PEARL Program for the Evaluation and Analysis of Residential Lighting

1. PEARLProgram for the Evaluation and Analysis of Residential Lighting May 4, 2006 Lighting Research CenterRensselaer Polytechnic Institute

2. Table of Contents • Why PEARL? • Who is PEARL? • What has PEARL done? • What’s on the market? • PEARL measurements • PEARL results • Conclusions

3. Why PEARL? • Watch-dog program for ENERGY STAR lighting products • CFLs • Fixtures • Concerns over product quality • Premature failure • Not bright enough • Gets much dimmer over time • Slow to reach full light output • No industry-wide QA mechanism or challenge program exists

4. Who is PEARL? • Bonneville Power Administration • Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance • Natural Resources Canada • Natural Resources Defense Council – Noah Horowitz • New York Start Energy Research and Development Authority • Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships • Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance • Pacific Gas & Electric • Sacramento Municipal Utility District • San Diego Gas & Electric • Southern California Edison • Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation • US Environmental Protection Agency • US Department of Energy

5. What has PEARL done? • Program started 2000 • Completed six cycles (sets) of testing • Tested • 123 CFL models from 22 manufacturers • 53 Fixture models from 19 manufacturers • Currently receiving products for Cycle 7 • Testing • 30 CFL models from 15 manufacturers

6. What’s on the Market? • Product selection • Based on what is available; • Retail • Electrical distributors • Lighting show rooms • Some internet • Shopping list is then cross referenced with ENERGY STAR website • Products are then purchased from sponsor locations

7. What’s on the Market? CFL Types Bare Covered Reflector 2,167 CFLs from 114 manufacturers on ENERGY STAR website* *As of April 2006 Fixture Types Ceiling-mounted Wall-mounted Recessed Portable Outdoor 6,230 fixtures from 49 manufacturers on ENERGY STARwebsite*

8. PEARL Measurements CFLs Initial measurements Efficacy Color properties Start and run-up time 1000-hr measurement Lumen maintenance Failures 40% of Rated Life measurements Lumen maintenance Failures Rapid Cycle Stress Test Fixtures Initial measurements Lamp/ballast efficacy Color properties Start time Ballast case temperature

9. PEARL Results * In progress

10. PEARL Results Percentage of Compliance with ENERGY STAR Spec for All CFLs tested in PEARL 100% 90% 80% 70% Cycle1 Cycle2 60% Cycle3 % of CFLs that Passed Cycle4 50% Cycle5 40% Cycle6 30% 20% 10% 0% Efficacy (lm/W) 1000-hour 40%-life Rapid Cycle Stress Lumen Lumen Test Maintenance Maintenance Parameters

11. PEARL Results

12. PEARL Results

13. PEARL • ENERGY STAR is currently working with its partners to develop a self-sustaining watch-dog program that will be funded by the manufacturers • US Environmental Protection Agency is working with the fixture manufacturers • US Department of Energy is working with the CFL manufacturers • It is expected that these programs will be in place when PEARL Cycle 7 is complete

14. Conclusions • Products have been improving over time • PEARL has continually expanded its coverage of products and amount of testing • Only been able to touch a very small percentage of the products on the market • 5.6% for CFLs & 0.8% for fixtures • Not easy to find some products • Watchdog program plays an important role

15. Thank you! Contact information: Conan O’Rourke (518) 687-7182 orourc@rpi.edu www.lrc.rpi.edu