{"id":167,"date":"2014-06-19T10:56:02","date_gmt":"2014-06-19T14:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/designinglight.com\/?p=167"},"modified":"2014-06-19T10:57:10","modified_gmt":"2014-06-19T14:57:10","slug":"doe-suspends-par38-l-prize-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/designinglight.com\/?p=167","title":{"rendered":"DOE Suspends PAR38 L-Prize Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On June 13, 2014 the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) \u00a0suspended the L-Prize PAR38 Competition. The LED PAR38 products currently on the market fall far short of reaching the rigorous L -rize targets, making it unlikely the DOE will receive a qualifying entry in a reasonable amount of time. The DOE cannot lower the efficacy target because it was set by Congress. The DOE will continue to monitor the PAR38 market for performance and price improvements, to consider reopening the competition at a later date. \u00a0The graph below illustrates the market vs the L-Prize goals as of November 2013.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/designinglight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/LPrizeNov2013PAR38graph.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-168 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/designinglight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/LPrizeNov2013PAR38graph.jpg\" alt=\"LPrizeNov2013PAR38graph\" width=\"520\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/designinglight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/LPrizeNov2013PAR38graph.jpg 520w, https:\/\/designinglight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/LPrizeNov2013PAR38graph-300x252.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More information is available on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lightingprize.org\/PAR38.stm\">DOE web site<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 13, 2014 the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) \u00a0suspended the L-Prize PAR38 Competition. The LED PAR38 products currently on the market fall far short of reaching the rigorous L -rize targets, making it unlikely the DOE will receive a qualifying entry in a reasonable amount of time. The DOE cannot lower the efficacy &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/designinglight.com\/?p=167\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">DOE Suspends PAR38 L-Prize Competition<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13,11],"tags":[47,38,52,30],"class_list":["post-167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lamps","category-leds","tag-energy-efficiency","tag-federal-government","tag-l-prize","tag-led"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4gZSw-2H","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":664,"url":"https:\/\/designinglight.com\/?p=664","url_meta":{"origin":167,"position":0},"title":"DOE Predicts LED Use and Energy Savings","author":"Jason Livingston","date":"September 14, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"In September the\u00a0DOE issued,\u00a0Energy Savings Forecast of Solid-State Lighting in General Illumination Applications\u00a0(PDF, 116 pages), the latest edition of a biannual report which models the adoption of LEDs in the U.S. general-lighting market, along with associated energy savings, based on the full potential DOE has determined to be technically feasible\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;LEDs&quot;","block_context":{"text":"LEDs","link":"https:\/\/designinglight.com\/?cat=11"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":657,"url":"https:\/\/designinglight.com\/?p=657","url_meta":{"origin":167,"position":1},"title":"DOE OLED Webinar Next Week","author":"Jason Livingston","date":"July 21, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"OLEDs are making inroads into the lighting marketplace but are not nearly as well understood as LEDs. \u00a0On July 28th the DOE will present a webinar on the current state and future of this lighting technology. \u00a0The DOE describes it as \"This webinar will present highlights from a new DOE\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Lamps&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Lamps","link":"https:\/\/designinglight.com\/?cat=13"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1619,"url":"https:\/\/designinglight.com\/?p=1619","url_meta":{"origin":167,"position":2},"title":"DOE Issues Preliminary Determination on ASHRAE 90.1-2019","author":"Jason Livingston","date":"May 10, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"DOE determines ASHRAE 90.1-2019 improves energy efficiency.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Codes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Codes","link":"https:\/\/designinglight.com\/?cat=5"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":284,"url":"https:\/\/designinglight.com\/?p=284","url_meta":{"origin":167,"position":3},"title":"DOE Extends Comment Period for General Service Lamps Standards","author":"Jason Livingston","date":"January 28, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The Department of Energy (DOE) has extended the comment period for proposed energy efficiency standards for general service lamps (GSLs) until February 23, 2015. Documents associated with this set of standards are Docket No. EERE-2013-BT-STD-0051. There is a link on that page to submit comments. 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