Improving Quality of Off-Grid Products: Building Lab Capacity and Providing Training Infrastructure
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 ...Read More
Framework for Testing Product Component Families
Recently, Lighting Global has observed an increasing trend in manufacturers selling “product families”—a set of interchangeable components sold on a component-level basis or as “mix-and-match” kits. A benefit of selling ...Read More
Communications and Branding Guidelines
This Information Sheet describes how partner organizations, Associate companies and contractors can present and refer to the World Bank Group’s lighting programs in their marketing communications tools and materials including ...Read More
Performance of Off-grid Lighting Products Deployed in Health Centers in Nigeria
This report details the feedback on the performance of off-grid lighting products deployed in 36 Health Centers in Nigeria through a pilot Lighting Africa project. The project aimed to change ...Read More
Africa Energy Outlook – A focus on Energy Prospects in Sub-Saharan Africa
This presentation looks at the energy prospects in Sub-Saharan Africa. It concludes that energy is a cornerstone of strategies for poverty reduction and economic growth. It finds that improvements in ...Read More
Quality Assurance for Off-Grid Lighting Expansion to Cover Solar Home System Kits Webinar Slides: 17 September 2014
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.
Draft Minimum Quality Standards for Solar Home System Kits Webinar Notes: 17 September 2014
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 ...Read More
Radio Spot: Overview of Solar Lighting Products & How to Use Them
This audio recording was developed by the Lighting Africa program as a public service announcement. It introduces listeners to solar products and how to use them. If you are interested ...Read More
Stakeholder Feedback on Draft Minimum Quality Standards for Solar Home System Kits
Thank you all for providing feedback on the draft Quality Standards for Solar Home System Kits. We received multiple comments from 20 different stakeholder organizations with a wide variety of ...Read More
Un guide du modèle Luminothèque
Ce rapport résume le projet Luminothèque au Sénégal. La Luminothèque est un nouveau modèle d’approche composé de lampes solaires pico données à des écoles dans les zones rurales sénégalaises pour ...Read More