LED Lights and Eye Safety
…risk to adults or children who use them? Can reading in the dim light provided by some LED lights be harmful for children doing homework? Does the bluish light provided…
ASSOCIATE SPOTLIGHT | Chinese Company Shenzhen LEMI Breaks Into New Markets
By Mei Wan Lighting Global Communications Ethiopia – two young students studying under the light of Lemi off-grid solar home system. Photo credit: LEMI In the Lighting Global Off-Grid…
Lighting Africa Featured in Fast Company Magazine
…portable devices falling, a market probablywould have developed on its own. Eventually. “The question is how long it would take — and how many setbacks there would be,” says Dana…
New report: African Women Stand to Gain from Modern Off-Grid Lighting
…Africa consumer studies focused on Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia. Lighting Africa partnered with IFC’s Women in Business (WIN) program to author the report. For more information, visit www.ifc.org/gender…
Solar behavior change campaign underway
…reach every person in the world who has no access to electricity,†says Chocolate Moose on the crowdfunding platform Indiegogo. To support and be part of this campaign, visit www.solarcampaign.org…
African Lighting Market Records Explosive Growth, IFC/World Bank Study
…250 million people by 2030. Lighting Africa is part of the global Solar and LED Energy Access program, an initiative of the Clean Energy Ministerial. For more information, visit www.lightingafrica.org….
微型太阳能产品质量标准 (Pico-PV Quality Standards)
点亮全球项目使用产品质量标准来保护消费者权益。产品质量标准针对离网照明产品设定了产品质量、耐用性和广告真实性的基准要求。该质量标准适用于最大功率10W的产品。[注：功率大于10W但不超过350W的产品应根据太阳能家用系统质量标准来评估。如果功率介于11-15W的产品因其他项目规定，而需要依照微型太阳能产品质量标准进行测试，每项测试将多使用两个样本进行评估，并且产品需要同时符合太阳能系统以及微型太阳能产品质量标准。] 产品是否符合质量标准是根据实验室检测结果来判定的。实验室采用点亮全球产品质量测试方法(QTM)对产品进行测试。该测试方法来自于国际电工委员会IEC最新版本的技术标准（Technical Specification）62257-9-5。符合质量标准的产品将得到标准产品规格表(Specifications Sheet)和证书(Verification Letter)，并会被发布在点亮全球的网站上: www.lightingglobal.org/products. 最新版本的质量标准可以从下面的链接下载。质量标准已经翻译成中文，但如果中文版本和英文版本有理解或释义上的出入，以英文版本为准。…
In the News: In Kenya, A Solar Program Puts “Last-Mile” Consumers First
…Lighting Global quality-verified solar lighting products have been sold. More than 130 million people have benefited from using Lighting Global quality-verified solar lighting products. To read more, visit www.lightingafrica.org. Source:…
PRESS RELEASE | New Reporting Standards Could Energize the Off-Grid Solar Industry
…more, visit www.findevgateway.org/paygo-perform-kpis. CGAP is a global partnership of more than 30 leading development organizations that works to advance the lives of poor people, especially women, through financial inclusion. Using…
Renewable Energy Access Challenge (REACH) Partnership
…required in market activation, underscored by the collective progress we’ve made over the last decade. These skills include: Market Intelligence Capacity building – including technical assistance – of all stakeholders…