The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded the ENERGY STAR® qualification to Renaissance Lighting Inc. on seven more of its newest 4-inch all-white solid-state LED downlight fixtures. Earlier this month, 11 of the company’s all-white 7-inch downlights became the first to receive the coveted ENERGY STAR qualification. With this announcement, Renaissance Lighting now has the most ENERGY STAR qualified solid-state downlight models available in the industry.

Renaissance Lighting will be featuring these new fixtures along side its other innovative technology and energy-efficient products at LightShow West 2009, October 21-22, 2009 in Los Angeles.

The DOE’s ENERGY STAR criteria for solid-state lighting luminaires addresses product quality and efficiency, helping ensure that residential and commercial customers have a positive experience with this new technology. Four of the key criteria that are involved include: Luminaire efficacy - the efficiency of the light that leaves the fixture; minimum light levels that match incumbent technology, such as incandescent or Compact Florescent; limited correlated color temperature, and the use of industry-accepted test procedures to measure product performance.