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The DesignLights Consortium Spin-off

Wed, 02/15/2017 - 10:02  |  Sue Coakley  |  Comment
Design Lights Consortium

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...

Posted In: High Efficiency Products
Tags: DesignLights Consortium, DLC, LED Lighting, CALC, commercial advanced lighting controls, Commercial lighting

From Edison to the LED, NEEP’s RLS Has You Covered

Wed, 11/06/2013 - 11:28  |  Claire Miziolek  |  Comment

Light is amazing. Not only is the lightbulb the international symbol for ideas and innovation, but lighting is one of humankind’s earliest technologies. From the first...

Posted In: High Efficiency Products, Uncategorized
Tags: DOE, Energy Efficiency, energy efficiency programs, ENERGY STAR, high efficiency products, Innovation, LED, LED Lighting, Northeast, residential lighting strategy

Registration has opened for the most anticipated Solid State Lighting event of the year!

Thu, 04/18/2013 - 09:55  |  Fritzi Pieper  |  Comment

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!

Posted In: High Efficiency Products
Tags: Chicago, Design Lights Consortium, Energy Efficiency, LED Lighting, Lighting, SSL, Stakeholder Meeting

NEEP’s DesignLights Consortium® receives AESP award!

Fri, 02/01/2013 - 10:48  |  Fritzi Pieper  |  Comment
Jon Linn (Left), John Hargrove (Right)
Posted In: High Efficiency Products
Tags: AESP, DesignLights Consortium, efficient lighting, LED Lighting, solid state lighting

Standing up for the CFL

Fri, 01/25/2013 - 16:01  |  dlenergyefficiency  |  Comment

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...

Posted In: High Efficiency Products
Tags: CFL, compact fluorescent lamp, efficient lighting, Energy Efficiency, ENERGY STAR, LED Lighting, market transformation, Northeast

DLC Stakeholder Meeting Bringing Together International Lighting Industry

Fri, 11/16/2012 - 12:04  |  Fritzi Pieper  |  Comment

"The value of gathering a variety of DLC stakeholders in one place to engage in constructive and candid dialog can't be overstated." - Dan Mellinger, Efficiency Vermont

Posted In: High Efficiency Products
Tags: DesignLights Consortium, energy efficiency industry, LED Lighting, solid state lighting

The Future of LED Innovation: An interview with the DOE's Jim Brodrick

Thu, 10/18/2012 - 15:02  |  Fritzi Pieper  |  Comment
Dr. James Brodrick, lighting program manager for the U.S. Department of...
Posted In: Guest Contributors, High Efficiency Products
Tags: DesignLights Consortium, DOE, efficient lighting, Energy Efficiency, energy efficiency programs, LED Lighting

DesignLights™ Consortium Adds Eleven New Categories to its Qualified Product List

Fri, 09/14/2012 - 20:15  |  Fritzi Pieper  |  Comment

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...

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Tags: Design Lights Consortium, efficient lighting, Energy Efficiency, LED Lighting, market transformation, Northeast