What tests are required to list an LED light engine on the Certified Lighting Subcomponent Database (CSD), so that it can be used to qualify a product to the Luminaires specification?

To list an LED light engine on the Certified Lighting Subcomponent Database (CSD), data must be submitted to a certification body (CB) demonstrating the engine’s compliance with the following specification requirements: 

• Luminous Efficacy
• Lumen Output
• Lumen Maintenance
• Correlated Color Temperature (Indoor and Indoor/Outdoor only)
• Color Rendering (Indoor and Indoor/Outdoor only)
• Color Maintenance (Indoor and Indoor/Outdoor only)
• Maximum In-Situ Operating Temperature at Tb to meet ENERGY STAR specifications based on LM-82-12 results
• Source Start Time (Indoor and Indoor/Outdoor only)
• Source Run-Up Time (Indoor and Indoor/Outdoor only)
• Dimming (as applicable)
• Power Factor
• Transient Protection
• Operating Frequency
• Maximum Recommended Driver Case Temperature
• Temperature Measurement Point on the Driver Case (TMPd)
• Minimum Operating Temperature (Outdoor and Indoor/Outdoor only)
• Driver Safety