The IFC/GEF Efficient Lighting Initiative (ELI)
2003 FAQ update

What are some of ELI’s significant accomplishments?

• ELI has qualified 103 CFL models coming from 14 manufacturers. These models meet ELI’s technical specifications for performance, and have been used in DSM and other programs in the ELI countries. Over 90 fluorescent lamp+ballast combinations, from one manufacturer, are also qualified. (please see www.efficientlighting.com for the complete list of qualified products).
  
• Through partnerships with ELI, electric utilities are now analyzing or implementing energy-efficient lighting DSM programs for their customers. These include Edesur (Argentina), Edelnor (Peru), ESKOM (South Africa), CEPALCO (Philippines), and PRE (Czech Republic).
  
• ELI’s mass media campaigns have increased purchases of CFLs in all ELI countries. For example, in Peru, as a percentage of total lighting sales, incandescent lamps decreased from 68.6% in 2000 to 57.2% in 2002, while CFLs increased from 2.9% in 2000 to 9.2% in 2002.
  
• In all its countries of operation, ELI has run training courses on energy-efficient lighting for primary and secondary students, for lighting professionals, for municipal lighting decision-makers, for electricians, and for other parties. These typically become part of the regular offerings of participating institutions.
  
• ELI has run ESCO training courses, produced model ESCO contracts, and offered customized project development assistance in order to support the burgeoning lighting ESCO industry in participating countries.
  
• ELI has been promoting energy-efficient streetlighting in Peru, the Czech Republic, Latvia, and South Africa. For example, the ELI-Peru team sponsored the development of a highly efficient streetlighting luminaire and is carrying out pilot projects with several electric companies. In Latvia, ELI pioneered an ESCO-financed streetlighting retrofit.
  
• Some ELI accomplishments are very country-specific. For example, in the Philippines, ELI strengthened the capacity of the Lighting and Appliances Testing Laboratory (LATL), and founded the Philippines Lighting Industry Association (PLIA), now an independent lobbying group; in South Africa, ELI collaborated with the National Government so that energy-efficient lamps would be part of the package offered to subscribers of the country’s Electricity Basic Support Services Tariff (a tariff for the poorest customers).
  
• ELI has won endorsements for energy-efficient lighting from notables and government officials in its countries of operation, including the Prime Minister of Latvia, the Czech Minister of Natural Resources, and former South African president Nelson Mandela.