Codes + Standards

In what is surely a sign of the times, the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) recently announced the new ASC 137 Lighting Systems Committee. This committee has received approval from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Executive Standards Council as an Accredited Standards Committee (ASC). This approval is the culmination of a multimonth process and [...]

The Illuminating Engineering Society has published two new testing procedures standards for LEDs: * IES Approved Method for Measuring Luminous Flux and Color Maintenance of LED Lamps, Light Engines, and Luminaires (LM-84-14) * Approved Method for Electrical & Photometric Measurements of High Power LEDs (LM-85-14) LM-84-14 is written to develop standard operating procedures for laboratories [...]

Preliminary analysis from the U.S. Department of Energy shows that the ASHRAE/IES’s 2013 energy efficiency standard contains energy savings over the 2010 standard of 8.5% source energy and 7.6% site energy. This is the first step by the DOE in issuing a ruling that could establish the 2013 standard as the commercial building reference standard [...]

The Lighting Controls Association (LCA) has updated EE203: Lighting & Commercial Energy Codes, a course in its popular Education Express program. Residing at the Association’s website, Education Express provides in-depth education about lighting controls and controllable ballast technology, application, system design and commissioning. Commercial building energy codes regulate the designed energy efficiency of nonresidential buildings. [...]

LED Journal recently published a useful summary of UL standards applicable to LED lighting, written by Diana Pappas Jordan, Standards Program Manager. Get it here.

Two more interface specifications for LED light engines have been published by the Zhaga Consortium, an international organization that is enabling the interchangeability of LED light sources made by different manufacturers. The interface specifications, designated Book 7 and Book 8, can now be downloaded from the Zhaga website here. Book 7 covers a variety of [...]

ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2013, Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, incorporates 110 addenda, reflecting changes made through the public review process. Appendix F gives brief descriptions and publication dates of the addenda to 90.1-2010 reflected in this new edition. “While many things have changed since the first version of Standard 90 was published in [...]

The IES recommended practice for office lighting has undergone a major revision for the 2013 edition, including new material addressing recent changes in office environments such as computer-based tasks, new office layouts, new light source and control strategies, etc. Check it out here.

Republication of Postings from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solid-State Lighting Program by Jim Brodrick, U.S. Department of Energy In the world of SSL, the unsung heroes who develop the standards and test methods that consistently characterize product performance and ensure safety have been at it for nearly a decade, under the auspices of [...]