Product Repair Part II: Manufacturer Best Practices
This new Eco Design Note continues a discussion about product repair, focusing on steps that manufacturers can take to enable and encourage the repair of their products. The Note identifies ...Read More
Poster: Portable solar lamps, the light solution for all
This poster showing different types of solar lamps and their benefits was part of a consumer education campaign in Senegal.
Case Study: Women Entrepreneurs Light the Way for Solar Products in India
Building markets for solar lighting, particularly among a widely distributed, low-income customer base, requires technical and business-model innovation. IFC’s Lighting Asia/India program accomplished both by partnering with solar distributors in ...Read More
Renewable Energy Product Repair Part I: Overview
This Eco Design Note examines the issue of product repair and highlights challenges and opportunities that exist in the formation of a viable repair market for renewable energy products. Potential ...Read More
Webinar Slides Upcoming Changes to Lighting Global Quality Assurance Framework and QA Expansion to SHS Kits: 15 November 2016
This webinar covered upcoming changes to Lighting Global Quality Assurance framework, particularly regarding the integration of the test methods for pico-products and SHS kits into a single quality assurance framework ...Read More
Webinar Chat Log with questions on upcoming changes to QA Framework: 15 November 2016
We are now working to integrate the test methods for pico-products and SHS kits into a single quality assurance framework that covers products with PV power up to 350 W. ...Read More
Stakeholder Feedback on the Integration of the Quality Assurance Frameworks for Pico-solar Products and SHS Kits
We thank everyone who provided feedback on the proposal to integrate the QA frameworks for pico-solar products and solar home system (SHS) kits in June of 2016. Based on the ...Read More
Global Off-Grid Solar Market Report Jan to Jun 2016
Lighting Global, the World Bank Group’s platform to support sustainable growth of the international off-grid solar market, and GOGLA, the Global Off-Grid Lighting Association, launched the latest Global Off-Grid Solar Semi-Annual Market ...Read More
Investment and Finance Study for Off-grid Lighting
This study reviews the market for solar off0grid lighting products and concludes that improved financing can promote the industry growth. The market consists of about 1.3 to 1.4 billion people ...Read More
Life-Cycle Energy Benefits from Off-Grid Lighting
Peter Alstone and Patricia Lai presentation made at the Sustainability Session of the 3rd International Off-Grid Lighting Conference and Trade Fair, November 12, 2012. Addresses the question: “Does off-grid lighting ...Read More