Energy Updates
PoweringHealth.org:
USAID’s Online Resource for Electrifying Developing Country Health Facilities
PoweringHealth.org is a web based resource designed by USAID’s Energy Team with the objective of disseminating information and best practices on the provision of reliable energy services to developing country health facilities.
Over the years, significant effort and funds have been dedicated to providing energy services to rural health facilities – with a particular focus on expanding the vaccination cold chain. The global push to deliver antiretroviral drugs and services to HIV-positive patients worldwide, have introduced new demands for electricity in health facilities with little or no access to reliable power.
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Powering Tourism:
Electrification and Efficiency Options for Rural Tourism Facilities
Powering Tourism provides information to help tourism professionals understand and evaluate the range of options for meeting their off-grid energy needs, highlighting efficient and sustainable use of energy. The guide provides a seven-step approach to guide the reader through the process of creating a reliable and affordable energy system by working with staff and visitors, equipment vendors, installers, financial institutions, and energy service providers. Powering Tourism illustrates each step through hypothetical and real life case studies.
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