"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.