Installation of the test equipment is expected to be completed in July 2021
The Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) has said it is will soon commission and hand over a new energy efficient testing laboratory for the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA).
The development comes after construction work on a Containment Building for a testing laboratory began in June 2020.
According to a statement issued by the authority and sighted by GhanaWeb, the facility will be completed by the end of March 2021, while the installation of the test equipment is expected to be completed in July 2021.
“The Test Laboratory will be the first of its kind in the West African Sub-Region and will conduct tests and offer services that will ensure that high energy-consuming electrical appliances, such as Air Conditioners and Refrigerators, imported into Ghana, meet the Minimum Energy Performance Standard (MEPS) set out in the Energy Commission’s Regulations,” the statement read.
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BY: Kester Aburam Korankye
Category: General News
The newly constructed building that will house the National Testing Laboratory located at the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) head office in Accra
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A new national testing laboratory that is being constructed in Accra by the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) is near completion.
At present, equipment and other machinery needed are being installed in the last phase of the construction process.
The facility, constructed at a cost of $1.95 million, is expected to help regulators test the efficiency of all air-conditioners imported into the country to ensure that they conform to standards.