EPA publishes final Energy Star Lamps V1.0 specification

After having circulated a final draft back in July, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has now published the Energy Star Lamps V1.0 specification that will cover both LED-based retrofit lamps and legacy products such as compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs). Due to take effect on Sept 30, 2014, the final specification has minor additional changes and lamp manufacturers can immediately commission certification bodies (CBs) to begin testing products to the new specification. Indeed the relatively lengthy certification process is the primary reason the effective date was set more than a year out.