMS II. G., ver. 3 (see PDD): Baseline emissions are calculated as:

ERy = By * fNRB,y * NCVbiomass * EFprojected_fossilfuel

Where:

ERy Emission reductions during the year y in tCO2e

By Quantity of woody biomass used in the absence of the project activity in tonnes fNRB,y Fraction of woody biomass saved by the project activity in year y that can be established as non-renewable biomass

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NCV biomass Net calorific value of the non-renewable woody biomass that is substituted (IPCC default for wood fuel, 0.015 TJ/tonne) EFprojected_fossilf Emission factor for the substitution of non-renewable woody biomass by uel similar consumers. The substitution fuel likely to be used by similar consumers is taken according to AMS II G., version 3 default value: 81.6 tCO2/TJ

Please see baseline calculations in Excel sheet. The Baseline value per appliance and year is 2.11 tonnes CO2.

SDG 3 indicator: The baseline situation is poor due to use of traditional fireplaces which generate plenty smoke and leads to corresponding health problems. According to the baseline of SDG 13 the baseline are 14.000 traditional fireplaces.

SDG 7 indicator: The baseline situation is poor due to that fact that traditional fireplace have low efficiency. Thus the users need a lot of firewood and they need much time to collect required firewood. If they have to buy firewood they have to spend more money for cooking. According to the baseline of SDG 13 the baseline are 14.000 traditional fireplaces.

SDG 5 indicator: The baseline situation states there are no women who are paid for stove building.

E.2. Calculation of project value or estimation of project situation of each SDG outcome >> (Provide details of equations and approaches used to calculate/estimate project values.)

SDG 13 indicator:

Equations used for calculation of emission reductions, in line with the AMS II. G., ver. 3 (see PDD):

ERy = By,savings * fNRB,y * NCVbiomass * EFfossilfuelprojected_biomass

Where:

ERy Emission reductions during the year y in tCO2e

By,savings Quantity of woody biomass that is saved in tonnes

fNRB,y Fraction of woody biomass saved by the project activity in year y that can be established as non-renewable biomass

NCVbiomass Net calorific value of the non-renewable woody biomass that is substituted (IPCC default for wood fuel, 0.015 TJ/tonne)

EFprojected_fossilfuel Emission factor for the substitution of non-renewable woody biomass by similar consumers. The substitution fuel likely to be used by similar consumers is taken according to AMS II G., version 3 default value: 81.6 tCO2/TJ

Calculation of biomass savings By,savings = By * (1 - ηold / ηnew) * Ly

Where:

By Quantity of woody biomass used in the absence of the project activity in tonnes

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ηold Efficiency of the baseline system/s being replaced, measured using representative sampling methods or based on referenced literature values (fraction), use weighted average values if more than one type of systems are encountered; 0.10 default value may be optionally used if the replaced system is the three stone fire or a conventional system lacking improved combustion air supply mechanism and flue gas ventilation system i.e., without a grate as well as a chimney; for the rest of the systems 0.2 default value may be optionally used ηnew Efficiency of the system being deployed as part of the project activity (fraction)

Ly Leakage factor

Please see emission reductions calculations in Excel sheet: GS1191-VER-Calculations_200131.xlsx

The emission reduction value per appliance and year is 1.09 tonnes CO2. (This value is calculated without using parameters DO and UB.)

The actual reached value is the emission reduction value per appliance and year multiplied with (1-DO) and (1-UB) according to the monitoring results.

SDG 3 indicator: The project has installed improved cook stoves, which have a higher efficiency and a chimney to lead the smoke gases into the environment. The number of installed improved cook is according to the project's calculation for SDG 13 indicator.

SDG 7 indicator: The project has installed improved cook stoves, which have a higher efficiency and a chimney to lead the smoke gases into the environment. The number of installed improved cook is according to the project's calculation for SDG 13 indicator.

SDG 5 indicator: The number of employed women is according to the documentation of the project's database.

E.3. Calculation of net benefits as difference of baseline and project values or direct calculation for each SDG outcome

SDG 13 indicator:

Please see emission reductions calculations in Excel sheet: GS1191-VER-Calculations_200131.xlsx

The baseline emission per appliance and year is 2.11 tonnes CO2. The number of appliances is 14,000. The baseline emissions per year are therefore 29,474 tonnes CO2.

The length of the monitoring period is 15 months. The total baseline emissions during the monitoring period are therefore 36,842 tonnes CO2.

The emission reductions of the project are 6,696 tonnes CO2.

The project emissions are therefore: baseline emissions – project emission reductions = 30,146 tonnes CO2.

The average number of used stoves during the monitoring period is 8,537.

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SDG 3 indicator: The average number of active stoves during the monitoring period is 8,537. At the end of the current monitoring period, 9,460 Stoves were built and active. See Excel sheet: GS1191-VER- Calculations_190928_V2.xlsx

SDG 7 indicator: The average number of active stoves during the monitoring period is 8,537. At the end of the current monitoring period, 9,460 Stoves were built and active See Excel sheet: GS1191-VER- Calculations_190928_V2.xlsx

SDG 5 indicator: According to the documentation of the project's database 7 women were employed during the current monitoring period..

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E.4. Summary of ex-post values of each SDG outcome for the current monitoring period

Item Baseline estimate Project estimate Net benefit

SDG 13 36,842 tonnes CO2 30,146 tonnes CO2 6,696 tonnes CO2

8,537 ICS 8,537 ICS No ICS SDG 3 Improvement for 8,537 Improvement for 8,537 Poor situation families families 8,537 ICS 8,537 ICS No ICS SDG 7 Improvement for 8,537 Improvement for 8,537 Poor situation families families

SDG 5 No women employed 7 women are employed 7 women are employed

The project emissions are: baseline emissions - project emission reductions = 30,146 tonnes CO2

Vintage-wise break-up of emission reductions

Period Baseline estimate Project estimate Net benefit

01/05/2018 to 19,649 tonnes CO 16,497 tonnes CO 3,152 tonnes CO 31/12/2018 2 2 2 01/01/2019 to 17,193 tonnes CO 13,649 tonnes CO 3,544 tonnes CO 31/07/2019 2 2 2

E.5. Comparison of actual value of outcomes with estimates in approved PDD Values estimated in ex ante calculation of Actual values achieved during this Item approved PDD monitoring period Rough value of the planning: SDG 13 6,696 tonnes CO2 about 6,500 tonnes CO2 8,537 ICS SDG 3 Poor Situation for beneficiary families Improvement for 8,537 families 8,537 ICS SDG 7 Poor Situation for beneficiary families Improvement 8,537 for families

SDG 5 No income for unemployed women 7 women with income

E.6. Remarks on difference from estimated value in approved PDD >> There are only slight differences in emissions reductions according to rough planning.

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SECTION F. Stakeholder inputs and legal disputes

F.1. List all inputs/grievances which have been received for the project during the monitoring period together with their respective answers/actions 30.04.2015 Meeting with the Mr. Bel Houses were Stove masters SCN office Resolved: supervisor to find Bdr damaged and and Situation out the condition Tamang no supervisors about stove of the stove possibilities to should scan masters was masters from continue the situation acquired. earthquake building ICS and stay in secure places as possible 16.07.2016 More households Mr. Bel Needs of ICS Submission of SCN office Resolved: were appearing Bdr. again same proposal at Issue was and more Tamang SWC for clarified with demands were and construction of SCN. created ICS after Construction reconstruction of ICS can of houses by be government continued. 16.07.2017 People are using Mr. Bel Start the work Support the SCN office Resolved: ICS in unsafe Bdr. as demand stove masters Stove houses, where Tamang appears. in the area masters house was not Dolakha where they have been collapsed from where houses could be active instructed earth quake (E.g were totally to reconstruct about the Ramechhap and collapsed ICS the ICS. situation. Kavrepalanchowk dissemination districts. started slowly. 31.08.2018 Chimney of the Domi Control the Reconstructed Local Resolved: ICS were not high Sherpa height of the earthquake Supervisor Stove enough Tobias chimney and secure houses masters are Federle find the are not that instructed to solution high which build the ICS limits the according to height of ICS the construction plan and especially build the chimneys with the minimum length. If this is not possible due to the height of the houses chimneys must be built as high as possible.

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Please have a look also into the GS-Stakeholder-Input-Grievance-Book. There are all received inputs/grievances for the project listed. The column “Issues resolved?” contains the current status for each entry.

F.2. List all inputs/grievances from previous monitoring period where follow up action is to be verified in this monitoring period

Please have a look into the GS-Stakeholder-Input-Grievance-Book. There are all received inputs/grievances for the project listed. The column “Issues resolved?” contains the current status for each entry.

There is one Forward Action Request from the verification of the previous monitoring period (Protocol GS 1191_Internal verification protocol_Final_16122015.pdf):

Forward Action Request # 1: The PP shall provide an update on the following comments received in the stakeholder input and grievance book, for which actions are on-going in the next verification request:  Development of a process to provide service to repair broken outlets.  Insect damage of wood due to exclusive use of ICS.  Use of ICS not giving enough heat in the room like traditional stoves, which is a problem in winter season.

No Item Solution 1 Development of a process to provide service The project has changed the construction of outlets. to repair broken outlets. Since about 2 years the project uses built-in outlet which are not that breakable like the former mud outlets that were transported in the field. This item is therefore resolved as within most of the houses ICS are rebuild. 2 Insect damage of wood due to exclusive use There is regular ceremony which takes place once of ICS. or twice yearly. People do offer grain in fire and smoked house to purify it. So villagers are informed that this kind of smoke is enough to protect the wood and prevent insects. 3 Use of ICS not giving enough heat in the People are suggested to use an empty tin can. It is room like traditional stoves, which is a an old oil tin can, which normally every household problem in winter season. has at home. This tin can is put into the second pot hole. During burning of the stove it spreads out heat into the room. But they are asked to be careful for burn accidents.

The stated solutions are acceptable by the project and the beneficiaries. See GS-Stakeholder-Input- Grievance-Book.

F.3. Provide details of any legal contest or dispute that has arisen with the project during the monitoring period

No legal contest or dispute has been arisen with the project during the monitoring period

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Annex 1 Extract of some database entries

IZ 1530 RB 0310 RE 1635 WS 0038 ID 67440 77322 70928 79477 Chulo ID IZ 1530 RB 0310 RE 1635 WS 0038 Report Date 29-Nov-18 30-Jun-19 31-Mrz-19 31-Jul-19 Date of Construction 01-Nov-18 18-Jun-19 11-Mrz-19 27-Jul-19 StoveStatus 1 1 1 1 Constructed by Krishna Thokar Serem Lama Rekha Tamang Jiban Tamang District Dolakha Dolakha Kavre-Palanchok Dolakha VDC Sailungeswor Gauri Sankar Bethanchok Kalinchwok Ga.Pa Ward No or Name 8 4 6 9 Project Climate Protection Climate Protection Climate Protection Climate Protection Narayan Bahadur Owner Name Hari Bahadur Khadka Sangita Basnet Sumitra Thami Gurmachan Owner Address Sailungeswor Gauri Sankar Bethanchok Kalinchwok Ga.Pa Owner Gender m f m f

Owner Age 75 54 30 Telefone 9744027207 9616653810 9807917195 9866251108 Stove type 2 2 2 2 Household members 7 3 6 4 Male hh members 4 1 4 3 Female hh members 3 1 2 1 Literate hh members 0 2 6 0 Household members < 2 0 0 0 15 y Household members < 6 0 1 0 2 y Schooling children 3 0 0 1 Non-schooling children 0 1 0 1 Remarks Household contribution 100 100 100 100 LastChanged 10-Dez-18 09-Jul-19 09-Apr-19 05-Aug-19

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Annex 2 Some examples of pictures and user contracts of installed stoves

Stove IZ1530

Stove RB0310

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Stove RE1635

Stove WS0038

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Annex 3 Questionnaire for monitoring interviews

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