{"id":390,"date":"2015-06-01T21:15:18","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T01:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/designinglight.com\/?p=390"},"modified":"2015-06-01T21:15:18","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T01:15:18","slug":"doe-clarifies-energy-conservation-standards-for-fluorescent-ballasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/designinglight.com\/?p=390","title":{"rendered":"DOE Clarifies Energy Conservation Standards for Fluorescent Ballasts"},"content":{"rendered":"

On May 29th the DOE issued a final clarification\u00a0of energy conservation standards and test procedures for fluorescent lamp ballasts. \u00a0 The new rule<\/a>\u00a0reorganizes, reformats, and clarifies the scope of the energy conservation standards for fluorescent lamp ballasts. \u00a0It includes\u00a0establishing new active mode test procedures, standby and off mode test procedures, and revised active mode test procedures for fluorescent ballasts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On May 29th the DOE issued a final clarification\u00a0of energy conservation standards and test procedures for fluorescent lamp ballasts. \u00a0 The new rule\u00a0reorganizes, reformats, and clarifies the scope of the energy conservation standards for fluorescent lamp ballasts. \u00a0It includes\u00a0establishing new active mode test procedures, standby and off mode test procedures, and revised active mode test … Continue reading DOE Clarifies Energy Conservation Standards for Fluorescent Ballasts<\/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_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":[5],"tags":[47,38,64],"class_list":["post-390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-codes","tag-energy-efficiency","tag-federal-government","tag-fluorescent-ballasts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4gZSw-6i","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1555,"url":"https:\/\/designinglight.com\/?p=1555","url_meta":{"origin":390,"position":0},"title":"TM-30 Is Not Too Hard To Learn!","author":"Jason Livingston","date":"March 22, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Recently, a well-known lighting designer gave a presentation at a well-known lighting conference. 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