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The Energy Star Solid-State Lighting program, developed by the US Department of Energy with input from various industry stakeholders, came into effect on September 30, 2008, reports LED Magazine.
Energy Star is a voluntary labelling program operating in North America that recognizes energy-efficient products in numerous categories that meet or exceed certain performance criteria.
DOE unveiled its criteria one year ago and has been making revisions, as well as educating the industry, in the intervening period. The Energy Star SSL version 1.0 criteria are based on, and intimately linked with, various industry standards such as LM-79 (photometric measurements) and C78.377 (chromaticity). |
