APPLES PEARS: WHY STANDARDISATION OF PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR LED LUMINAIRES IS IMPORTANT

摘要

Standardisation of performance requirements is an important first step towards like-for-like comparison of LED luminaire manufacturer claims. Therefore the lighting industry is driving the process for standardisation of performance requirements for LED products. Once the standards are in place, it becomes important that: Manufacturers of LED modules and LED luminaires start using the IEC/PAS documents when measuring the initial specifications of their products; Users of LED luminaires start to understand that they currently compare apples & pears and where they have to look for when evaluating LED luminaire performance claims. For this purpose CELMA (the European trade association for luminaire manufacturers) produced a paper to give guidance to users of LED luminaires. The quality criteria used in the IEC/PAS documents have been translated into understandable quality criteria for specifiers, lighting designers, technical engineers and policy makers. Applying these quality criteria in a proper way will enable users to compare performance claims of different manufacturers and walk away from Apples & Pears.