| 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 |