The 2010 US Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) investigation of non-lighting Energy Star® programs further confirms the necessity of maintaining highly accurate, independent testing requirements on acceptable Energy Star for Solid State Lighting application data, as well as a monitored application process. Read more...
The DOE has issued Manufacturer Guidelines for qualifying both interior and exterior lighting products for the coveted Energy Star label. Very significantly, the program focuses on lighting quality as opposed to simple lumen output. Marketable light quality in Energy Star for SSL is now defined by the photometric distribution, color characteristics, and efficacy of the lighting fixture. Read more...
The lighting industry is buzzing with excitement: Solid State Lighting (SSL) is being celebrated as the solution to thousands of today’s energy and lighting application challenges. Available lumens per watt (otherwise known as the efficacy) of commercial, white LEDs now far exceeds that of incandescent sources. In the laboratory, LED’s have been developed with efficacies similar to fluorescent and certain High Intensity Discharge (HID) sources. Read more...
