The Department of Energy has announced that it will modify the competition requirements for the L Prize PAR 38 category. Effective today, DOE has temporarily closed the PAR 38 competition, and entries will not be accepted until the competition reopens in May 2011. The intent is to change the requirements based on lessons learned from the 60W replacement competition, which remains open. The legislated technical performance requirements for the PAR38 competition will not change, however.
According to Jim Brodrick, DOE’s SSL program manager, DOE plans to announce and publish the revised PAR 38 requirements at LIGHTFAIR in May 2011.
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