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This page contains links to technical reports of studies estimating the energy savings potential of solid-state lighting in numerous applications. The following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.

  • Revised Report - Energy Savings Estimates of Light Emitting Diodes in Niche Lighting Applications (PDF 1.0 MB)
    Report estimates LED savings in 12 niche markets where LEDs compete or are poised to compete with traditional lighting sources (e.g., incandescent and fluorescent); analysis includes colored-light applications, indoor white-light applications, and outdoor white-light applications. (104 pages, September 2008, Revised October 2008)

    • Errata from the September 2008 Niche Report (PDF 198 KB)

  • Energy Savings Potential of Solid-State Lighting in General Illumination Applications (PDF 340 KB)
    Study estimating national energy savings that could be achieved if white-light, solid-state lighting devices (LEDs, OLEDs) follow projected price and performance targets.  Estimate is based on an econometric model of the U.S. lighting market in which solid-state and conventional technologies (incandescent, fluorescent, HID) compete for available sockets (50 pages, December 2006)

  • Compact Fluorescent Lighting in America: Lessons Learned on the Way to Market (PDF 935 KB)
    Analysis of the market introduction of compact fluorescent lighting in the U.S., with emphasis on identifying lessons that could be applied to other new lighting technologies, such as solid-state lighting (92 pages, June 2006)

  • U.S. Lighting Market Characterization, Volume II: Energy-Efficient Lighting Technology Options (PDF 1.8 MB)
    Study presenting fifty-two lighting technology options that promise to save energy or demonstrate energy savings potential. For each option, this report provides a brief technical description, describes the energy savings principle, estimates the technical-potential energy savings, discusses promising applications and provides other details and information relevant to the technology (286 pages, September 2005)

  • Energy Savings Potential of Solid-State Lighting in General Illumination Applications  (PDF 1.0 MB)
    Study estimating energy that could be saved if white-light, solid-state lighting devices (LEDs, OLEDs) were to achieve projected price and performance targets; based on econometric model in which solid-state and conventional technologies (incandescent, fluorescent, HID) compete for available sockets in U.S. market (49 pages, November 2003)

  • Energy Savings Potential of Light Emitting Diodes in Niche Lighting Applications (PDF 678 KB)
    Study estimating energy saved in 2002 by using LEDs in place of incandescent and other light sources in colored-light niche applications (e.g., exit signs, traffic signals, motor vehicle signals, airplane taxiway edge-lights) (114 pages, November 2003)

  • U.S. Lighting Market Characterization, Volume I: National Lighting Inventory and Energy Consumption Estimate (PDF 1.1 MB)
    Inventory of installed U.S. lighting technologies for 2001 and associated energy consumption, addressing what lighting technologies are installed and where, and their performance attributes (120 pages, September 2002)

  • U.S. Lighting Market Characterization, Volume I, Appendices H, I and J (PDF 756 KB)
    Three appendices to U.S. Lighting Market Characterization, Volume 1, detailing the statistical analysis done to extrapolate building audits conducted during the 1990s to provide estimates for 2001 (206 pages, September 2002)

  • U.S. Lighting Market Characterization, Volume I (PDF 1.1 MB)
    PDF version of Excel workbook containing all data provided in U.S. Lighting Market Characterization, Volume 1 (78 tables, September 2002)