

GREEN CREATIVE offers a complete lineup of LED products that adhere to current national quality compliance standards including Energy Star, Design Lights Consortium (DLC), and various California specific specifications (Title 24, JA8, etc).
ENERGY STAR®
ENERGY STAR® is a US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sponsored program to promote environmental protection through energy efficient products and practices. Products that have been qualified by ENERGY STAR® have passed strict technical requirements and can be considered energy efficient and reliable.
ENERGY STAR® requirements cover various aspects of product performance and longevity, below is a brief summary of seven key ENERGY STAR® integral lamp requirements:


EFFICIENCY
To ensure products in given categories meet established energy efficiency requirements ENERGY STAR® has different efficacy (lumens per watt, lm/W) requirements for different product types as well as different CRI levels, as outlined at the left graph.
LIGHT OUTPUT
To ensure products in given categories provide enough light to accurately match the incumbent incandescent bulbs they are potentially replacing Energy Star sets baseline requirements for light output based on different power consumption levels, as outline in graph.


COLOR QUALITY
ENERGY STAR® Sets color quality standards by requiring LED products to meet a Color Rendering Index (CRI) of 80 or greater and an R9 value of 0 or greater.
LUMEN MAINTENANCE
ENERGY STAR® sets minimum light output levels over the life of products to ensure product longevity. LED products are required to maintain a minimum percentage of 0-hour light output after completion of the 6000-hr test duration, this percentage ranges from 86.7% – 95.8% depending on the claimed lifetime of the product.


CORRELATED COLOR TEMPERATURE (CCT)
ENERGY STAR® regulates the Correlated Color Temperature (CCT) of products by setting acceptable ranges of tested CCT values. See left chart outlining these ranges.


DIMMING
To ensure product dimming performance, ENERGY STAR® requires dimmable products test for maximum and minimum light output on a dimmer, as well as, flicker and noise. The products must also dim to 20% or lower.
WARRANTY
ENERGY STAR® requires baseline product warranties to ensure product longevity and customer satisfaction.

The full specification is much more detailed and covers various additional requirements and technical details. In addition, the ENERGY STAR fixtures have separate requirements.
CLICK HERE for the full Energy Star V2.1 Luminaire Technical requirements.
Although entirely voluntary ENERGY STAR® has become the industry standard in the applicable categories as a baseline of vetted product energy efficiency, performance, and reliability. The brand is highly recognizable in both the residential and commercial lighting arenas. Just look for the Energy Star logo on applicable GREEN CREATIVE product specification sheets.
GREEN CREATIVE is proud to be an ENERGY STAR® partner!
DLC
The DesignLights Consortium is a non-profit group funded by a variety of utilities and other industry groups with the goal of accelerating widespread adoption of energy efficient commercial lighting. DLC develops technical requirements for various LED luminaires and other lighting technologies primarily in commercial applications not covered by Energy Star.
To be eligible products must meet the current DLC Technical requirements V4.4. There are specific requirements for Luminaires, Retrofit Kits, lamps, as well as networked controls. Although different than Energy Star requirements, the specifications focus on similar criteria such as efficacy, CCT, color rendering, and warranty. DLC requirements are also unique for very specific product use categories. DLC Premium is a higher tier designation that requires more stringent technical requirements (outlined in DLC V4.3 link above).
