1. Measuring beyond
carbon impacts
Gold Standard
Conference
14 April 2016

3. Hivos Open & Green
Hivos works towards an open society
with freedom, diversity and equal
opportunities for all. We offer a platform
for every person and every opinion,
and ensure that power can be
challenged and redefined.
Hivos works towards a green society
that has no expiry date. A society
powered by renewable energy, where
everyone has sufficient, nutritious and
affordable food.
.

4. Measuring emission
reductions Hivos biogas
Gold Standard
Conference
14 April 2016
Carbon finance to support projects for development
& climate change mitigation & adaptation
Flagship: Domestic biogas (multiple benefits)
 Registered Gold Standard: Cambodia, Indonesia,
East Africa, Nicaragua
 Cambodia 24,000 hh 2011-2015: 5 issuances
carbon credits (335,000 VER)
 Indonesia 17,000 hh 2013-2015: 2 issuances
carbon credits (85,000 VER)

5. Measuring beyond
carbon impacts
Gold Standard
Conference
14 April 2016
Six domains:
 Income & Assets
 Time
 Education &
knowledge
 Leadership
 Food security
 Health
W+ Standard
Indonesia Domestic Biogas Project

6. Measuring beyond
carbon impacts
Gold Standard
Conference
14 April 2016
2) PDD 2 provinces of 9
3) Monitoring Report
4,452 women
(households)
- 2,005,245 units
4) Social Audit Report
W+ Standard
1) PIN -> Time Savings (start)
Recommendations for empowerment
actions (income & assets, leadership)

7. Biogas and
Clean Cooking
Conference
Session: Biodigesters
and Clean cooking
5-7 April
Addis Ababa
By Eric Buysman

8. Tools and pollutants
EL-CO UCB-PATS Exposure measurement Kitchen measurement
Ambient air
measurement
CO and PM2.5 48 hour measurement for PE, KAP and Ambient air

9. Kitchen Air Pollution (KAP)
0
50
100
150
200
250
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50
100
150
200
250
AAP AAP Berkely avg KAP HIVOS KAP Berkeley KAP ACE
μg/m3
KAP PM 2.5 (HIVOS and Berkeley study)
Baseline Project Interium target AQG
Berkeley AAP is the average of an urban and isolated
rural value. No AAP value of the biogas village was
recorded

10. Personal Exposure (PE) to PM2.5
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
AAP Hivos AAP Berkeley AVG PE HIVOS PE Berkeley PE ACE
μg/m3
Exposure to PM 2.5 (HIVOS and Berkeley study)
Baseline Project Interium target AQG
Berkeley AAP is the average of an urban and isolated
rural value. No AAP value of the biogas village was
recorded

11. Health benefits
• Household Air Pollution Intervention Tool
HAPIT 2.0, based on GBD 2010 data (but with calculations
with 10 years time span, method approved by HAPIT staff)
Usage data from VGS project (n=315 hh)
Scenario Digesters Usage rate Averted deaths aDALY
Realized
2006-2014
22,117 88% 29.5 1,442
Projection
2014-2020
37,117 82% 21 1,077
sum 52 2,519

12. Thank you!
Harry Clemens
hclemens@hivos.org
www.hivoscarboncredits.org
Improve lives with healthy kitchens and green fields!