SSL lighting innovation Platform
Relying on strong partnerships with 12 laboratories over the country, the platform is a neuralgic center of a high density network of top French scientists.
The platform was born form the challenges brought on by technical change. SSL lightings challenges companies to cross a gap and master unusual difficulties such as thermal management, color temperature and rendering, multipoint lighting sources, EMC, optics… The market is thus transitioning from mechanical manufacturers to electronic, thermal and optical specialists, capable of designing very complex system.
To emphasis this, the SSL Lighting platform provides 3 main services to the Cluster Lumière members
- Technology, patents, and regulation survey
- Technical workshops and SSL lighting challenges
- Advice and financial support for tests and expertise with partner laboratories
Meet the SSL Lighting platform and some of its laboratories on ForumLED exhibition floor, 7th and 8th December 2011 in Lyon.
Twelve laboratories are partners of the SSL innovation platform and each address part of the SSL challenges: CEA LETI, CSTB, ENTPE, ESISAR, INSA, Laplace, Sopavib, Pole ORA, Intitut d’Optique, LNE, EMITECH
IEA Annex 4E
A number of IEA member countries join forces in a new international 
collaborative program to promote wider use of more energy-efficient electrical equipment. This co-operation is taking place in the framework of the new IEA implementing agreement. The Governing Board of the International Energy Agency (IEA) has in March 2008 given support to the co-operation.
The co-operation will focus on efficiency of electrical end-use equipment. Energy efficiency is more than ever a top priority on the international agenda. Using energy-efficient equipment is the most cost-effective short-term path to greater energy security and lower greenhouse gas emissions to combat climate change. It reduces pressure on energy resources.
The IEA estimates that energy-efficiency improvements could contribute 47% of reductions in energy-related CO2 emissions potentially achievable by 2030.
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Zhaga
Zhaga is an industry-wide cooperation aimed at the development of standard specifications for the interfaces of LED light engines.
An LED light engine is an LED module with defined interfaces that do not depend on the type of LED technology used inside the light engine.
Zhaga will enable interchangeability between products made by diverse manufacturers.
Pacte LED
This program supported by a consortium composed of ENTPE-CNRS, 
CEA, LNE and CSTB laboratories, coordinated by Ingelux (Engineering) is dedicated to developing SSL lighting solutions for replacing halogen downlights. This will result in performance improvement (factor of 4) in all domains: efficacy, energy, price… and ensure consumer satisfaction, product acceptability, and market adoption.
CITADEL
Over the course of three years, the CITADEL team will work on SSL lightings characterization on the various specific characteristics such as color rendering indices, visual comfort, color temperature… Numerous lightings available on the market at the time of the beginning of the program will be tested.Partners : CSTB, CEA LETI, ADEME, LNE, ENTPE, LAPLACE, CNRS.
