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LED Lighting
Navigating the DLC QPL: Family Grouping and Product Data
This guide explores the types of product data available on the DLC SSL QPL, how products are grouped into families, and the distinction between parent and child products.
Key Takeaways
- Describes the different types of product data available on the SSL QPL.
- Explains the difference between parent and child products.
- Explains the rationale for testing and reporting requirements for product families.
Outdoor Lighting Ordinances Map Data
Download the data from our outdoor lighting ordinances map. Last updated in June 2024.
Key Takeaways
- Outdoor Lighting Ordinances for Mitigating Light Pollution in the US and Canada
Requirements for Submitting SSL Product Images
The DLC accepts and displays product images on the Solid-State Lighting QPL (SSL QPL) to allow energy efficiency program staff to cross-reference product specification sheets with QPL listings more easily. Image submission is not required for qualification. This resource details the DLC's requirements and style guidelines for SSL product images.
In this Resource
- Requirements and guidelines for formatting and submitting product images to display on the SSL QPL.
Guidance for Using Allowances
This resource provides examples of the testing required to qualify products to the SSL QPL using efficacy allowances, and explains how those allowances may affect the product’s QPL listing.
Key Takeaways
- Provides four example scenarios for using efficacy allowances when qualifying products to the SSL QPL.
Key Takeaways
- Outdoor lighting design
- Effects of light pollution on wildlife
- Inequities of outdoor lighting
Webinar: Responsible Lighting at Night – Bridging the Inequality Gap
This webinar examines the societal and professional misconceptions, and safety and health implications of poor quality of light at night on marginalized communities. Panelists discuss how investments in well designed, responsible light can meet communities' needs.
Key Takeaways
- How lighting choices affect the mental health, well-being, and safety of occupants.
- The systemic choices that have led to underrepresented communities' lack of good lighting.
- Ways that light has been used in systems of racism and oppression.
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