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Electronics
In off- or weak-grid communities, televisions are the second most desired off-grid appliance, according to a recent Global LEAP survey. They can have significant social and economic impacts, particularly for women and children.
28 Aug 2018
Renewable Energy Systems
CLASP was featured in a Chronicle of Philanthropy article that discusses the relationship between philanthropy and non-profits -- the complexities, challenges, and the potential.
20 Aug 2018
Lighting
The University of Nairobi Lighting Laboratory (UoN-LL) is now the first lab in Africa—and one of only five worldwide—to receive ISO accreditation for quality testing for pico-PV products up to 10 watts.
29 May 2018
The Efficiency for Access coalition is scaling up and bringing together a range of programmes and support mechanisms to accelerate energy efficiency in clean energy access efforts, driving markets for super-efficient technologies, supporting innovation, and improving sector coordination.
22 Jan 2018
Building on and inspired by, the Indian Government’s ambitious goal to deploy 800 million of high quality, high efficiency lights through the UJALA program, the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) launched the Global Lighting Challenge (GLC) in May 2015 at CEM6.
23 May 2017
With CLASP support, India’s Bureau of Energy Efficiency developed the world’s first standards for LEDs in 2012 and LED street lights in 2016, and developed S&L for LEDs in 2016.
30 Nov 2016
The European Commission adopted an ambitious Circular Economy Policy Package in 2015 – a legislative system that applies nature’s intrinsic “circle of life” concept to consumer products and appliances to promote and advance more resource-efficient, sustainable product policies.
27 Oct 2016
Leveraging the success of the inaugural competition, CLASP and partners announced several new developments for the Global LEAP Awards.
27 Aug 2015
Leading companies in the solar home system (SHS) and off-grid appliance markets recently gathered in Dhaka, Bangladesh, for an off-grid appliance industry networking event hosted by the Global Lighting and Energy Access Partnership (Global LEAP), an initiative of the Clean Energy Ministerial.
26 Aug 2015
CLASP’s Clean Energy Access program focuses on leveraging energy efficiency to improve and accelerate the affordability, and social and environmental benefits, of access to clean energy throughout the developing world.
15 Aug 2015
On May 12, winners were named for the inaugural Global LEAP Outstanding Off-Grid Appliance Awards competition, a Clean Energy Ministerial initiative to identify and promote the world's best, most energy-efficient off-grid color televisions and LED room lighting appliances.
12 May 2014
This study reviews various definitions of “smartness” and smart appliance standardisation progress in various countries, as well as identifies policy opportunities, potential challenges, and strategic possibilities for accelerated market introduction and adoption.
10 Mar 2014
The United Nations' Sustainable Energy for All campaign, the International Finance Corporation's Lighting Global program, and the Clean Energy Ministerial's Global LEAP Awards are coordinating to support global markets for quality-assured, energy-efficient energy access products. These efforts are priming opportunities to manufacturers and distributors, and transforming the lives of people throughout the developing world.
21 Feb 2014
The Global LEAP Awards’ first round of competition identified energy-efficient, high quality off-grid LED room lighting appliances and flat-panel color televisions. Nominations for the LED room lighting appliance awards closed on October 11, 2013.
10 Sep 2013
CLASP initiated the coordination of a new global program in support of the Global Lighting and Energy Access Partnership (Global LEAP), a Clean Energy Ministerial initiative with a mission to drive and support sustainable commercial markets that increase modern energy access worldwide. The first round of the Global LEAP awards will focus on off-grid LED lighting applications. The second round will focus on off-grid flat panel televisions.
20 Nov 2012
SEAD has undertaken several market transformation initiatives to recognize most efficient products and the development of procurement tools to help procurement officials make more sustainable procurement decisions. Through these activities, SEAD member governments have been "pulling" the global market towards more efficient products.
21 May 2012
This report, the first in a series, provides an analytical framework to evaluate proposed policies in terms of their economic benefits and effectiveness in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
06 Dec 2011
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