DOE SSL Webcasts

Title: SSL Luminaire Performance in the Lab: Just How Well Do They Perform?
Date: December 13, 2007
Description: Mia Paget, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, gave an overview of the Commercially Available LED Product Evaluation and Reporting (CALiPER) Program, test procedures for SSL products, and recent test results. CALiPER provides objective product performance information, helping buyers and specifiers have confidence that new SSL products will perform as claimed.
Webcast (WMV 6 MB)
Presentation (PDF 1 MB)

Title: LED Essentials – Technology, Applications, Advantages, Disadvantages
Date: October 11, 2007
Description:  Kevin Dowling, VP of Innovation for Philips Solid-State Lighting Solutions, presented a broad introduction to LED technology, and discussed the technology status, advantages and disadvantages, current applications, future potential, and evolving path of LED technology from indicator lights to general illumination.
Webcast (WMV 6 MB)
Presentation (PDF 5 MB)

Title: DOE Five Year Commercialization Support Plan
Date: July 2, 2007
Description: Marc Ledbetter, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, provided an overview of DOE’s Commercialization Support Plan. Key elements of the Plan include buyer guidance such as ENERGY STAR® criteria for SSL products; design competitions; technology demonstrations and procurements; product testing; technical information dissemination; and standards and test procedure support.
Webcast (WMV 4 MB)
Presentation (PDF 447 KB)