Below are notes from the Lighting Global Quality Assurance webinar hosted on September 17, 2014. The QA team described the plans to cover solar home system kits under the Lighting Global QA framework, a summary of the recent stakeholder process on the Draft Minimum Quality Standards for solar home system (SHS) kits and the next steps in developing the program.

PRESENTERS:

Dr. Arne Jacobson, Technical Lead for Quality Assurance at Lighting Global (Director of the Schatz Energy Research Center at Humboldt State University)
Meg Harper, Engineer for Quality Assurance at Lighting Global (Research Engineer at the Schatz Energy Research Center at Humboldt State University)
Hans Peter Birkhofer, Technical Director for the Global Off-Grid Lighting Association (GOGLA)

These notes were produced by Lighting Global Quality Assurance. In February 2020, Lighting Global Quality Assurance evolved to become VeraSol, an independent program offering quality assurance services for solar energy kits and off-grid appliances.