Task 1-Quality Assurance

Sub-task

1.1: Define Product Categories

A. Create detailed work programme

B. Define product categories, key performance characteristics and review related test methods

Key Deliverables

• Define Product categories.

• Determine key performance characteristics – luminous flux, luminous efficacy, chromaticity, colour rendering, life (lumen maintenance, etc.), safety characteristics, flicker, dimming, etc.

• Create reference document of existing test methods.

• Determine needed test methods.

1.2: Minimum Performance Values

• Determine the suite of metrics and values to define minimum performance values of SSL for energy efficiency, lighting quality, and safety.

1.3: Product declaration marks and tested value reporting

• Propose recommendations for product declaration marks that certifying that a product has been tested appropriately and making the tested values publicly available.

• Propose an international scale of performance rating tiers that will help governments with their labelling and regulation initiatives.

1.4: Life cycle cost analysis and

Environmental impact study

• Analyse the Life Cycle Costs (LCC) and the environmental impact of SSL based on available published material.

1.5: Replacement lamp equivalency claims

• Create a specification for equivalency claims for LED replacement lamps when compared with common incandescent lamps, by category of lamps.

Task Leader

Geoges Zissis (France)