Europe will implement a new standard for LED lighting in September this year
On September 1st, 2013, the latest energy efficiency requirements on LED lighting products have been taken effect in Europe officially. The European energy efficiency requirements are mainly based on the EU’s ErP as the representative. ErP Directive and LVD Directive, EMC Directive, have also been incorporated in the EU's CE system. Therefore related products must meet ErP requirements before, and then mark CE on the nameplate and a designated agency responsible for market surveillance; it is the enforcement of the EU requirements. In lighting products, since 2009 the EU introduced for non-directional light sources (mainly halogen lamps, fluorescent lamps) of EC244/2009 and for fluorescent tubes, ballasts and luminaries composed accordingly EC245/2009, and during December 2012, they also launched for all LED bulbs and directional light sources EU1194/2012. Next, the second phase of the implementation of this requirement will be September 1, 2014, the third stage will be September 1, 2016. STAR) standards cover the promotion of high-performance LED lamps. Lighting Facts label, Energy Star and DLC three belong to voluntary requirements; in California, that portable LED lamps must meet the special requirements of the California energy are mandatory requirement.
Europe and the United States as the world's major LED application base, the market is vast, but also they proposed strict requirement on the LED lights and LED lighting energy efficiency testing. On the other hand, the U.S. current LED bulbs and lamps energy efficiency requirements focused on LED lighting Facts label, Energy Star and DLC.
Lighting Facts label is to make lighting products more specific and more credible data requirements, which tell customers of the product's performance from five parameters. In October 2012, the issued lighting facts requirements have added two optional indicators. Energy Star logo is co-founded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy in 1992; it aims to ensure the energy efficiency of products listed tubes comply with regulatory requirements, the Energy Star Market Supervisory is very strict, EPA annually selects a product from the market conduct by random check on all ENERGY STAR products. The unqualified products will immediately cancel the Energy Star qualified when it is not qualified and entitled to allow manufacturers to consumers for further compensation. DLC is the U.S. Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnership initiated a voluntary energy efficiency program; the certified products directory is used for the promotion of high-performance LED lamps throughout the United States "Energy Star (ENERGYSTAR)". Lighting Facts label, Energy Star and DLC are belonging to resource requirements;
U.S. energy efficiency standards all have requirements against laboratory qualification for testing energy efficiency. It must be independent third parties, so that the products issued by an accredited laboratory test data and reports to be effective. LED export enterprises face barriers to energy efficiency standards for European and American markets, , there are a lot of homework to do if they want to gain a firm foothold in the global market. Intertek as a professional third-party testing and certification organization recommends that companies should pay close attention to the relevant international standards, and to upgrade and transform the product technologically within the specified time, in order to reduce unnecessary business risks.