Lighting Global Quality Assurance Update 2012
…the QA framework with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC); the process is likely to be completed this year. This document is a summary of the changes that were suggested and…
Lighting Africa: time to build on success
Technology moves fast. But often the impetus to make it work for social ends lags behind. In an attempt to relate how far technology can come in a short time,…
Lighting Africaβs Consumer Education Campaign wins Kenyan Marketing Award
…its efforts to catalyze markets for modern off-grid lighting products intended to replace the hazardous, polluting kerosene as a lighting source in Kenya. Kerosene is the single most important lighting…
Policy for Renewing Test Results
…procured samples can be used to confirm the original results. If the product was modified since it was last tested, then new QTM testing is required for the changed aspects,…
Panasonic releases portable solar lantern
…charge mobile phones. Announced last October, the Panasonic Solar Lanternhas already won awards from the International Association for Universal Design (IAUD) and the Japan Institute of Design Promotion for its…
Azuri Technologies recognized for global sustainability role
…contribute towards a sustainable future. Azuri was granted use of “Nobel Sustainability supported Clean Tech Company 2012” in its marketing and communication materials. The company was recognized for its Indigo…
Second Round of the Power Africa Off-Grid Energy Grant Challenge Opens
…quoted in the media as having said: “Access to electricity is fundamental to opportunity in this age. It’s the light that children study by, the energy that allows an idea…
Quality Assurance Update: Revised Standards
…IEC. The document is currently undergoing review through the IEC process, and we anticipate that it will be adopted and published in the first half of 2018. It specifies test…
Quality Assurance Policy for PAYG Systems
…systems and pico-solar products allow consumers to pay for a product in small increments over time, often through the use of mobile-money or local village entrepreneurs.These innovative payment systems are…
d.light Wins $1.5m Zayed Future Energy Prize
…established in 2008, is given by the government of Abu Dhabi in honor of the environmental conservation legacy of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi’s late ruler and…