LED adoption in general lighting applications
LED adoption in general lighting applications
LED adoption in general lighting applications
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<strong>LED</strong> Standards<br />
Fact Sheet: <strong>LED</strong> Measurement Series: Color<br />
Render<strong>in</strong>g Index and <strong>LED</strong>s<br />
• Organization: Department of Energy, Energy<br />
Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Build<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Technologies Program, Solid State Light<strong>in</strong>g<br />
• Published Date: January 2008<br />
• Objective:<br />
– The color render<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>dex (CRI) has been<br />
used to compare fluorescent and HID lamps<br />
for over 40 years, but the International<br />
Commission on Illum<strong>in</strong>ation (CIE) does not<br />
recommend its use with white light <strong>LED</strong>s. A<br />
new metric is under development. In the<br />
meantime how should we use CRI when it<br />
comes to <strong>LED</strong>s?
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