Development of LED-Lighting - Implementation of Standards

Standards and norms for LEDs and LED applications are becoming more and more important to the international market. Starting with the LED technology many standards from the conventional lighting industry were taken. Unfortunately, safety and performance aspects are not fully comparable to the existing electronically standard for the luminaries' industry. LEDs must be investigated, separately. To fulfill the EC directives the actual norms are listed and explained. Especially the norm for the safety of LED modules (DIN EN 62031) and the norm for photo biological safety (DIN EN 62471) are mentioned. Beyond that the standardization committees are developing standards according to the performance and reliability property requirements for several LED systems. Parts of these standards are several test specifications to evaluate the reliability and life time of the LED modules and LED luminaires.