Energy Star Lighting Verification Program (Program for the Evaluation and Analysis of Residential Lighting)

O' ; Rourke, Conan ; Zhou, Yutao

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

关键词: Calibration;    Residential Buildings;    Testing;    32 Energy Conservation, Consumption, And Utilization;    Reliability;   

DOI  :  10.2172/885481
RP-ID  :  none
RP-ID  :  FG26-02NT41472
RP-ID  :  885481

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The Program for the Evaluation and Analysis of Residential Lighting (PEARL) is a watchdog program. It was created in response to complaints received by utility program managers about the performance of certain Energy Star lighting products being promoted within their service territories and the lack of a self-policing mechanism within the lighting industry that would ensure the reliability of these products and their compliance with ENERGY STAR specifications. To remedy these problems, PEARL purchases and tests products that are available to the consumers in the marketplace. The Lighting Research Center (LRC) tests the selected products against the corresponding Energy Star specifications. This report includes the experimental procedure of Cycle 7 of PEARL program during the period of October 2005 to March 2006, along with the description of apparatus used, equipment calibration process, experimental methodology, and research findings from the testing. LRC administered the purchasing of CFL samples to test in Cycle 7, performed 100-hour seasoning for most of the CFL samples received by March 2006, and performed sphere testing for some of the CFL samples at 100 hours of life (initial measurement).