About lites.asia

Lites.asia arose out of a specifically organised event on 28-29 October 2009, when representatives from Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, USA and Vietnam met to discuss the potential benefits of regional co-operation on the development of lighting standards.

The participants at this forum proposed a ten-point action plan, which established the remit of lites.asia:

1) The work done during the meeting should be continued through a network of interested stakeholders with the objective of working collaboratively on developments on lighting standards covered by IEC TC 34 and also national standards – the network should be known as lites Asia.

2) Communications should be based on email alerts indicating ‘what’s on' with TC 34 relating to CFLs, Mercury and LEDs - email alert titles should be clear e.g. CFLs – Mercury, CFLs – Performance so that they can be screened easily.

3) A website should be developed where the TC 34 work-plan and meeting schedule can be published as far in advance as possible covering each of the relevant subordinate working groups - this is to allow stakeholders time to budget for travel.

4) The website should give IEC National Committee contacts for each country both at a high level and at the TC 34 level.

5) The website should publish a description of the national standards processes for each participating country.

6) The website should host a list of national stakeholders, organisations and areas of expertise for each participating country.

7) Twice yearly face to face meetings should be held to develop the network (held alongside relevant meetings) with meetings by web-conference on issues that arise in between meetings.

8) Participating countries should be encouraged to share information on national standards developments relating to lighting.

9) Outreach should be made to the IEC to ensure their understanding and assistance with the network.

10) A project manager should be funded to establish the network and facilitate its first two years of operation.