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Acronyms and Abbreviations
ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
ARPA-E | Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy |
ARRA | American Recovery and Reinvestment Act |
ASHRAE | American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-conditioning Engineers |
BES |
basic energy sciences |
BTP | Building Technologies Program |
Btu | British thermal unit |
BULB Act | Better Use of Light Bulbs Act |
CBECS |
Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey |
CCT | correlated color temperature |
cd | candela |
CFL | compact fluorescent light |
CIE | International Commission on Illumination (Commission Internationale d’Eclerage) |
CISPR | Special International Committee on Radio Interference (Comité International Spécial des Perturbations Radioélectriques) |
CLTC | California Lighting Technology Center |
CNT | carbon nanotube |
COB | chip on board |
CRI | color rendering index |
DALI |
Digital Addressable Lighting Interface |
DLA | Defense Logistics Agency |
DLC | Design Lights™ Consortium |
DOD | Department of Defense |
DOE | Department of Energy |
DSM | demand side management |
DTV | digital television |
EBL |
exciton blocking layer |
EERE | Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy |
EIA | Energy Information Administration |
EISA | Energy Independence and Security Act |
EML | light emissive layer |
EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
EPACT | Energy Policy Act |
EPCA | Energy Policy and Conservation Act |
EQE | external quantum efficiency |
ERDA | Energy Research and Development Administration |
ETL | electron transport layer |
fc |
foot-candle |
FTC | Federal Trade Commission |
GAO |
Government Accountability Office |
GSA | General Services Administration |
HID |
high-intensity discharge |
HIL | hole injection layer |
HP | high power |
HTL | hole transport layer |
HVPE | hydride vapor phase epitaxy |
IALD |
International Association of Lighting Designers |
ICC | International Code Council |
IDA | International Dark-Sky Association |
IEC | International Electrotechnical Commission |
IECC | International Energy Conservation Code |
IES | Illuminating Engineering Society of North America |
IoT | Internet of Things |
IQE | internal quantum efficiency |
ISS | International Space Station |
IT | information technology |
ITO | indium tin oxide |
L Prize |
Bright Tomorrow Lighting Prize |
LBNL | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
LED | light-emitting diode |
LER | luminous efficacy of radiation |
LES | light-emitting surface |
LFL | linear fluorescent lamp |
LIPA | Long Island Power Authority |
lm | lumen |
LP | low power |
LPD | lighting power density |
LRC | Lighting Research Center |
LUMEN | Lighting Understanding for a More Efficient Nation |
lx | lux |
MCPCB |
metal-core printed circuit board |
MECS | Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey |
MOCVD | metal-organic chemical vapor deposition |
MP | mid-power |
MQW | multiple quantum well |
MR | multifaceted reflector |
NAECA |
National Appliance Energy Conservation Act |
NEEP | Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships |
NEMA | National Electrical Manufacturers Association |
NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
NPRM | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
NRC | National Research Council |
NYSERDA | New York State Energy Research and Development Authority |
OLED |
organic light-emitting diode |
ORNL | Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
OSD | Office of the Secretary of Defense |
OVPD | organic vapor phase deposition |
PAR |
parabolic aluminized reflector |
PCAST | Presidential Council of Advisors on Science and Technology |
PF | power factor |
PFS | potassium fluorosilicate |
PG&E | Pacific Gas & Electric Company |
PHOLED | phosphorescent organic light-emitting diode |
PNNL | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
QD |
quantum dot |
R&D |
research and development |
RD&D | research, development, and demonstration |
RECS | Residential Energy Consumption Survey |
RGB | red, green, and blue |
RGBY | red, green, blue, and yellow |
RoHS | restriction of hazardous substances |
SBIR |
Small Business Innovation Research |
SCHER | Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks |
SOLED | stacked organic light-emitting diode |
SPD | spectral power distribution |
SSL | solid-state lighting |
TCO |
transparent conductive oxide |
THD | total harmonic distortion |
TIM | thermal interface material |
TIR | total internal reflection |
TLED | tubular light-emitting diode |
TWh | terawatt-hours (1012 watt-hours) |
UL |
Underwriters Laboratories |
UV | ultraviolet |
VLC |
visual light communication VTE vacuum thermal evaporation |
WOLED |
white organic light-emitting diode |
YAG |
yttrium-aluminum garnet |