CELMA Guide Apples & Pears

why standardisation of performance requirements

for LED luminaires is important

CELMA-ELC LED Forum

Light+Building Fair
Frankfurt, 18 April 2012
Kay Rauwerdink, CELMA
 Agenda

1. Introduction

2. Quality criteria initial & maintained

3. Quality criteria over time

4. Take away

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Compare Performance Claims?

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 IEC/PAS Performance Requirements

Product Type Safety Standard Performance Standard

LED drivers IEC 61347-2-13 IEC 62384

Publication 2006 Publication 2006
LED lamps IEC 62560 Edition 1 IEC 62612/PAS
Publication 2010 Public Available Specification
LED modules IEC 62031 Edition 1 IEC 62717/PAS
Publication 2008 Public Available Specification
LED IEC 60598 Edition 1 & 2 IEC 62722/PAS
luminaires Publication 2008 Public Available Specification

recently published
IEC/PAS 62717 LED modules for general lighting;
IEC/PAS 62722 LED luminaires for general lighting.
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 Apples & Pears

manufacturers
&
certification bodies

IEC/PAS Performance Requirements

lighting designers
technical engineers
policy makers

CELMA Guide Apples & Pears

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 Agenda

1. Introduction

2. Quality criteria initial & maintained

3. Quality criteria over time

4. Take away

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 Quality Criteria Initial & Maintained
initial over time
limiting
values

measurement
methods

technical
definitions

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scope
initial & maintained claims of LED luminaires;
to establish confidence in the product data provided;
acceptance or rejection of quality over life is out of the scope!

(maintained values are measured at 25% of rated life time up to a max. of 6.000 hours)
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 Quality Criteria Mentioned In The IEC/PAS

1) rated input power (in W);

2) rated luminous flux (in lm);
3) LED luminaire efficacy (in lm/W);
4) Luminous intensity distribution;

5) Correlated Colour Temperature (CCT in K);

6) rated Colour Rendering Index (CRI);
7) rated chromaticity co-ordinate values (initial and maintained);
8) maintained luminous flux.

performance claims are always measured at a specific ambient temperature (tq);

maintained values are measured at 25% of rated life time up to a max. of 6.000 hours.

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 Agenda

1. Introduction

2. Quality criteria initial & maintained

3. Quality criteria over time

4. Take away

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 Quality Criteria Over Time

initial over time

light output

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> 6000hrs lifetime claims

lumen maintenance of LEDs;
luminaire life.

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 light output
Lumen Maintenance Claims

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LM-80: 6-10K hrs real measurement. TM-21: extrapolation 6x measurement .

this is about lumen maintenance of LEDs used in a LED luminaire;

lumen maintenance LEDs lumen maintenance LED luminaire!.
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Luminaire Life Claims

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 Luminaire Life Claims
following IEC recommended lifetime metrics

lumen maintenance (LxFy)

gradual light degradation of all relevant components;
abrupt failures of individual LEDs & complete luminaires.

abrupt failures (L0Cy)

of the complete luminaire.
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 Agenda

1. Introduction

2. Quality criteria initial & maintained

3. Quality criteria over time

4. Take away

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 Take Away

Remember not to mix up Apples & Pears

fair comparison of initial performance of different LED luminaires:

ask for product specifications measured against an appropriate
standard (e.g. IEC/PAS performance requirements);

when considering performance over time of a LED luminaire:

forget about LM-80/TM-21 lumen maintenance data of LEDs used in
a luminaire;
look for luminaire life based on lumen maintenance and abrupt
failures of the complete LED luminaire or system.

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 Take Away

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IEC/PAS 62722 LED luminaires for general lighting.

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performance criteria for LED luminaires is important.

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Thank you very much for your attention!

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