DLC issues minor revisions to horticultural LED lighting regulatory policy

The DesignLights Consortium (DLC) has emerged as the most influential market-transformation program in the evolution of lighting to LED sources and has even now addressed niche applications such as horticultural solid-state lighting (SSL). The organization, with roots in northeastern US utilities, has moved far beyond its original focus on commercial and industrial lighting. Most recently, the DLC has issued a policy update relative to horticultural lighting with a temporary reprieve in terms of some reporting requirements but longer-term rigid policy in energy efficiency and efficacy related specifically to the horticultural niche.