Codes + Standards

In February 2020, the Design Lights Consortium finalized the technical specifications for the next generation of LED products. These new requirements, versions 5.0 and 5.1, are designed to help usher in new levels of energy efficiency, light quality, and controllability. The DLC started certifying products under the new v5 spec earlier this year, and they will remove older products that don’t meet this certification on December 31, 2020. This change can have a significant impact on the potential rebates a project may receive.

The International WELL Building Institute recently announced the official launch of Version 2 of the WELL Building Standard, following a two-year vetting process.

The DesignLights Consortium (DLC) has released the final version of its Technical Requirements for LED-based Horticultural Lighting: Version 2.0, an update that will continue the industry transition from traditional lighting data and metrics to horticultural-specific lighting data and metrics that best represent horticultural lighting performance. The changes have an effective date of March 31, 2021.

My contribution to the July 2020 issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR analyzes the major lighting requirements and what’s new in the 2019 version of the ANSI/ASHRAE/IES 90.1 energy standard.

American National Standard for Electric Lamps—LED Lamp Specification Sheets for HID Replacement and Retrofit Applications offers LED Lamp specification sheets for HID replacement and retrofit applications as the means of communication of critical lamp characteristics.

The Illuminating Engineering Society and the International Ultraviolet Association are partnering to develop American National Standards for the measurement and characterization of UV-C device performance.

The American National Standard for Roadway and Area Lighting Equipment—Enclosed Setback Luminaires and Directional Floodlights for High-Intensity Discharge (HID) Lamps has been updated.

The DesignLights Consortium has responded to the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic by adjusting portions of its Technical Requirements v5.0, effective immediately.

My contribution to the February issue of ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR summarizes the major lighting changes in ANSI/ASHRAE/IES 90.1, which is now the official national energy reference standard.