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  • THE ENERGY EFFICIENT LIGHTING AND APPLIANCES PROJECT
    A transformational approach to the development of vibrant markets for energy-efficient lighting and appliances across East and Southern Africa

Energy Efficient Lighting and Appliances in EAC and SADC

Efficient electricity use in homes, businesses and public facilities in these growing regions is one of the fastest and cheapest ways of accelerating sustainable development.

The EELA project aims to support the development of vibrant markets for energy efficient lighting and appliances across East and Southern Africa.

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The Challenge

To create vibrant markets for energy efficient lighting and appliances consumer choice, policies and regulations, as well as private sector engagement are some of the key factors that require addressing.


The EAC and SADC markets are awash with outdated and inefficient products that use a lot of costly energy. Stronger policies and regulations are urgently needed protect local markets from becoming dumping grounds for technologies that are banned in other countries. Meanwhile, incentives are needed to encourage the private sector to offer energy efficient products and services.

 

The Opportunities and Benefits

Addressing these issues will help create vibrant markets supported by enabling policies and regulations, where suppliers offer quality products and services, and governments have the capacity to enforce standards, while consumers are aware of and are demanding quality energy efficient options.

There are many flow-on benefits from this. The burden on national grids drops, giving more people reliable electricity, while businesses become more competitive, households save, and CO2 emissions fall.

Energy efficient lights and appliances also offer cheap and reliable options for communities managing decentralized renewable energy systems. They require smaller batteries and solar panels which reduces costs to off-grid users and allow them to run their products for longer.As the cost of these systems drop, they are growing in popularity and could be a real solution for the many people currently not connected to national grids.

All of this contributes to faster, cleaner economic and human development across East and Southern Africa.

 

 

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E-learning platform

An E-Learning Platform was developed within the (EELA) project.
The objective of this online training is to support capacity development, by strengthening the competence of various stakeholders from the energy sector, key to the development of an enabling market for energy efficient lighting and appliances in East and Southern Africa.

The E-Learning Platform can be accessed for free and pre-recorded modules enable users to carry out the training at their convenience.

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The power of energy efficient lights and appliances can accelerate sustainable development in East and Southern Africa.

EELA’s MISSION is to support the development of vibrant markets where suppliers are delivering high-quality services and products for energy efficient lighting and appliances to increasingly aware households, businesses and public facilities across East and Southern Africa.