Additionality
"The Ghana air conditioner
standard depends on the construction of a modern testing laboratory.
"This is an expensive piece of
equipment, difficult to maintain and require a trained staff. Few developing countries have government-run testing labs,
because of these barriers.
"There are no plans to build a
testing lab in Ghana, and thus according to the policy of the Government and to avoid unnecessary litigation, the
standard will only be voluntary without the testing lab, the primary means of enforcement and
monitoring. As such, the standard will most likely
be worthless in
terms of getting the least efficient models dropped from the market.
"Only with carbon investment is
the testing lab likely to get built and the standard – with all of its benefits
– likely to be implemented.