Takeaways from the DesignLights Consortiums 2023 Controls Summit EC&M

Table Of Content

• DesignLights Consortium releases update to technical requirements for horticultural lighting
• Ams Osram gives up its Malaysian micro LED operation in a €700 million hit
• Grasslin Controls' Lightmaster
• LAST WORD DesignLights Consortium celebrates advances, looks ahead to achieving climate pledge targets
• DesignLights Consortium® Energy Efficiency Requirements

This can give you a great peace of mind, because you know these products have undergone and passed rigorous testing. The Design Lights Consortium was first used to educate lighting distributors about high performance T8 fluorescent lamps. Today, the DLC has turned its attentions to LED lighting because it became more available and increased its marketshare. That’s why the DLC works with our members and industry experts to establish performance thresholds and to create new programs that work for all of our stakeholders.

DesignLights Consortium releases update to technical requirements for horticultural lighting

Selecting a QPL listed product may also mean you are eligible for money-saving rebate from member utility companies! Contact your local utility company to see what type of rebates they offer for DLC compliant lamps and fixtures. First of all, you can purchase LED lamps and fixtures listed on the QLP knowing they meet their high standards.

Ams Osram gives up its Malaysian micro LED operation in a €700 million hit

There are currently 78 members of the Design Lights Consortium that include regional, state, utility and energy efficiency programs. Some of DLC's members include Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E), Georgia Power, Alliant Energy, Hawaii Energy, Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, Efficiency Nova Scotia, and Electric Utility Marketing Managers of Texas. Additionally, they work with lighting manufacturers, designers, and other involved in the industry. The DLC is a consortium built on the expertise of our team, our efficiency program members, and our industry stakeholders.

Grasslin Controls' Lightmaster

Choose between solid-state lighting products, light pollution-mitigating lighting products, horticultural lighting products, or networked lighting controls below to begin your search for energy efficient lighting solutions. One research example is our August 2023 “Economic Potential of Networked Lighting Controls in Commercial Buildings,” and an example of a tool is our light pollution ordinances map, which tracks local outdoor ordinances and bylaws across North America. As an independent nonprofit organization, the DesignLights Consortium (DLC) provides decision makers with data and resources on quality lighting, controls, and integrated building systems to reduce energy, carbon, and light pollution. We envision a net-zero future where lighting, controls, and integrated building systems enable energy savings, decarbonization, and sustainability for all people and the environment.

The DLC publishes research and develops resources to help communicate important lighting topics in each program area. Medford, MA –July 27, 2022 –The DesignLights Consortium (DLC) today announced the first products added to its LUNA Qualified Products List (QPL) after being tested and determined to meet the new LUNA Version 1.0 Technical Requirements for outdoor LED luminaires. In July 2015, the Design Lights Consortium reportedly delisted 1,220 products due to misrepresentation, according to their Industry Update newsletter. The QPL also shows a directory of delisted products, since consumers will want to avoid them.

The future: Efficiency and ecosystem in balance

Learn how you can contribute to policy development, join a DLC committee, qualify your products, or simply stay up to date with our latest efforts the DLC. The DLC is on a mission to optimize commercial lighting by saving energy, improving product quality, and enhancing the end-user experience in the built environment. Our initiatives revolve around the creation of trusted requirements to ensure that qualified lighting technologies are both high quality and energy efficient.

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Together, we’re driving product performance and consumer trust to save energy, improve quality, and enhance our experience in the built environment. DLC has added more products to our LUNA QPL, continuing to double down on light pollution mitigation to support ecosystems and human communities while still reducing energy consumption. Ecosystem-level harm is preventable with more education and quality alternatives for outdoor lighting. This year, we’re working toward a standard and requirements for amber outdoor lights for the most sensitive environments.

DesignLights Consortium® Energy Efficiency Requirements

The DLC’s solid-state lighting program is home to the largest and most influential list of high-performing commercial lighting products in the world. Our SSL Qualified Products List improves both consumer confidence and sustainability of the lighting industry as a whole – with an end goal of accelerating the installation of energy efficient, better quality lighting for people living and working in the built environment. DLC resources are based on thorough industry research and rooted in our team’s extensive expertise. As a leader in energy efficient lighting, it’s our mission to achieve energy optimization by enabling controllability with a focus on quality, people, and the environment. Use the DLC’s resources to see how you can save energy, improve costs, and reduce your climate impact.

As an independent non-profit organization, the DesignLights Consortium (DLC) provides decision makers with data and resources on quality lighting, controls, and integrated building systems to reduce energy, carbon, and light pollution. We envision a net zero future where lighting, controls, and integrated building systems enable energy savings, decarbonization, and sustainability for all people and the environment. The DLC’s Horticultural QPL currently contains more than 400 products, with more being reviewed and added regularly. An increasing number of electric utilities rely on the DLC horticultural lighting specification and QPL in the design of energy efficiency programs for commercial cultivators.

If a product meets the Design Lights Consortium's criteria, it can be added to the QLP, which you can access and search online. Products are searchable by keyword, manufacturer, or criteria such as efficacy, wattage, CCT, CRI, category, dimming criteria, and much more. Complete Qualified Products List downloads are available to DLC Members, and stakeholders with an active annual API or paid data access subscription. We signed the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice pledge, and joined the coalition of leaders working together to advance action toward a just energy transition for Black and Brown communities.

Thanks to the participation of our consortium, the DLC’s solid-state lighting program is home to the largest and most influential list of high-performing sold-state luminaires and commercial lighting products in the world. We work in tandem with energy efficiency programs to improve both the energy savings potential and quality of light in the built environment. The SSL Qualified Products List improves both consumer confidence and sustainability of the solid-state lighting market as a whole through well-researched criteria for efficiency and quality created by our expert team and with input from our stakeholders. As a collective of energy-efficiency program administrators, implementers, policy makers, lighting industry experts, and manufacturers, the DesignLights Consortium (DLC) works to collaborate, facilitate, and liaison with energy-efficiency stakeholders and members.

Learn more about how we’re collaborating with industry experts, stakeholders, and efficiency program members to integrate lighting into smart cities of the future and meet carbon reduction goals. The DLC Qualified Products Lists are the largest verified lists of high-performing and energy-saving LED lighting solutions in the world. Qualified products undergo thorough vetting and review by DLC experts to ensure they meet our rigorous energy and quality requirements.

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Over the past 10 years, the consortium has created technical requirements and a qualified products list (QPL) for LED lighting products resulting in domino effects that have influenced product performance, deployment, and adoption of commercial LED lighting practices. Upcoming initiatives will continue to inform the way in which we support the COP 28 climate pledge to double energy efficiency by 2030. Searchable on the SSL Qualified Products List (QPL), LUNA-qualified products are eligible for energy efficiency rebates and incentives designed for SSL V5.1 products.

We're not only growing our retail footprint but organization-wide at our headquarters, specifically with our Tech teams. It’s our responsibility to create a safe, healthy, and fair working environment for our teams, and for workers throughout our supply chain. We do so through partnerships with industry groups like the Fair Labor Association, conducting on-site social responsibility audits, and a commitment to ensuring workers have a voice in our organization. So we work to create a culture where everyone feels like they belong and where their voices are truly valued.