Assessment of Advanced Solid-State Lighting (2013)

Chapter: Appendix C: Acronyms and Abbreviations

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Suggested Citation: "Appendix C: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2013. Assessment of Advanced Solid-State Lighting. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18279.

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Acronyms and Abbreviations

Alq3 tris(8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminum
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
CBP 4,4-N,N-dicarbazole-biphenyl
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
CRI color rendering index
   
DALI Digital Addressable Lighting Interface
DCM 4-(dicyanomethylene)-2-methyl-6-
  (dimethylaminostyryl)-4H-pyran
DLA Defense Logistics Agency
DLC DesignLights™ 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
   
FCC Federal Communications Commission
FEA Federal Energy Administration
ftc footcandle
FTC Federal Trade Commission
   
GAO Government Accountability Office
GSA General Services Administration
   
HID high-intensity discharge
HTL hole transport layer
HVPE hydride vapor phase epitaxy
   
IALD International Association of Lighting
  Designers
ICC International Code Council
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
IECC International Energy Conservation Code
IESNA Illuminating Engineering Society of North
  America
IQE internal quantum efficiency
Ir(ppy)3 fac tris(2-phenylpyridine) iridium
ITO indium tin oxide
   
L Prize Bright Tomorrow Lighting Prize
Suggested Citation: "Appendix C: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2013. Assessment of Advanced Solid-State Lighting. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18279.
LBNL Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
LED light-emitting diode
LER luminous efficacy of radiation
LFL linear fluorescent lamp
LIPA Long Island Power Authority
lm lumen
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
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
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
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, blue
RGBY red, green, blue, 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
   
THD total harmonic distortion
TIM thermal interface material
TIR total internal reflection
TWh terawatt-hours (1012 watt-hours)
   
UV ultraviolet
   
VTE vacuum thermal evaporation
   
WOLED white organic light-emitting diode
   
YAG yttrium-aluminum garnet
Suggested Citation: "Appendix C: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2013. Assessment of Advanced Solid-State Lighting. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18279.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix C: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2013. Assessment of Advanced Solid-State Lighting. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18279.
Page 126
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