ASSIST: Alliance for Solid-State Illumination Systems and Technologies
ASSIST recommends Publication Overview
The Alliance for Solid-State Illumination Systems and Technologies (ASSIST) is active in a number of research projects and other activities to advance and promote LED technology. The major goal of the ASSIST program has been to facilitate the broad adoption of reliable, energy-efficient LED technology by original equipment manufacturers and specifiers. Research, education, and industry collaboration have been the key activities of the program, which seeks to reduce many of the technical hurdles standing between LEDs and market acceptance.
As part of these activities, ASSIST has developed a publication program called ASSIST recommends to provide a set of formal recommendations to the LED and lighting communities about issues important for the reliable performance of LED lighting and its comparison to other light source technologies. The publications include recommendations for LED life definition, testing and measurement, best practice guides for different lighting applications, and recommendations for selecting LED lighting.
Unlike traditional test procedures that require products to be tested under standardized, ideal conditions, ASSIST recommends methods call for testing products under conditions similar to those found in the application environment, where the light source could experience many different temperatures and may perform poorly as a result. Testing products by intended application also allows for apples-to-apples comparisons of product performance because test methods have been developed from a technology-neutral standpoint.
ASSIST recommends publications are developed under the guidance of ASSIST sponsors using research conducted by the Lighting Research Center (LRC). Each ASSIST recommends publication undergoes internal review, first by LRC researchers and then by ASSIST sponsors. Industry input also is gathered during the writing process through one or more roundtable sessions hosted by ASSIST and the LRC. Based upon this industry input, the publications are revised and then published online for free download.
As warranted, the publications are updated from time to time to reflect new research, technologies, methods, and equipment.
ASSIST recommends Publications
Download the SSL Metrics program brochure 
Download the ASSIST recommends Project Summary Sheet
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