The Lighting Africa International Business Conference & Trade Fair is Sub-Saharan Africa’s most important conference and trade fair of its kind. Held every two years, the conference aims at promoting the use of affordable and high quality off-grid lighting products and services targeting low-income populations in Sub-Saharan Africa.
ELI is going to start the procedure to amend the ELI Voluntary Technical Specification for Self-Ballasted Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) and the revised version will be expectably taken into effect on June 1st, 2010.
Lighting Africa, a joint World Bank and IFC program, aims to accelerate the development of markets for modern off-grid lighting products in Sub-Saharan Africa where an estimated 10 to 30 percent of household incomes is spent on hazardous and low quality fuel-based lighting products. The goal is to mobilize and provide support to the private sector to supply quality, affordable, safe and clean lighting to consumers across Africa.
Recently Bay Area Compliance Laboratories Corp. (Shenzhen) has been recognized by the ELI Quality Certification Institute to undertake the Self-ballasted Compact Fluorescent Lamps, Double-capped Fluorescent Lamps and Ballasts for Double-capped Fluorescent Lamps testing tasks entrusted by manufacturers or ELI according to ELI Voluntary Technical Specification for Self-ballasted Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs), ELI Voluntary Technical Specification for Double-capped Fluorescent Lamps and ELI Voluntary Technical Specification for Ballasts for Double-capped Fluorescent Lamps. The details of the institute are as bellow:
Recently Intertek Testing Service Hangzhou Ltd has been recognized by the ELI Quality Certification Institute to undertake the CFL testing tasks entrusted by manufacturers or ELI according to ELI Voluntary Technical Specification for Self-ballasted Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs). The details of the institute are as bellow:
Name: Intertek Testing Service Hangzhou Ltd
Address: 16 No.1 Ave., Xiasha Economic Development District, Hangzhou, CHINA
Liaison for ELI Product Testing:
Ms. SHEN Jiangxia
Tel: 86 571 2899 7800-7943
Email:
Based on ELI certification experiences and lessons learned over the last three years, ELI has amended the ELI public documents to make it more applicable and efficient. Meanwhile, the associated documents have been revised accordingly including ELI Certification Protocol, ELI Certification Fee Schedule, etc which are available for download in ELI website. The new revised documents will take effect on 8th August, and all the previous ones will be automatically superseded as of that date.
The Phase-Out 2008 Conference was held at the Sofitel Hyland Hotel, Shanghai, China between May 12-14 May, 2008, with workshops and factory visits between 14-16 May, 2008. More than 100 delegates from over 20 countries attended the conference, coming from a range of lighting companies, industry organisations, government regulators and non-government organisations.
Recently three models produced by Changzhou Redsun Electrical Appliance Manufacture Co., Ltd have been certified by ELI.
The certified models are as below:
11W 3000K 230V 3U E27;
14W 3000K 230V 3U E27;
20W 3000K 230V 4U E27
Recently Guangdong Foshan Supervision Testing Centre of Quality and Metrology Testing Laboratory has been recognized by the ELI Quality Certification Institute to undertake the Self-ballasted Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFs), Double-capped Fluorescent Lamps and Ballasts for Double-capped Fluorescent Lamps testing tasks entrusted by manufacturers or ELI according to ELI Voluntary Technical Specification for Self-ballasted Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs), ELI Voluntary Technical Specification for Double-capped Fluorescent Lamps and ELI Voluntary Technical Specification for Ballasts for Double-capped Fluorescent Lamps.
The Phase-Out 2008, an international forum, will be held May 12-14 in Shanghai, China. It will bring together key stakeholders to exchange information on the phase-out of inefficient lighting initiatives taking place around the globe, consider key challenges to the phase-out and implications for industry, and identify how the move towards efficient lighting can benefit from cooperation at the regional and international level.
Based on ELI certification experiences and lessons learned over the last three years, ELI has amended the ELI public documents to make them more applicable and simple for ELI certification. Documents amended this time include ELI Certification Protocol, Application Forms for Product Certification, ELI Certification Fee Schedule, Control Procedure for ELI Certification Process and ELI Testing Laboratory Management Procedure.
Recently Korea Institute of Lighting Technology ( KILT) has been recognized by the ELI Quality Certification Institute to undertake the CFL testing tasks entrusted by manufacturers or ELI according to ELI Voluntary Technical Specification for Self-ballasted Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs). The details of the institute are as bellow:
Name: Korea Institute of Lighting Technology ( KILT)
Address: Daewoo Technopark A-403,#187-7 Dodang-dong, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon-City, Gyeonggido, 420806, Korea
Liaison for ELI Product Testing:
Mr. Jeong Bae Ko Tel: 82-32-670-8888 email:
Mr. Do-hyeong, Kim Tel: 82-32-670-8889 email:
ELI has changed the office to China National Institute of Standardization since Feb.27th 2008.
the latest contacts are as bellow:
Address: No.4 Zhichun Road Haidian District, Beijing 100088 China
Han Wei : 86 10 58811545 email:
Ma Xiaoti： 86 10 58811548 email:
Fax: 86 10 58811549
MANILA, PHILIPPINES - In a first for Asia, the Philippines plans to phase out inefficient incandescent bulbs in favor of more energy-efficient compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and cut household energy costs.
More than 80 experts and officials from 9 Asian countries and the United States met in Bangkok during 25-26 October 2007 to attend the regional workshop, Confidence in Quality: Eliminating Shoddy CFL Products within ASEAN Countries.
Lighting has a substantial impact on the energy and environment. The global energy consumption for lighting in 2005 is estimated to be 19% of total global electricity use. The total cost of lighting is about US$460 billion per annum or more than 1% of the world’s GDP. Lighting for residential sector accounts for 31% of this huge energy amount. However, the global average luminous efficacy for the residential sector is just 23.7lm/W, which is caused by the extensive use of inefficient incandescent lighting bulbs.
ELI Quality Certification Institute and team were awarded the FY2007 Silver Ryutaro Hashimoto APFED Award for the outstanding efforts in promoting energy efficient lighting products and sustainable lighting technologies world wide. Having been selected for this award, ELI Institute’s leadership, ingenuity, and accomplishments in the area of lighting energy efficiency have been widely recognized by our relevant stakeholders.
The APP Buildings and Appliances Task Force Workshop was held on July 16-17, 2007, in Seoul, Korea. The Partnership is a grouping of six countries — Australia, China, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and the United States of America — cooperating to meet both their increased energy needs and associated challenges, including those related to air pollution, energy security, and greenhouse gas intensities. For more information, please visit http://www.asiapacificpartnership.org/.
Lighting experts and government officials from South Africa (including Vice President of Illumination Engineering Society of South Africa, Project Coordinator of South African Bureau of Standards, General Operational Manager of Central Energy Fund Ltd and Managing director of TRIDONIC) visited the ELI Quality Certification Institute on 11 July, 2007 to discuss cooperation opportunities.
Every four years CIE organizes in one of its member countries a CIE SESSION. Each quadrennial CIE SESSION has, apart from Board meetings, a General Assembly meeting and Technical Division meetings also a World Conference organized by the hosting National Committee of the country where the Session is held.
New initiative launched to improve quality, boost consumer confidence
MANILA, PHILIPPINES (28 JUNE 2007) – A coalition of government, industry, and non-profit organizations will launch a regional program in Asia to address new findings presented at the Asia Clean Energy Forum indicating that poorly manufactured energy-efficient lights could jeopardize efforts to mitigate climate change.
More than 300 delegates (including senior officials, managers, project developers, service providers, and experts from governments, national and multinational banks, universities, international organizations, etc.) were meeting in Manila, Philippines during 26 June to 28 June 2007 to attend the Asia Clean Energy Forum. This forum aims to find ways to scale up the deployment of clean energy across the world’s fastest-growing region.
ELI Voluntary Technical Specification for Ballasts for Double-capped Fluorescent Lamps is a high performance specification for developing and transition economies, which becomes valid on 1st February 2007. Ballasts covered by this specification are of magnetic or electronic type, that are used with double-capped fluorescent lamps having preheated cathodes with a rated lamp power from 14W to 80W, for 50Hz, 60Hz or high frequency alternating power supply.
This specification is a high performance specification in developing and transition economies, which becomes valid on August 1, 2006.
The specification is applicable to double-capped fluorescent lamps with a rated power between 14W and 65W. The lamps may have preheated cathodes and be designed for operation on AC mains frequencies with the use of a starter, or they may be of the type designed for operation at high frequency.
Manufacturers interested in applying ELI Certification for Double-capped FLs can download application forms from this website or contact the ELI Quality Certification Institute for more information by email
or fax to +86 10 58811549. ELI Voluntary Technical Specification for Double-capped Fluorescent Lamps
ELI certification program for double-capped fluorescent lamps is formally launched by ELI Quality Certification Institute (ELI Institute) on 1 August, 2006. Interested applicants including manufacturers and distributors may apply for ELI certification to the ELI Institute. The relevant public documents for ELI--double-capped fluorescent lamps certification are available for online review and download at the ELI website, such as ELI Voluntary Technical Specification-Double-capped Fluorescent Lamps and Product Application Form-Double-capped Fluorescent Lamps.
The ELI Institute offers a free-of-charge period for double-capped fluorescent lamps certification from August 1 to October 31, 2006.
Ms. HAN Wei, ELI Executive Manager, and Ms. ZHAO Yanbing, ELI Outreach Manager attended the Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition+ Electrical Building Technology China 2006, Asia's biggest and most important events for lighting，June 8th-10th. Over 40,000 visitors and thousands of exhibitors converged upon the fair.
ELI focused on the technology and market trend of lighting product in the fair. We discussed LED lighting, public lighting and other products which ELI are interested in, with well-known lighting experts during the Lighting Technology Symposium held paralleling the fair, and obtained the useful information for developing ELI technical specification for new products.
In
2004, the China Standard Certification Center (CSC) established the ELI Quality
Certfication Institute as a non-profit organization to operate the global certification
and labeling program for energy-efficient lighting. The initial operation of the
Institute is supported by the International Finance Corporation and the Global
Environment Facility.
South Africa's Massive CFL Giveaway
The South African utility Eskom is planning to give away more than 7 million CFLs to deal with a power shortage and rolling black-outs. Eskom initially procured 300,000 CFLs for "free" distribution in the Alexandria-area, just north of Johannesburg. This was a pilot-project to test the feasibility of free give-aways, cost-of-distribution, actual load reductions, etc. The results were positive, which in turn prompted Eskom to procure for a further 2.7 million CFLs for distribution to various low-cost housing areas in South Africa. These areas were identified by the Network Planning Department as areas with existing or impending capacity problems,
ELI Certification Fees Schedule
The Fees Schedule outlines expenses charged by the ELI in processing ELI certifications and issueing the certificates. The Fees Schedule has become effective on March 1, 2006. However, the ELI Institute offers initial product certification and other services related to issuance of the ELI Certificate free-of-charge from March 1 to August 31, 2006. Click
following hyperlinks toview ordownload the Fees Schedule in PDF.
Voluntary Technical Specification for Self-Ballasted Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) for Download
This specification applies exclusively to self-ballasted compact fluorescent lamps-with or without a cover, and without any reflector element. These lamps have an integrated means for controlling starting and stable operation intended for general lighting purposes. The specification becomes valid on March 1st, 2006.
What is ELI? ELI is the Efficient Lighting Initiative, an international program for certifying the quality and efficiency of lighting products. It is operated by a non-profit organization, the ELI Quality Certification Institute, for the benefit of end users, policymakers, and lighting suppliers worldwide.
Lighting Africa - Outstanding Products Awards 2010
Lighting Africa, a joint World Bank and IFC program, aims to accelerate the development of markets for modern off-grid lighting products in Sub-Saharan Africa where an estimated 10 to 30 percent of household incomes is spent on hazardous and low quality fuel-based lighting products. The goal is to mobilize and provide support to the private sector to supply quality, affordable, safe and clean lighting to consumers across Africa.
Energy-Efficient Lighting in Latin America: discussing strategies
I Workshop Energy-Efficient Lighting in Latin America: discussing a roadmap
The Workshop Energy-Efficient Lighting in Latin America: discussing strategies took place during November 27 – 28, 2006. It was the first one held in Latin America as part of the activities of the Efficient Lighting Initiative – ELI. Various energy specialists were invited from a diverse set of decision-making bodies, such as from governmental sectors, representatives from research centers, universities and companies based in Latin America.
Launching of ELI Voluntary Technical Specification for Ballasts for Double-capped FLs
ELI Voluntary Technical Specification for Ballasts for Double-capped Fluorescent Lamps is a high performance specification for developing and transition economies, which becomes valid on 1st February 2007. Ballasts covered by this specification are of magnetic or electronic type, that are used with double-capped fluorescent lamps having preheated cathodes with a rated lamp power from 14W to 80W, for 50Hz, 60Hz or high frequency alternating power supply.
ELI Voluntary Technical Specification for Double-capped Fluorescent Lamps Available for Download
This specification is a high performance specification in developing and transition economies, which becomes valid on August 1, 2006.
The specification is applicable to double-capped fluorescent lamps with a rated power between 14W and 65W. The lamps may have preheated cathodes and be designed for operation on AC mains frequencies with the use of a starter, or they may be of the type designed for operation at high frequency.
Manufacturers interested in applying ELI Certification for Double-capped FLs can download application forms from this website or contact the ELI Quality Certification Institute for more information by email
or fax to +86 10 58811549. ELI Voluntary Technical Specification for Double-capped Fluorescent Lamps
In
2004, the China Standard Certification Center (CSC) established the ELI Quality
Certfication Institute as a non-profit organization to operate the global certification
and labeling program for energy-efficient lighting. The initial operation of the
Institute is supported by the International Finance Corporation and the Global
Environment Facility.