2025 Buyer’s Guide for Induction Cooktops
The Global LEAP Awards Buyer’s Guide showcases best-in-class appliances for energy-constrained settings. This edition features the winners and finalists of the 2024–2025 Induction Cooktops Competition.
Energy Access through Efficient Appliances
A global coalition to accelerate clean energy access through affordable, high-performing, and inclusive appliances
Publications
Carbon Credit Financing for Productive Use Appliance Markets
This report outlines a strategic approach for improving carbon credit financing in Africa's productive use appliance sector, specifically for solar-powered irrigation, cooling, and milling technologies.
Designing for Sustainability: Blueprint for a Low-Carbon Cold Room
A blueprint for off-grid solar companies and practitioners to design sustainable cooling solutions
“Proud for Uganda” – Team 2024-08 on their Efficiency for Access Design Challenge Gold Award win
We spoke with Team 2024-08 members Brian Stephen Ojede and Rosemary Nyamungu about their Efficiency for Access Design Challenge journey, the challenges they faced, and how the Challenge shaped their future goals.
Our Programmes
Low Energy Inclusive Appliances
The Low-Energy Inclusive Appliances (LEIA) programme is Efficiency for Access’ flagship initiative. It is an innovative research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) programme. It seeks to improve the efficiency, performance, availability, and affordability of a range of household, community, and productive use electrical appliances and solar-powered technologies.
Efficiency for Access Design Challenge
The Efficiency for Access Design Challenge is a global, multi-disciplinary competition that empowers teams of university students to help accelerate clean energy access.
Global LEAP Awards
An international competition that identifies and promotes the world's best, most energy-efficient appliances and equipment intended for use in energy-constrained settings.
VeraSol
VeraSol is an evolved quality assurance programme designed to meet the growing needs of the off-grid solar energy market. Launched in 2020, VeraSol builds upon the strong foundation for quality assurance laid by Lighting Global Quality Assurance and Equip Data.
Impact
20 Coalition Members
Our donor members leverage co-funding and guide programmatic activities on solar appliances
19 Programme Partners
Partnerships support and extend the Coalition's reach across the energy access sector.
34 Technologies
We focus on technologies with the highest potential for increased affordability and delivery of modern energy services.
62 Countries
Coalition members and partners support a global network of high-impact programmes