Songa Mbele na Solar: Campaign for Market Development and Behaviour Change
The article, featured in MSK, is about the Lighting Africa consumer education campaign “Songa Mbele na Solar” (Get Ahead with Solar) and the Best Experiential Marketing Campaign Award that it ...Read More
Lighting Africa Newsletter, July 2012
This issue highlights program news and updates, including articles about training technicians, solar lighting in rural Ghana, consumers wanting more from off-grid lighting in Kenya, and clean lighting initiatives contributing ...Read More
La Lettre d’Information de Lighting Africa, juillet 2012
Ce numéro comprend des articles sur la formation des techniciens des produits d’éclairage solaire au Kenya et au Ghana, les consommateurs kenyans qui veulent plus de produits d’éclairage solaire, et ...Read More
Lithium-ion Battery Overview
This Technical Note compares several existing and emerging lithium-ion battery technologies and provides an overview of the safety issues involved in designing products with lithium-ion batteries.
Shipping and Storage of Sealed Lead-Acid Batteries
This Technical Note describes ways that sealed lead-acid (SLA) batteries can fail during storage and shipping and suggests steps that manufacturers can take to prevent damage to their SLA products ...Read More
Lighting Africa Newsletter, May 2012
This issue includes articles about the high cost of kerosene in Africa’s rural areas, quality assurance framework for off-grid lighting going global, Lighting Africa meeting its 2012 target of 2.5 ...Read More
Lighting Africa Results Fact Sheet – May 2012
The document summarizes Lighting Africa program results as of May 2012. It highlights that 2.5 million people across Africa had better access to energy thanks to using solar lanterns, half ...Read More
The True Cost of Kerosene in Rural Africa
This study documents the price of kerosene in rural areas of five African countries: Senegal, Mali, Ghana, Tanzania and Kenya. The goal is to document the cost of kerosene for ...Read More
Product Lifecycle Management Options (Talent with Energy)
Bryan King, Attilo Pigneri
Lumen Maintenance Testing of Off‐grid Lighting Products
This Technical Note covers methods for measuring lumen maintenance of LED-based off-grid lighting products, focusing on low-cost methods to evaluate a product’s ability to provide long-term lighting service.