The LED lighting industry, where is the way?

Low carbon energy saving is the trend of today's society, published by the national development and Reform Commission and other departments according to the size of the power to phase out incandescent roadmap in the background, LED lighting naturally become a hot investment hot spot, big and small brands and factories are springing up like bamboo shoots after a spring rain, the local governments are competing vigorously into resources LED lighting industry as a pillar industry to support.

On the surface, the development of LED lighting industry in full swing, but behind the prosperity of the worries, but also surfaced. Now the LED industry is a vassal, different manufacturers LED launched every kind of products according to their own understanding, there is a joke: "LED lights now, really is in the eyes of one thousand individuals have one thousand Hamlet! "Because of different manufacturers of the products are not compatible and can not be replaced; the LED lighting products on the market and the replacement of parts is very difficult, it also makes consumers feel at a loss even at a distance; thus increasing the difficulty for the application of LED, weaken the market competitiveness.

As a manufacturer, in fact, the heart can not tell the bitter. At present, each launch a new product, manufacturers have to invest a lot of manpower and material resources to design a new program, so that the cost can not be high? This is the industry representative issued a sigh! Even more troubling is that the product interface is not standardized, it is difficult to compare the different manufacturers of products. Manufacturers do not compete in terms of product life, color temperature, price and other aspects, but the big fight price war". Can not scale production makes the cost of LED lighting products is difficult to fall; in order to blindly reduce product prices, the quality of goods can not be guaranteed.

How to break the deadlock, where is the way forward? Some people wait for the support of the government, some people are still thinking, but the industry giants have taken action. In 2010, including PHILPS, OSRAM, general electric, home lighting industry giant Matsushita, CREE CREE, initiated the establishment of the organization for Standardization in an industry alliance (ZHAGA Consortium) - time, interface design standards in order to standardize LED light engine. In order to cope with the sustained and rapid development of LED technology, through the definition of a variety of special LED light engine interface data, various properties of standard light engine cover time, including physical size, luminosity, electrical and thermal properties, so as to achieve the final products of different manufacturers alliance in the exchange between time and compatibility. At present, there are 162 countries in the world famous manufacturer to European enterprises, businesses in the United States and Asian companies to join Zhaga, more global well-known European testing and certification bodies DEKRA to participate in the working group ZHAGA standardization work.

The standardization work will help prevent the market differentiation is not compatible with the LED light engine, so that consumers can safely choose and buy market can be replaced with the LED products, at the same time can continue to enjoy the performance of products offered by LED technology upgrade. In addition, the development of the industry, the establishment of standard zhaga promotes innovation of LED lighting applications and market competition.

In December 2, 2011, ZHAGA and DEKRA testing and certification organizations jointly organized the "ZHAGA light engine interface design standardization seminar" in Shenzhen, is also the first time in Chinese held a member of standardization working group report. The move is aimed at promoting the compatibility and replacement of the LED optical engine interface, while ZHAGA will also launch CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT qualification certification to promote market applications. The conference speakers are ZHAGA Secretary General Mr. Menno Treffers and DEKRA chief Certification Manager and product manager, is the International Electrotechnical Commission IECEE CB standard system and testing laboratory Committee, a special expert group meeting convened, the European certification system (CCA & ENEC) technology services group vice president Mr. Ted Gaertner.

The meeting attracted the numerous well-known manufacturers to come to attend the meeting, they have come to Shanghai, Fujian, Taiwan, Hongkong, Shenzhen, Dongguan, Zhongshan, only the name of enterprises, such as PHILPS, OSRAM, Shanghai Ya Ming, Xiamen leedarson, CREE Cree, BYD Kingsun, BYD on the ground and so on, also attracted retailers IKEA, IKEA and other buyers to come to attend the meeting.

Choose DERKA as the organizers of the conference, because DEKRA is the leader in the field of LED lamp inspection and certification. The day before, just as the symbol of the one and only DEKRA LED performance, won the prestigious European Electronic Technology Development (ETOP) innovation award. The DEKRA logo is designed for LED performance which need to meet the more severely the security and performance requirements of the product certification and logo design; its purpose is to distinguish between high-quality lamps in the quality of the LED light bulb, lamps and ordinary performance; in the market application and accelerate the LED lights for high quality manufacturers also benefit; for consumers and the environment in energy saving and emission reduction.