LEDs Get Energy Star Label, Amid Controversy

As the government’s lead agency promoting commercialization of solid-state lighting, including light-emitting diodes (LEDs), the U.S. Department of Energy in 2007 published its Energy Star standards for LED luminaires (see EBN Vol. 17, No. 4). Those standards are set to take effect on September 30, 2008, with the expected introduction of numerous commercial and residential LED products carrying the Energy Star label. Labeled products will be available in seven narrow categories for which DOE determined that the technology, which is still developing, is suitable.

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