Quality Standards Updates
The Lighting Global Quality Assurance team has made some minor, clarifying updates to the Quality Standards. The revised version of the Standards is available here and the updates are described…
Availability of Solar Lights Increases in Rural Kenya
…grid. The program is working at creating vibrant markets for clean solar lights to replace the widely usedpolluting and hazardous kerosene lamps. Lighting Africa implements a quality assurance framework for…
Webinar Slides, Pre-read and Notes on Submission of Quality Standards to the IEC: 15 February 2018
Based on feedback from stakeholders, GOGLA, and governments, we have decided to move forward with submitting the Quality Standards for pico-products and the Quality Standards for SHS Kits to the…
Co-Branding Policy
It is common for off-grid lighting manufacturers to offer the same product branded by different companies. Recognizing this fact, Lighting Global does not require completely independent testing of the same…
Procurement of Stand-alone Solar Kits for Humanitarian Aid
This Technical Note provides guidance on procuring pico-solar and solar home system (SHS) kits for humanitarian aid. It presents the relevance of the Lighting Global Quality Standards, key procurement considerations,…
Revising Standards in line with Technology Developments, Consumer Expectations
…Recommended Performance Targets for off-grid lights, and their implications for manufacturers and consumers, click here. The Lighting Global quality assurance framework has been adopted as an IEC technical specification IEC/TS…
Call for Comments on Proposal to Submit the Quality Standards to the IEC
…involves some drawbacks and risks. This memo outlines the pros and cons of making such a transition and includes a request for feedback no later than Friday, June 30, 2017….
New Standardized Specification Sheets for Quality-Verified Products
…that begin testing after December 1, 2018. Existing Spec Sheets, and Spec Sheets for those products tested to the previous test methods (ed. 3), will only be updated following renewal…
Lighting Global Associate Services Offering
Lighting Global is the World Bank Group’s initiative to rapidly increase access to off-grid solar energy for the 840 million living without grid electricity around the world. Lighting Global works…
Testing Process
…the Lighting Global Quality Assurance Program (QAP), must sign an Independent Testing Agreement with CLASP. NOTE: In June 2018 the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) published a new edition of the…