Results from the Efficient Lighting Initiative: Amazing Outcomes and Implications for Market Transformation

Luisa Freeman, Freeman & Associates, LLC
Joseph S. Lopes, Applied Energy Group, Inc.
Edward Vine, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Martin Adelaar and David Shipley, Marbek Resource Consultants
Barbara Atkinson, Lightstream Energy
Rafael Friedmann, Independent Consultant
Iris Sulyma and Ken Tiedemann, BC Hydro
Jack Habart, Habart and Associates, Inc.

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Abstract

The Efficient Lighting Initiative (ELI), a market transformation program that has been implemented by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector investment arm of the World Bank, with sponsorship by the Global Environment Facility (GEF), has operated in seven countries over the past five years using a variety of market intervention techniques all aimed at increasing the market adoption of high quality energy-efficient lighting products. This paper reports on the evaluation of the ELI program that has been performed by a team of experts in energy-efficiency program evaluation. The ELI program sought the accelerated adoption of high-quality energy-efficient lighting products that meet a set of stringent but achievable product specifications as identified through the program’s product certification and quality mark process. The post-program evaluation, reported on in this paper, shows that by virtually all measures, the program succeeded in positively affecting the major metrics association with market transformation, and contributed significant near-term energy savings and GHG emissions.