The DesignLights Consortium Spin-off
By Sue Coakley | Wed, February 15, 17
With the arrival of the New Year, NEEP said good-bye and farewell to the DesignLights Consortium, which began 2017 as an independent organization. Led by its own Board of Directors with Tina Halfpenny as Executive Director, the DLC team of eight professionals across the U.S. continues the DLC’s key market transformation role to set the bar for and distinguish quality, energy efficient commercial lighting products.
Registration has opened for the most anticipated Solid State Lighting event of the year!
By Fritzi Pieper | Thu, April 18, 13
NEEP’s DesignLights Consortium® (DLC) project has announced the opening of registration for the 2013 DLC Stakeholder Meeting which will be held on July 22-25 in Chicago!
Anticipation for this conference has been high since the inaugural DLC Stakeholder Meeting was held in Atlanta, GA last year. This year, the DLC team has been working hard to make the experience as, if not more, beneficial and interesting to solid state lighting (SSL) players.
Lighting Savings Remain Large, Cost Effective and Cost Efficient
By Samantha Bresler | Wed, February 20, 13
According to NEEP’s Northeast Residential Lighting Strategy (RLS) Update, energy savings from efficient lighting continues to be the most cost effective measure for efficiencyNEEP’s DesignLights Consortium® receives AESP award!
By Fritzi Pieper | Fri, February 1, 13
Jon Linn (Left), John Hargrove (Right)Standing up for the CFL
By dlenergyefficiency | Fri, January 25, 13
The saying, "you only have one chance to make a first impression" has never been so true than for the CFL. When the highly efficient light bulb was first introduced into the market two decades ago, even the most die-hard energy efficiency experts would agree the technology was probably not ready for prime time. The light output was low and the bulbs took a long time to "warm up".The Future of LED Innovation: An interview with the DOE's Jim Brodrick
By Fritzi Pieper | Thu, October 18, 12
Dr. James Brodrick, lighting program manager for the U.S. Department of Energy, Building TechnologiesDesignLights™ Consortium Adds Eleven New Categories to its Qualified Product List
By Fritzi Pieper | Fri, September 14, 12
The DesignLights™ Consortium (DLC), a project managed by NEEP, announced this week the addition of eleven new commercial SSL luminaire categories to its Qualified Products List (QPL). The QPL now lists products in thirty categories. New featured categories include Flood and Spot Lighting, Stairwell and Passageway Lighting, as well as eight retrofit kit categories.Residential Lighting Programs - The Art of Measuring Market Transformation
By neepenergy | Tue, June 26, 12
Residential lighting efficiency programs don’t come as cheap as they used to.DLC Qualified Product List – Defining the Standards of a Surging Market
By Fritzi Pieper | Mon, June 25, 12
The DesignLights™ Consortium (DLC) Qualified Product List (QPL) (www.designlights.org) provides a central place for manufacturers to submit products for qualification and for utilities and energy efficiency program administrators to distinguish high performing products for use in their incentive programs. Due to the rapid technological advances in the Solid State Lighting (SSL) industry, the DLC continues to update and i