Portable Solar Lamp Passes Quality Tests
An award-winning portable solar lamp, the SUNLITE JS30-MOB, has been successfully tested and meets the rigorous Lighting Global Minimum Quality Standards. The lamp is the product of a socially driven…
Minor updates to the Quality Standards
The Lighting Global Quality Assurance team has made some additional updates to the Quality Standards. These updates do not represent a change in Lighting Global practices, but are only meant…
Portable Solar Lamp Passes Quality Tests
An award-winning portable solar lamp, the SUNLITE JS30-MOB, has been successfully tested and meets the rigorous Lighting Global Quality Standards. The lamp is the product of a socially driven manufacturer,…
More products pass quality tests expanding consumer choice
Six products have passed both Lighting Africa Minimum Quality Standards and the Recommended Performance Targets in recent months providing consumers with more choice in the rapidly growing off-grid lighting market…
Practitioner Network & IFC webinar, “Towards Energy Access in India: The Role of End-user Engagement around Quality Lighting Solutions”, 29 March 2016
…Energy Access Practitioner Network and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), is hosting a no-cost webinar on the recent developments in scaling energy access in rural India, focusing specifically on the…
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…
In the News: Lighting Global and Quality Assurance Program Covered in the New Yorker Magazine
…at length, including references to Lighting Global and the importance of the Quality Assurance Program to the growth of the market. Click here to learn more. Source: The New Yorker…
Technical Guide: PAYGo PERFORM Financial, Operational, and Portfolio Quality KPIs for the PAYGo solar industry
…meet the needs of companies and funders (donors and investors). The intention is to define a set of simple yet adequate measures that collectively allow a clear and distinct profile…
太阳能家用系统质量标准 (Solar Home System Kit Quality Standards)
本文件描述了家用太阳能系统的质量标准。该质量标准设定了产品质量、耐用性和广告真实性的基准要求，以保护消费者权益。该质量标准覆盖的太阳能系统必须最大功率不超过350W, 直流电压不超过35V。[注：功率小于10W的产品应根据微型太阳能产品质量标准来评估。 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家用太阳能系统质量测试方法(QTM)对产品进行测试。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: 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。…
Stakeholder Feedback on the Integration of the Quality Assurance Frameworks for Pico-solar Products and SHS Kits
…feedback we have received and the experience we have gained from conducting pilot and validation testing on a range of both pico-products and SHS kits, we are nearly ready to…