Global LED lighting specification from 2012 onwards

With the LED to continue to import the indoor and outdoor lighting LED lighting market, prices have dropped significantly, but also lead to uneven quality problems, it is pointed out that the country gradually set LED lighting standard, lighting a number of mandatory standards will be on the road since 2012, is expected to accelerate the vicious competition out of inferior goods, and promote LED lighting market reshuffle effect.

Because LED lighting applications have become increasingly common and diverse in Taiwan, the Ministry of Economic Affairs Bureau of standards in recent years have developed a number of LED lighting standards, following the LED standards of the world's leading lights footsteps announced by the end of 2010, and issued 3 common LED lighting standards, including LEDT8 straight tube, LED light and light steel frame (including flat plate lamp light), the industry pointed out that although the relevant standards have been set, but LED street after years of promotion, 2012 is expected to be expanded to install, because the government into slow plus budget work, estimated to be 2013~2014 years is expected to release the purchasing bid.

Although the development of the LED industry like a raging fire, but due to regional differences in climate and environment is too large, so the industry standard has not yet entered the national standards project, by the provinces to promote each dominant regional LED lighting standard established, but according to the national development and Reform Commission recently pointed out that through the technical specification of LED lighting, indoor LED lamp as a priority, expected in the technical specification after the verdict, in 2012 12th Five-Year, plans to promote the central financial subsidy scheme, announced LED will be expected to expand the implementation of indoor lighting.

As for the LED lighting products enter the EU must pass CE certification, and consider the electromagnetic radiation may cause harm to the human body, the EU also announced on 2013, the mandatory implementation of the human body electromagnetic radiation safety standards.

With the United States Environmental Protection Agency announced a new version of solid-state lighting lamps and light source products listed in October 2011, the industry pointed out that the recent concern LM-80 attenuation test, is expected from April 2012 onwards mandatory implementation of new regulations in the future on the road, the North American market will give priority to the procurement of lighting manufacturers through the LM-80 verification for LED products, without verification of Taiwan LED packaging and grain factory, after enter the American market fear will suffer.

Due to the LM-80 decay after 6000 hours of testing to verify, consuming up to 6~8 months, part of the LED industry thinks, LED product specifications and technology change rapidly, after a few months later, the standard verification LED lighting may be changed, so this certification still hold doubt, but Taiwan said, LM-80 is regarded as the entrance tickets to enter the U.S. market, manufacturers must be issued by LM-80 (LED lumen maintenance) test certificate, in order to obtain the Energy Star label, the illuminating engineering society of North America (IES) has set a LM-80 light attenuation testing standards, not only provides the measurement standard for the application of LED products, provide quality assurance for consumers that will become the world's common standards.