Photometric & Lumen Maintenance Testing
Overview
Test your LED luminaires with confidence
Did You Know?
- According to a report from Statista, LED lights will have more than 60% of the global lighting market by 2020.
- The same report states that LED luminaires can last 25 times longer than a traditional incandescent bulb – while using 75 percent less energy. That’s as if you turned on the light in an infant’s room, and didn’t replace it until their college graduation.
The LED lighting industry has made incredible strides in the past
decade, with product effectiveness dramatically increased, and
costs dramatically decreased. Yet there are still improvements
needed in performance and efficiency, with challenges like color
shift, energy efficiency, and current droop. The U.S. Department
of Energy states the industry is only about halfway to fulfilling its
potential.
CSA Group can be your partner in tackling the challenges of this
high-growth product area and bringing your lighting products to
market. We offer the testing and certifications you need to
access markets throughout the United States, Canada and
beyond. We also support you on related matters such as
cybersecurity, functional safety, ENERGY STAR, DesignLights
Consortium (DLC), and NRCan / DOE / CEC energy efficiency
regulation requirements. We offer services in the product
development phase of your operation to improve your products’
safety, reliability, and performance.
The CSA mark is known worldwide for its credibility, quality, and
consistency. Seeing the CSA mark gives your customers peace-
of-mind that your product has been tested and certified by some
of the most reliable and trusted experts in the world.
LED Tests and Certifications
CSA Group offers key testing protocols for LED luminaires plus many others for helping to ensure that your product delivers
Claims of 30,000 to 60,000 working hours, energy efficiency and longer replacement cycles are key selling points in the LED luminaire market. CSA Group can help you verify those important claims with confidence.
CSA Group’s LM-79 luminaire and lamp testing fully evaluates the assembled luminaire or prototypes for total flux, electrical power, efficacy (lm/watt), chromaticity, and angular distribution of light. Our LM-79 luminaire and lamp testing reports are used for:
- ENERGY STAR®
- LED Lighting Facts
- DesignLight Consortium
- California Energy Commission (CEC Title 20 and 24)
- Department of Energy (DOE)
CSA Group is a global expert in solid state lighting measurements. Our LM-79 testing services are recognized by the U.S. Department of Energy’s CALiPER program, the Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR® program, and we are accredited to provide test and measurement under ISO 17025.
Organizations across the world count on CSA Group’s LM-80-15 lumen maintenance testing expertise to measure luminous, radiant, and photon flux, color, dominant wavelength, chromaticity, and correlated color temperature (CCT), controlled to a variety of currents and LED case temperatures. We can validate critical product lifetime claims through LM-80-15 testing, especially the updated ENERGY STAR guidelines – including IESNA TM-21 (Technical Memorandum).
- CEC Title 24 Joint Appendix 8 (JA8 and JA10) including dimmer flicker testing
- PLATO FL1 flashlight testing
- Photobiological Safety (IEC 62471 and(ANSI/IESNA RP- 27)
- Unified Glare Rating
- Flat Panel Display Testing
- High-Irradiance Stress Testing
- ETΦ LED Characterization (Electrical-Thermal-Optical)
- Angular Distribution Characterization
White Paper
A rapidly growing opportunity for LED manufacturers is in the farming industry – specifically horticultural lighting. Standards and testing can help address challenges to widespread implementation of LEDs in the horticultural market.
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