…safe, clean and affordable lighting for all.” d.light is an Lighting Africa Associate. Go to d.light’s website: https://www.dlightdesign.com/home_global.php Learn more about past Shriver Award Recipients: https://www.peacecorpsconnect.org/about/awards/the-sargent-shriver-award/ Story adapted from: https://www.peacecorpsconnect.org/2011/10/social-entrepreneur-sam-goldman-wins-the-shriver-award/…
…Purchase Agreement (ERPA) with DBE to deliver additional funding to the project through the purchase of greenhouse gas emission reductions. The funding will address concerns over insufficient warranties and battery…
…Lighting Global Quality Standards. Lighting Global does not sell products directly; instead, we guide and facilitate sales. Lighting Global provides broad support to the market through the internationally-recognized quality assurance…
Access to finance is arguably the most significant challenge to the off-grid solar sector; importers, retailers, and distributors all need significant working capital to be able purchase and import inventory…
…requires that solar lighting products meet this specification in order to qualify for carbon financing (CDM). African governments, including Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia, have adopted or are adopting national standards…
…Buyers, governments, and institutions around the world have used our standards to protect consumers and effectively regulate the marketplace. More than 20 national governments have adopted standards based on those…
In Pakistan, 144 million people, out of a total of 197 million, are deprived of an adequate supply of electricity. About 69 million rural Pakistanis are not connected to the…
…and cleaner lighting products. In addition, Lighting Afghanistan aims to enable 300,000 Afghanis to have access to modern energy services for lighting and associated services. In order to help build…
…quick screening that will be able to determine market good quality products. In the past five years, substandard solar lanterns have infiltrated the market, eroding consumer confidence in solar lighting…
…quick screening that will be able to determine market good quality products. In the past five years, substandard solar lanterns have infiltrated the market, eroding consumer confidence in solar lighting…
