Assessment of Solid-State Lighting, Phase Two (2017)
Chapter: Appendix D: Acronyms and Abbreviations
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Suggested Citation:
"Appendix D: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Assessment of Solid-State Lighting, Phase Two. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/24619.
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Acronyms and Abbreviations
| 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 |
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BES |
basic energy sciences |
| BTP | Building Technologies Program |
| Btu | British thermal unit |
| BULB Act | Better Use of Light Bulbs Act |
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CBECS |
Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey |
| CCT | correlated color temperature |
| 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 |
| COB | chip on board |
| CRI | color rendering index |
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DALI |
Digital Addressable Lighting Interface |
| DLA | Defense Logistics Agency |
| DLC | Design Lights™ Consortium |
| DOD | Department of Defense |
| DOE | Department of Energy |
| DSM | demand side management |
| DTV | digital television |
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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 |
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fc |
foot-candle |
| FTC | Federal Trade Commission |
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GAO |
Government Accountability Office |
| GSA | General Services Administration |
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HID |
high-intensity discharge |
| HIL | hole injection layer |
| HP | high power |
| HTL | hole transport layer |
| HVPE | hydride vapor phase epitaxy |
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IALD |
International Association of Lighting Designers |
| ICC | International Code Council |
| IDA | International Dark-Sky Association |
| IEC | International Electrotechnical Commission |
| IECC | International Energy Conservation Code |
| IES | Illuminating Engineering Society of North America |
| IoT | Internet of Things |
| IQE | internal quantum efficiency |
| ISS | International Space Station |
| IT | information technology |
| ITO | indium tin oxide |
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L Prize |
Bright Tomorrow Lighting Prize |
| LBNL | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix D: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Assessment of Solid-State Lighting, Phase Two. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/24619.
| LED | light-emitting diode |
| LER | luminous efficacy of radiation |
| LES | light-emitting surface |
| LFL | linear fluorescent lamp |
| LIPA | Long Island Power Authority |
| lm | lumen |
| LP | low power |
| LPD | lighting power density |
| LRC | Lighting Research Center |
| LUMEN | Lighting Understanding for a More Efficient Nation |
| lx | lux |
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MCPCB |
metal-core printed circuit board |
| MECS | Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey |
| MOCVD | metal-organic chemical vapor deposition |
| MP | mid-power |
| MQW | multiple quantum well |
| MR | multifaceted reflector |
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NAECA |
National Appliance Energy Conservation Act |
| NEEP | Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships |
| NEMA | National Electrical Manufacturers Association |
| NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| NPRM | Notice of Proposed Rulemaking |
| NRC | National Research Council |
| NYSERDA | New York State Energy Research and Development Authority |
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OLED |
organic light-emitting diode |
| ORNL | Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| OSD | Office of the Secretary of Defense |
| OVPD | organic vapor phase deposition |
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PAR |
parabolic aluminized reflector |
| PCAST | Presidential Council of Advisors on Science and Technology |
| PF | power factor |
| PFS | potassium fluorosilicate |
| PG&E | Pacific Gas & Electric Company |
| PHOLED | phosphorescent organic light-emitting diode |
| PNNL | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
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QD |
quantum dot |
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R&D |
research and development |
| RD&D | research, development, and demonstration |
| RECS | Residential Energy Consumption Survey |
| RGB | red, green, and blue |
| RGBY | red, green, blue, and yellow |
| RoHS | restriction of hazardous substances |
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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 |
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TCO |
transparent conductive oxide |
| THD | total harmonic distortion |
| TIM | thermal interface material |
| TIR | total internal reflection |
| TLED | tubular light-emitting diode |
| TWh | terawatt-hours (1012 watt-hours) |
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UL |
Underwriters Laboratories |
| UV | ultraviolet |
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VLC |
visual light communication VTE vacuum thermal evaporation |
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WOLED |
white organic light-emitting diode |
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YAG |
yttrium-aluminum garnet |
Suggested Citation:
"Appendix D: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Assessment of Solid-State Lighting, Phase Two. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/24619.
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