LED Must Be Certified to Qualify as Residential High Efficacy
Unlike CFL and GU-24 luminaires, LED luminaires must be certified to the Commission by
the manufacturer to qualify as “high efficacy”. If LEDs are not certified, they are classified
as low efficacy regardless of their actual efficacy.
Screw-based compact fluorescent lamps have never been recognized as permanently
installed fluorescent lighting systems for compliance with the Standards. Similarly, LED
screw based lamps, and LED screw based light engines, are also not recognized as an
LED luminaire for compliance with the Standards.
There are special provisions for LED lamps that have GU-24 bases—these qualify
automatically as an LED luminaire. See section 6.3.5 of this chapter for additional
information about luminaires with GU-24 sockets.
The market for LED luminaires has given rise to new types of luminaires and new
terminology within the lighting industry. This new terminology can be confusing