{"id":6810,"date":"2023-07-09T14:05:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T14:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecowas.rogeap.org\/scope-of-action\/quality-assurance\/"},"modified":"2023-10-04T17:09:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T17:09:26","slug":"quality-assurance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ecowas.rogeap.org\/en\/scope-of-action\/quality-assurance\/","title":{"rendered":"Quality assurance"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6810\" class=\"elementor elementor-6810 elementor-5220\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0db9b2b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0db9b2b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d4c0b8f column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"d4c0b8f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2aa998 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e2aa998\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Consumer protection<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10b0d11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"10b0d11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Off-grid lighting and energy products offer consumers many advantages over conventional alternatives, and at a lower life-cycle cost. However, the off-grid solar energy market is characterized by products of varying levels of quality and durability. Some are well designed and manufactured, while others fail to meet expectations in terms of safety, durability and performance.<\/p>\n<p>To protect consumers from poor-quality products and promote consumer confidence, we have developed a series of quality standards and test methods for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lightingglobal.org\/resource\/lighting-global-quality-standards\/\">off-grid solar pico-PV<\/a> and solar home systems (SHS) up to 350Wp. These standards have been adopted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geneve-int.ch\/fr\/commission-electrotechnique-internationale-cei-0\">International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC<\/a> ) as the benchmark for quality assurance of off-grid solar products ( <a href=\"https:\/\/webstore.iec.ch\/publication\/59747\">IEC Technical Specification 62257-9-5<\/a> ) in 2021.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consumer protection Off-grid lighting and energy products offer consumers many advantages over conventional alternatives, and at a lower life-cycle cost. However, the off-grid solar energy market is characterized by products of varying levels of quality and durability. 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