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Application of CIE 13.3-1995 with Associated CRI-based Colour Rendition Properties has recently been published by the Global Lighting Association. A copy is available on the association website. See http://www.globallightingassociation.org/library About the GLA The Global Lighting Association is the global voice of the lighting industry. The primary mission of the GLA is to share information, within the limits…

European Product Database for Energy Labelling (EPREL) has now been launched and suppliers to the EU market can now upload their product information as follows: https://energy-label.ec.europa.eu Deadline for compliance is 1st January 2019: this is for units of product models that are placed on the EU market for the first time as of 1st January 2019 and are subject…

The 2018 LIT Design Awards Welcomes Lighting Submissions from Around the World The LIT Design Awards™ was created to recognise the efforts of talented international lighting product designers and lighting implementers. We believe that lighting is an art and a science, and it is one of the most important elements of design. LIT was envisioned to celebrate…

In an attempt to pick out potential areas of good practice in the regulation of lighting products & systems that may be of interest to regulators in the Middle East region please find a list of 10 reasons why the EU’s Ecodesign Package of Measures matters. With 10 Ecodesign regulations and 6 Energy Labels, the Package is expected to be…

FOR OUR READERS INFO & ACTION IF NECESSARY The proposed new European Union ecodesign and labelling rules apply as of 1st January 2019. The new EPREL database – EU product energy labelling database – is in the process of being finalised and is a new obligation for suppliers to the EU market as of 1st January 2019. More…

From our colleagues at https://www.complianceandrisks.com/ two informative slides showing both the drastic increase in global regulations by region and the subject areas that are the drivers of that growth. Note the steep growth curve in regulation in Europe, Middle East & Africa and Central Asia in uppermost slide below. The trajectory of the curve indicates…