A Cooling Atlas for preserving fruit and vegetables in low- and middle-income countries
How innovative cooling solutions can help transform food preservation in low-income regions
Energy Access through Efficient Appliances
A global coalition to accelerate clean energy access through affordable, high-performing, and inclusive appliances
Publications
Beyond Silos: Powering Food Systems with Off-Grid Solar
How off-grid solar can help to develop Sub-Saharan Africa's agriculture, boosting productivity and ensuring food security.
2023-25 Tech Trends in Energy Access
Our Tech Trends Insight Series highlights key off-grid appliance market trends and offers recommendations on cooling and agricultural Productive Use of Renewable Energy (PURE) technologies.
Energy Saving Trust and Engineers Without Borders UK to pause Efficiency for Access Design Challenge
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