The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) called on the California Energy Commission (CEC) today to ensure that California consumers have access to the most efficient and cost-effective LED bulbs currently on the market. ...
EarthTronics announced that its Energy Star rated 23 watt LED Recessed Fixture Retrofit kit, 13 watt BR30 floodlight, and 13 watt A19 omni-directional LED light bulb exceed the voluntary California Quality Light Emitting Diode (LED) Lamp ...
Tags: LED Specifications, Lighting
Certification bodies that must perform annual verification testing on Energy Star luminaires would be able to reuse test data from an LED or other light source that is used in multiple products in lamp or modular form. The EPA is now ...
Philips has reported second quarter sales growth of 3%, but much better results for LED and lighting, while Xicato has a new version of its remote-phosphor modules that render colors in a superior fashion. EpiLEDs buys new MOCVD reactors ...
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Intended to become effective September 1, 2014, the final draft of the Lamps V1.0 specification includes refinement of dimming requirements and other minor changes from draft 4 that was recently circulated for comments. The US ...
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently issued the final draft of "Energy Star" Lamps V1.0 specification, the specification is intended to replace the existing the Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs, V4.3) and Integral LED Lamp ...
Recently published research that questions the safety of LED lighting is misleading, according to Soraa, and the company is again asking the EPA to reconsider Energy Star efficacy requirements for SSL lamps. Despite many recent stories to ...
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A group of lighting designers and manufacturers, researchers, and utilities have joined to ask the EPA to recognize that higher-CRI lamps can increase energy savings through broader usage even with a slightly reduced efficacy specification. ...
Tags: Lighting Coalition, EPA, High CRI Lamps
The US Environmental Protection Agency has published version 1.2 of the Energy Star luminaires specification and released the third draft of version 1.0 of the Energy Star lamps specification – both of which are being driven by the ...
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Effective April 1, the Energy Star Luminaires V1.1 specification requires that any luminaire bearing the Energy Star mark must be third-party certified to the new performance levels. As of April 1, the Energy Star Luminaires specification ...
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The US EPA has released the first draft of the Energy Star Lamps V1.0 specification for partner review and comment before December 6. The US Environmental Protection Agency has published the first draft of the Energy Star Lamps V1.0 ...
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