Goals and Rationale The Quality Testing Methodology (QTM) institutionalized through IEC/TS 62257-9-5 provides valuable third party information on product performance and quality to stakeholders across the value and decision chain…
Manufacturers often offer product models that are essentially variations of an existing product. In such cases, the Lighting Global Quality Assurance Program offers manufacturers the option of using full test…
For the last decade, Pakistan has been in the grip of a severe energy crisis. More than 144 million people across the country do not have reliable access to the…
This Technical Note provides guidance on procuring off-grid lighting humanitarian aid. It presents the relevance of the Lighting Global Quality Standards, key technical considerations, and a step-by-step guide for procurement…
Below are notes from the Lighting Global Quality Assurance webinar hosted on September 17, 2014. The QA team described the plans to cover solar home system kits under the Lighting…
Quality assurance (QA) is a core feature of Lighting Global’s support for the growing off-grid lighting market, and there is a recognized need for reliable information about product quality and…
This webinar describes the stakeholder feedback on the draft Quality Standards for Solar Home System Kits. The comments we received helped us to refine and improve the draft Quality Standards….
As we work to design a quality assurance framework for solar home system kits, the Lighting Global Quality Assurance team has sought to draw from available standards and to learn…
Evan Mills, Ph.D.: A Presentation Lumina Project, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California US Department of Energy, Research sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Global Lighting and Energy…
Beginning in 2010, Lighting Africa began releasing standardized specifications sheets (SSS) based on comprehensive Quality Test Method (QTM) results from tests carried out by third-party laboratories. The SSS program has…
