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Current prominent energy access data collection systems are driven by national governments and international organisations such as the IEA and IMF with definitions based upon supply-side indicators. Practical Action set up a Total Energy Wiki, an online data collection system enabling people, projects and organisations to participate and contribute to collecting energy access data. It is intended to be a kind of grassroots and social media compatible data collection system which could complement existing data collection systems.

Total Energy Access and Energy Supply Index

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In the PPEO 2010, Practical Action proposed a new set of energy access indicators for measuring household energy access; Total Energy Access (TEA) and the Energy Supply Index (ESI). TEA is defined by a set of minimum standards for five key energy services at point of use, and the ESI defines the supply side quality.

For further information please see the Total Energy Access summary. You also can download the questionnaire. All other functions can be accessed via the box on the right.

The Total Energy Access Minimum Standards for a household are:

Energy service	Minimum standard
Lighting	300 lm for a minimum of 4 hours per night at household level
Cooking and water heating	1) 1 kg woodfuel or 0.3 kg charcoal or 0.04 kg LPG or 0.2 litres of kerosene or ethanol per person per day, taking less than 30 minutes per household per day to obtain
	2) Minimum efficiency of improved solid fuel stoves to be 40% greater than a three-stone fire in terms of fuel use
	3) Annual mean concentrations of particulate matter (PM2.5) < 10 μg/m3 in households, with interim goals of 15 μg/m3, 25 μg/m3 and 35 μg/m3
Space heating	Minimum daytime indoor air temperature of 18ºC
Cooling	1) Households can extend life of perishable products by a minimum of 50% over that allowed by ambient storage
	2) Maximum apparent indoor air temperature of 300 C
Information and communications	1) People can communicate electronic information from their household
	2) People can access electronic media relevant to their lives and livelihoods in their household

The Energy Supply Index is defined by the following levels:

Energy Supply	Level	Qualtiy of Supply
Household fuels	0	Using non-standard solid fuels such as plastics
	1	Using solid fuel in an open/three-stone fire
	2	Using solid fuel in an improved stove
	3	Using solid fuel in an improved stove with smoke extraction/chimney
	4	Mainly using a liquid or gas fuel or electricity, and associated stove
	5	Using only a liquid or gas fuel or electricity, and associated stove
Electricity	0	No access to electricity at all
	1	Access to third party battery charging only
	2	Access to stand-alone electrical appliance (eg solar lantern, solar phone charger)
	3	Own limited power access for multiple home applications (eg Solar home systems or power-limited off-grid)
	4	Poor quality and/or intermittent AC connection (remove 240V as non-standard)
	5	Reliable AC connection available for all uses (remove 240V as non-standard)
Mechanical Power	0	No household access to tools or mechanical advantages
	1	Hand tools available for household tasks
	2	Mechanical advantage devices available to magnify human/animal effort for most household tasks
	3	Powered mechanical devices available for some household tasks
	4	Powered mechanical devices available for most household tasks
	5	Mainly purchasing mechanically processed goods and services