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to the ELI website!
The Efficient Lighting Initiative (ELI) was
a $15 million program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
by increasing the use of energy-efficient lighting technologies
in seven countries: Argentina, the Czech Republic, Hungary,
Latvia, Peru, the Philippines, and South Africa. ELI was
funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and executed
by the International Finance Corporation (IFC).
ELI worked with lighting manufacturers,
electric utilities, the public sector, NGOs, and educational
institutions to accelerate the growth of lighting markets
in its seven target countries. ELI sought to have a sustainable,
long-term impact, creating vibrant markets for energy-efficient
lighting technologies. ELI's preliminary impacts will be
documented in an independent M&E report to be released
by September 2004. A final assessment of ELI's impacts
will be released in the second quarter of 2005
IFC hopes
to use interest monies from the GEF ELI grant to support
the development of the Next Generation of ELI.
Indeed,
in response to a groundswell of demand from manufacturers,
large consumers, and a variety of national programs emerging
both within and outside the ELI countries, IFC is working
with several international partners to transition the quality
certification mark developed for ELI to a self-sustaining
quality certification program for lighting products. This
Next Generation of ELI will be built around the ELI logo
and the over 150 products already carrying the ELI mark.
This
web site contains
- Summaries of ELI's activities in
participating countries (
Argentina, the
Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Peru, the
Philippines, and South
Africa)
- Information
on the proposed Next
Generation of ELI
- The ELI technical specifications,
qualification protocol, and a list of ELI-qualified
products.
- The ELI
Archives a library of over 200
free, downloadable documents produced in the course
of ELI. These include model utility DSM programs, sample
ESCO contracts, CFL media campaigns, educational campaigns,
market surveys, and other material.
- Frequently Asked Questions
(FAQ) about ELI, and
- Links to the independent ELI
Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) effort.
Last
update:
November 16, 2006
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