Over the past few years, the Lighting Global program developed and instituted the Battery Durability Storage Test in response to reports of battery failures in the market. As described in…
The Lighting Global Solar Home System Kit Test Methods are intended to assess solar home system (SHS) kits with peak power ratings greater than 10 W and up to 100…
The critical challenge of extending access to electricity and clean cooking fuels to the poor is deservedly taking center stage in this International Year of Sustainable Energy for All, as…
Nearly 400 million Indians do not have access to grid electricity as their main source of lighting. According to the Census of India 2011, 43 percent of rural households still…
This Technical Note covers the accreditation requirements for independent laboratories seeking to submit test results to the Lighting Global Quality Assurance program and for manufacturers who would like to use…
This Technical Note provides a summary of the Lighting Global Quality Assurance (QA) framework, how it relates to the IEC/TS 62257-9-5 document, and additional Technical and Eco Design Notes.
This Technical Note is Part I in a three-part series examining the proper maintenance and use of integration sphere light measurement systems. This first Note is an overview of basic…
This Technical Note is Part II in a three-part series examining the proper maintenance and use of integrating sphere light measurement systems. This second Note covers calibrations and auxiliary measurements…
This document outlines the treatment of products that do not fully meet the Lighting Global Quality Standards due to an easy-to-fix issue that can be addressed without retesting. In cases…
Market Check Testing verifies that the quality and performance of products sold in the market match the levels measured during Lighting Global program entry testing (using the Quality Test Method…
