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In 2014, lighting accounted for approximately 15% of global electricity consumption. The United Nations Secretary-General’s Sustainable Energy for All initiative identified energy efficient lighting as a high impact opportunity, with the potential to reduce countries’ greenhouse gas emissions, generate significant economic benefits and improve people’s wellbeing. Robust monitoring, verification and enforcement schemes are crucial to safeguarding the energy efficiency benefits of performance standards and regulations. This guidance is for government officials, technical experts and others around the world responsible for developing, implementing and refining structured and effective monitoring, verification and enforcement programmes. This describes the technical, methodological and institutional resources required, and provide easy-touse, generic tools and templates that readers can adapt to their particular country situations.