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IMPACT ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK FOR OFF- AND WEAK-GRID HIGH PERFORMING APPLIANCES
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© 2022 Efficiency for Access (https://efficiencyforaccess.org/)
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Data Aggregation Date: 2022
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The main motivation for developing this Impact Assessment Framework for Off- and Weak-Grid High-Performing Appliances (the Framework), is to increase the efficiency and optimise the value of impact assessment efforts. It was commissioned by the Low Energy Inclusive Appliances (LEIA) programme. Efficiency for Access is a global coalition working to promote affordable, high-performing, and inclusive appliances that enable access to clean energy for the world’s poorest people. It is a catalyst for change, accelerating the growth of off and weak-grid appliance markets to boost incomes, reduce carbon emissions, improve quality of life, and support sustainable development. It is co-chaired by UK aid and the IKEA Foundation.  Efficiency for Access consists of 19 Donor Members, 19 Programme Partners, and 36 Investor Network members. Current Efficiency for Access Coalition members have programmes and initiatives spanning 54 countries and 26 key technologies.  The Coalition is coordinated jointly by CLASP, an international appliance energy efficiency and market development specialist not-for-profit organisation, and Energy Saving Trust, which specialises in energy efficiency product verification, data and insight, advice, and research. 
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Authors
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Yau Ben-Or, Ramit Debnath, Richa Goyal, Stephanie Hirmer, Makena Ireri, Thalia Konaris, Sara Olsen, David Pritchard, Josephine Tumwesige.
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Acknowledgements
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We want to thank E. Feng Tan Loh and Joseph Thomas, Monitoring and Evaluation team, Efficiency for Access, for their support. Special thanks goes to Susie Wheeldon, Oliver Reynolds and Sjef Ketelaars of GOGLA for both peer review as well as their ongoing support during the project. We would also like to thank the reviewers for their comments, including Chris Browne, Energy4Impact; Ben Hartley, Sustainable Energy for All (SEforAll); Rachita Misra, SELCO; Emiko Ubebe, Acumen; their feedback has greatly improved this work. We also thank members of the GOGLA Impact Working Group for validating metrics related to TVs and fans; the Efficiency for Access Refrigeration Technical Working Group for refrigerator metrics; the Efficiency for Access Solar Water Pump Technical Working Group for solar water pump metrics; as well as the Efficiency for Access Investor Network, and all the stakeholders and communities interviewed as part of this project. Their input has helped validate assumptions and metrics and made the Framework fit-for-purpose and relevant to those who intend to use it. We are very grateful to Sarah Hambly of Energy Saving Trust for creating a communications plan for this work and her supporting design and editing.
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About the Framework
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Short summaryThis document presents an Impact Assessment Framework for off- and weak-grid high performing appliances referred to as ‘the Framework’. High-performing appliances have significant positive social, environmental, and economic impacts on people and their communities in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This Framework amalgamates evidence on the impacts of four high-performing appliances: refrigerators, TVs, fans and solar water pumps, and provides a set of formulae that have a common language and structure to help quantify these impacts. The framework and formulae will help facilitate the financing, planning, measuring, and reporting of these impacts, and in doing so help stakeholders identify opportunities and minimise risks.
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Four principal methods were used to create the Framework: literature review, stakeholder analysis, end-user research, and multi-criteria decision analysis. The initial literature review identified indicators, data gaps, and quantifiable measures from previous studies. The views of stakeholders who are potential users of the Framework — including companies, donors, and investors — were solicited to guide the development of the Framework. End-user interviews were conducted in Uganda and India, and their perceptions were incorporated into the Framework, especially regarding the selection of impacts to include. Multi-criteria decision analysis was conducted to streamline the Framework, by identifying indicators that were widely applicable, comparable, robust, relevant, timely, specific, and dynamic.
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The Framework can be used to assess and quantify access, and social, environmental, and economic impacts of off- and weak-grid high-performing appliances. The Framework comprises a list of social, environmental and economic impacts, some general and some specific, to each of the four high-performing appliances Each impact has a definition, impact statement, formula, supporting literature, and, where relevant, assumptions and data gaps. The Framework includes available existing evidence on the impacts supplemented with new stakeholder and ‘end-user views, for easy reference when planning projects.
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This research has been funded by UK aid and the IKEA Foundation. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect the UK Government’s or the IKEA Foundation's official policies.
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Version #1
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Citation suggestionRural Senses, SVT Group, and Efficiency for Access. (2022) Off- and Weak-Grid Appliances Impact Assessment Framework: Methodology and How-to-Use Guide Version 1.
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Link to the reportshttps://efficiencyforaccess.org/publications/impact-assessment-framework
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DisclaimerThe Framework was developed using the best available evidence. Nevertheless, users of the framework should be aware of the limitations and caveats below. Given these limitations as well as changes that will occur over time, it is likely that when reviewing and using the Framework users may find one or many of the following apply:
- some indicators are no longer important to stakeholders.
- the calculation of the indicator is not accurate.
- data needed to calculate the indicator are impossible to obtain.
- new evidence suggests improvements to the indicators or the creation of new indicators
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