The "threshold" of energy-saving certification of new LED lighting products has been greatly improved, which is the result of the revision and upgrading of the technical specifications for energy-saving certification of LED lighting products led by China Quality Certification Center recently. Behind this, financial subsidies have become a powerful driver.

The technical specifications for energy conservation certification have been greatly upgraded

Recently, the 2013 version of the technical specification for energy conservation certification of LED lighting products was released, and the China Quality Certification Center held a publicity and implementation meeting in Fujian on the new version of the technical specification for energy conservation certification of LED lighting products. For a time, the upgraded technical specification has become the focus of the LED lighting industry.

At present, LED lighting products mainly include LED downlight, reflective self ballasting led and LED road / tunnel lighting products. According to the reporter, after the revision of the technical specification for energy-saving certification of LED lighting products, the newly released GB / t29294 performance requirements for LED downlights and GB / t29296 performance requirements for reflective self ballasting LED lamps have standardized requirements for products.

For reflective self ballasting LED lamps, the method of dividing specifications according to beam angle is introduced with reference to GB / t29296; For LED downlight, refer to GB / t29294 to introduce the method of dividing specifications according to aperture size and rated luminous flux; For LED road / tunnel lighting products, the hue division is finer according to the opinions collected in the early stage.

The relevant person in charge of China Quality Certification Center told reporters that in the revision of the technical specifications for energy-saving certification of LED lighting products, product standardization is a main content. Different from other traditional light source products, as a new light source product, LED lighting products have no specific specifications and unified standards before. Due to the complex specifications, both designers and ordinary consumers have more choices, but it is very difficult due to the lack of unified standards and reference basis. Through this revision, LED lighting products have clear specifications. According to the introduction, for example, reflective self ballasting LED lamps can be divided into six specifications: 10, 18, 24, 36, 45 and 60 according to the nominal value of beam angle, and can be divided into par16, PAR20, PAR30 and PAR38 according to the size.

In addition to standardization, energy efficiency and performance requirements are also important contents of this technical specification revision. At present, there is still no mandatory national standard for energy efficiency of LED lighting products. Due to the lack of this key standard, LED lighting products have missed the promotion of financial subsidies several times. In this revision, the energy efficiency and performance of LED lighting products have been greatly improved, making LED lighting a product with more green advantages.

"With the strict requirements of the new technical specifications, only really good technologies and products have the opportunity to pass the energy-saving certification." The relevant person in charge of China Quality Certification Center said that through the revision of the technical specifications for energy-saving certification, the energy-saving certification threshold of LED lighting products has been greatly improved. Based on the current development of the industry and market, about 10% of LED lighting enterprises can meet this standard.

Financial subsidies release oriented positive energy

Upgrading the technical specifications of the industry is the inevitable trend and requirement of the development of the industry. External forces often have an important impact on this process. In fact, there is such a force in the revision of the technical specifications. This power comes from the financial subsidy promotion of LED lighting products since last year.

It is not difficult to see from the revision of this technical specification that the new technical specification follows the division method of product specifications in the national standard, and some requirements are added with reference to the technical requirements for financial subsidies to promote semiconductor lighting products (Draft). In the technical specification for energy-saving certification of reflective self ballasted LED lamps, an early failure item is added according to the technical requirements of financial subsidies. Three items of LED downlight are added according to the financial subsidy requirements: early failure, applicable working voltage and applicable ambient temperature. These items are not required in GB / t29294. It is worth mentioning that among the 8 change items of LED road / tunnel lighting products in the new technical specification, except the luminous flux maintenance rate, the other 7 items are the same as the technical requirements of financial subsidies.

"Financial subsidies have played an important role in the standardized development of LED lighting industry and the improvement of product quality." The relevant person in charge of China Quality Certification Center told reporters that, on the one hand, through the promotion of financial subsidies, LED lighting products trapped in high value have the opportunity to be recognized and accepted by more people, which not only promotes market consumption, but also popularizes the awareness of energy conservation, and leads the direction of industry standardization and market development; On the other hand, stimulated by the promotion of financial subsidies, many LED lighting enterprises have stepped up the innovation and upgrading of products and technologies to promote the gradual improvement of the technical level of the industry. At the same time, the market price of LED products has gradually decreased with the maturity of technology and market. The LED bulbs that used to cost more than 100 yuan are now less than 30 yuan.

The above person in charge also said that both financial subsidy promotion and energy conservation certification are to lead the development of the industry and market, and the two goals are the same on this point. Therefore, in the upgrading of energy-saving certification technical specifications, energy-saving certification and financial subsidy promotion have realized a "seamless link", which not only absorbs some technical requirements of financial subsidies into the new technical specifications, but also covers the product specifications promoted by financial subsidies to a great extent.

It is understood that the full combination of energy-saving certification technical specifications and financial subsidy technical requirements is also the voice of many LED lighting enterprises. They hope that led lighting products passing energy-saving certification can also meet the requirements of financial subsidies at the same time. The person in charge of a lighting enterprise said that if the LED lighting products that have passed the energy-saving certification can have more opportunities to participate in the promotion of financial subsidies, it will be a strong impetus to the development and technological innovation of the enterprise.