Minor Updates to the Quality Standards
…test is described in T.6 of the Lighting Global Solar Home System Kit Quality Assurance Protocols and will be outlined in Annex J of an upcoming revision to IEC/TS 62257-9-5….
More products pass quality tests expanding consumer choice
…Shanghai Roy. Shanghai Roy debuts with a Solar Lighting Kit comprising a solar lamp, panel and battery pack with mobile charging capability. Global Telelinks products are the portable Arundhati Home…
Five new products pass Lighting Africa quality standards
In the past two months, five new products have passed Lighting Africa Minimum Quality Standards and been issued Standardized Specifications Sheets (SSS). You can find out more about the products…
Lighting Global to Submit Quality Standards to IEC this Month
…on the proposal and agreed last week that it is in the industry’s interest for the IEC to adopt pico-PV and SHS kit standards. Also this week, the national committee…
Framework for Testing Product Component Families
Recently, Lighting Global has observed an increasing trend in manufacturers selling “product families”—a set of interchangeable components sold on a component-level basis or as “mix-and-match” kits. A benefit of selling…
Fragile and Conflict States
…Ebola Response Teams and local health care facilities in Liberia to include in Ebola prevention kits, Providing market intelligence on energy consumption patterns and expenditures targeting the most vulnerable segments…
Blog | Lighting Nigeria:Tackling Energy Poverty Despite Covid-19
…is listed as UN Sustainable Development Goal Number 7. It is, therefore, not surprising that development agencies have made energy access a front-burner issue. Lighting Africa studies indicate that low-income…
Quality Assurance
…products, and adopt harmonized policies, Lighting Global Quality Assurance instilled confidence in what was once a nascent and unproven industry. Under its quality assurance program, Lighting Global developed the first…
Change Log for Quality Standards
…to 350 W in place of the Lighting Global Quality Standards once this new IEC document is published, likely in late 2020. The document would thus replace both the Pico-PV…
Lighting Africa/Nigeria: Tackling Energy Poverty At Its Source
…Number 7. It is, therefore, not surprising that development agencies have made energy access a front-burner issue. Lighting Africa studies indicate that low-income households in Africa spend up to $17…