Philips Lumileds announced today that it is the first power LED manufacturer to publicly publish LM-80 test report data for use by luminaire manufacturers evaluating the merits of using different LEDs in their solid-state lighting solutions. The data clearly demonstrates that lumen maintenance performance exceeds ENERGY STAR® requirements by a wide margin as well as documenting lumen maintenance performance under various conditions. The test report is posted on the company’s web site www.philipslumileds.com.

Philips Lumileds LM-80 test reports adhere to and are published in accordance with the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) LM-80-08 standard. Philips Lumileds has been studying the factors that affect power LED lumen maintenance in an ongoing effort to improve performance and more accurately describe lumen maintenance behavior for the lighting community.

In order to appropriately design for optimum lumen maintenance, Philips Lumileds recommends that luminaire manufacturers and the lighting industry do the following:
1.  Understand the specific lumen maintenance behavior of the LEDs they have selected.
2.  Disregard generic statements about LED lumen maintenance performance and ask for information that’s appropriate for the anticipated current and temperature conditions.