Required Documents
- An Intent-to-Submit form must be submitted to competition organizers by August 15, 2008.
- A final online submission form must be completed and supporting documents sent via email to ngl08@pnl.gov before October 15, 2008. Specific instructions are included in the final submission forms. Entries (three production quality luminaires for the Market-ready category and one prototype for the Emerging Products category) must also arrive at the judging location by October 15, 2008. The following documentation must be submitted electronically:
- Full published LED data sheets (or at a minimum, luminous flux, forward voltage, drive current, and color data for pre-production devices) and available information on drivers used in submitted luminaires must be submitted for entries in all categories.
- For the market-ready category, luminaire photometric reports conducted according
to IESNA LM-79-08 must be submitted with each set of luminaires. Reports should include at least the following information:
- Total luminous flux
- Wattage
- Luminous intensity distribution
- CCT
- Spectral power distribution (SPD)
- CRI
- Power factor
For more information on independant testing labs, see the list of the DOE CALiPER program's pre-qualified testing labs.
Photometric reports are not required for emerging product entries but should be provided if available.
Photometric performance of all products selected as finalists will be verified, including additional
testing by independent testing laboratories according to IESNA LM-79-08, as needed. This information
will be considered in the final selection of winners.