Understanding Today’s Energy-Efficient Lighting Certification Programs & Initiatives

The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 and its subsequent amendments established minimum efficiency standards for lighting products. While the DOE’s mandatory energy efficiency standards and recently-heightened surveillance efforts are designed to ensure manufacturers’ compliance with minimum U.S. energy efficiency requirements, they do not account for all of the “green” lighting certification programs and initiatives active in the U.S. and Canadian markets today.