CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION PROPOSES NEW REGULATIONS FOR LED LAMPS

The CEC is holding a webcast on the new rules today, November 18, and will accept public comments on the proposed regulations through November 30. Under the new rules, MR16 and other small-diameter directional lamps will get heightened efficacy requirements while omnidirectional lamps will get new beam-distribution guidelines, and standby power limits for smart lamps. For both types of LED lamps, the CEC plans to offer the option of lower efficacy for high-CRI products. The new regulations for directional LED lamps will require efficacy of 80 lm/W by January of 2018. Or alternatively, the sum of efficacy and CRI must be 165 or greater. That means a 95-CRI lamp would meet the guidelines at 70 lm/W. http://www.energy.ca.gov/calendar/index.php?com=detail&eID=2502

By Bill Attardi at Energy Watch News.

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