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Net Zero Heroes: Scaling Efficient Appliances for Climate Change Mitigation, Adaptation & Resilience

In this report, CLASP describes the critical role appliances must play in reaching net zero emissions and enabling a just energy transition.

Appliance Impacts Over Time

This longitudinal study explores how customers’ relationship with their off-grid appliances changes over time. The study captured critical indicators through phone interviews with over 4000 off-grid TV, solar water pump, and refrigerator customers to track product quality, durability, satisfaction, impact, and uptake.

Development of Efficiency Policy for Ultra High Definition Televisions in India

The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) and CLASP worked with Environmental Design Solutions (EDS) to make a comprehensive assessment of the Indian UHD television market through primary and secondary research to formulate a comparative energy efficiency labeling standard for UHD televisions.

Quality Assurance for Off-Grid TVs and Fans: Lessons Learned and Paths Forward

The learning paper documents key learnings from testing and evaluating off-grid TVs and fans and provide recommendations for future quality assurance efforts.

Use and Impact of Solar TVs

From 2018-2019, Efficiency for Access partnered with 60 Decibels to survey Global LEAP results-based financing customers in East Africa about their experiences with solar TVs. This analysis provides valuable insights into customers’ demographics, usage, and challenges with solar TVs.

Global LEAP Awards 2017 Buyer’s Guide for Off-Grid Fans & Televisions

The Global LEAP Awards Buyer’s Guide is a catalog of the world’s best off-grid appliances. The 2017 edition contains information about off-grid fans and televisions that were named Winners and Finalists in the 2016-17 Global LEAP Awards.

Closing the ‘Reality Gap’ – Ensuring a Fair Energy Label for Consumers

Global LEAP Awards 2016 Buyer’s Guide for Outstanding Off-Grid Fans and Televisions

The Global LEAP Awards Buyer’s Guide is a catalog of the world’s best off-grid appliances. The 2016 edition contains information about off-grid fans and televisions that were named Winners and Finalists in the 2015-16 Global LEAP Awards.

Update to the Ecodesign Requirements for Televisions – Analysis of the European Market

2016-17 Global LEAP Awards Off-Grid Television Competition Fact Sheet

2016-17 Global LEAP Awards Off-Grid Television Competition Overview

2016-17 Global LEAP Awards Off-Grid Television Competition Official Rules

The State of the Global Off-Grid Appliance Market – Executive Summary

This four-page document summarizes the findings from The State of the Global Off-Grid Appliance Market 2016 report on three of the most promising off-grid appliances - fans, televisions, and refrigerators.

2015-16 Global LEAP Awards Off-Grid Television Competition Official Rules

2015-2016 Global LEAP Awards Off-Grid Television Competition Overview

2015-16 Global LEAP Awards Off-Grid Television Competition Fact Sheet

New Study Considers the Harmonization Potential of TV Efficiency Policies and Test Methods in SEAD and APEC Economies

APEC-CAST: Internationally Aligned Test Methods and Performance Requirements for TVs