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DoE
Webcast: SSL Luminaire Performance in the Lab: Just How Well Do They
Perform?
December 20, 2007 -
The results of CALiPER testing from DoE were shortly
presented (refer to LED-professional article "DOE Releases Round 3
CALiPER Reports: Progress in Product Efficacy" from November 05, 2007).
Now DoE released a webcast and a comprehensive presentation that can be
downloaded from DoE website.
Speakers for the 90 minutes webcast were Mia Paget from Pacific
Northwest National Laboratory and Mike Grather from Luminaire Testing
Laboratory for the "Question and Answer"part of the webcast..
Description:
This 90 minute webcast, sponsored by the DOE’s Solid
State Lighting Program, presented an overview of the Commercially
Available LED Product Evaluation and Reporting (CALiPER) Program, test
procedures for SSL products, and recent test results. CALiPER provides
objective product performance information, helping buyers and specifiers
have confidence that new SSL products will perform as claimed. This
webcast included a 60-minute presentation followed by a live question
and answer session conducted by Mia Paget and Mike Grather.
Background:
This was the third in a series of live webcasts DOE is hosting, focused
on key topics of interest related to solid-state lighting. The first in
the series was an overview of DOE’s Five-Year SSL Commercialization
Support Plan, and the second presented a broad introduction to LED
technology. Future topics may include Economics of LEDs, LED Packaging,
Luminaire Efficacy, and Thermal Management.
Downloads:
Webcast on SSL Luminaire Performance in the Lab (WMV 6
MB)
Presentation on SSL Luminaire Performance in the Lab (PDF
1 MB)
About DOE SSL Commercial Product Testing Program:
The Program was established to serve public with reliable, unbiased
product performance information to foster the developing market for
high-performance SSL products.
The DOE SSL Commercial Product Testing Program will:
• Guide DOE planning for SSL R&D and commercialization support
activities, including ENERGY STAR® program planning
• Support DOE technology procurement activities and associated
technology demonstrations
• Provide objective product performance information to the public in the
early years, helping buyers and specifiers have confidence that new SSL
products will perform as claimed
• Guide the development, refinement, and adoption of credible,
standardized test procedures and measurements for SSL products
DOE will support testing of a wide, representative array of SSL products
available for general illumination, using test procedures currently
under development by standards organizations. Guidelines for selecting
products for testing will ensure that the overall set of tests provides
insight on a range of lighting applications and product categories, a
range of performance characteristics, a mix of manufacturers, a variety
of LED devices, and variations in geometric configurations that may
affect testing and performance.
Testing Program Reports:
The Department will allow its test results to be distributed in the
public interest for noncommercial, educational purposes only. Detailed
test reports will only be provided to users who provide their name,
affiliation, and confirmation of agreement to abide by DOE's "No
Commercial Use Policy." DOE encourages stakeholders to report any
apparent commercial use of test results from the DOE SSL Commercial
Product Testing Program by sending a message to
doe.ssl.updates@ee.doe.gov.
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Detailled information is provided in original reports:
Pilot round download
here.
Round One results download
here.
Round Two final results download
here.
Round Three final results download
here.
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