[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 122 (Tuesday, June 24, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 35680]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-14202]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Bright Tomorrow Lighting Competition (L Prize\TM\)

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of 
Energy.

ACTION: Notice of open entry period for performance competition.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 
2007; Subtitle E; Section 655, the National Energy Technology 
Laboratory, on behalf of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable 
Energy's Building Technologies Program, intends to accept entrants to 
the Bright Tomorrow Lighting Competition (L PrizeTM). As 
outlined in the EISA, the DOE is accepting entries of Solid-State 
Lighting (SSL) products for full performance evaluation which have the 
technical potential to qualify for one of two entrant categories: 60-
watt incandescent replacement and PAR type 38 halogen replacement 
lamps. The DOE anticipates release of the twenty-first century lamp 
category at a future date.

DATES: The entry period for the 60-watt incandescent and PAR 38 halogen 
replacement lamps is now open and will remain open until a qualified 
winner is announced.

ADDRESSES: National Energy Technology Laboratory, 3610 Collins Ferry 
Road, Morgantown, WV 26505.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: C. Eddie Christy, National Energy 
Technology Laboratory, 3610 Collins Ferry Road, MS E-06, Morgantown, WV 
26505, (304) 285-4604, E-mail: [email protected].
    Detailed information regarding this competition is available at 
http://www.lightingprize.org.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The L Prize Competition is intended to 
encourage development and deployment of highly energy efficient solid-
state lighting (SSL) products to replace several of the most common 
lighting products currently used in the United States, including 60-
watt A19 incandescent and PAR 38 halogen lamps. To significantly impact 
the national market and lighting use, the SSL products must perform 
similarly to the lamps they are intended to replace in terms of color 
appearance, light output, light distribution, and lamp shape, size, 
form factor, appearance and operating environment. They must be 
reliable, available through normal market channels, and competitively 
priced.
    Entries to each category will be evaluated against the respective 
performance criteria which are based upon the statutory requirements of 
the EISA. Full performance specification criteria and competition 
details can be found at http://www.lightingprize.org.
    Subject to the availability of funding through appropriations, EISA 
provides for cash prizes for each prize category. Actual cash prizes 
are subject to the availability of appropriated funding from future 
appropriations and private funding contributions as authorized by the 
EISA. Funding for the cash prizes is not available during fiscal year 
2008; however, due to the required duration of the evaluation process, 
the DOE does not anticipate declaring successful entrants prior to 
fiscal year 2009.
    In addition to cash prizes, the L Prize authorization provides that 
the Secretary of Energy is to consult with the Administrator of General 
Services to develop federal purchase guidelines with the goal of 
conducting a Federal procurement of SSL products from the winner under 
the 60-watt incandescent and PAR 38 halogen categories.
    Entrants must submit 2,000 commercially acceptable quality control 
units which meet the full criteria specified at http://www.lightingprize.org.

    Issued in Morgantown, WV on June 10, 2008.
C. Edward Christy,
Division Director, Buildings & Industrial Technologies Division.
[FR Doc. E8-14202 Filed 6-23-08; 8:45 am]
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