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LUMED

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European CMY K
Collective Mark

(installers), to compare (and therefore decide on)

the performance values of SSL products against

those traditional lighting ones.

as a result, there is a need to support users by

providing a collective mark that warrants certain

performance speciications and is preparatory

towards subsequent qualitative certiications.

THE LuMED MARK
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The European collective mark LUMED, promoted

by Assodel (Italian Association of Electronics greatest

Suppliers) and realized by Elint Consortium applications as well as the area of growth

(Elettrimpex Lumen International) and Ecoqualit of new companies and events. with regard to

Consortium, has the goal of authenticating markets, Italy is second to Germany for the

performance values provided by the producers and, growing number of small and micro businesses

as a consequence, facilitate: working on the ‘customization’ of products and

- the reduction of pecentage error of installations according to specific needs.

production and design costs

THE NEW ATTENTiON ON LEDS
- the reduction of ssL product promotion costs

- the optimization of pricing with LEDs, has particularly changed is the

- the reduction of risk perceived by the customer attention. Previously only concentrated on one

at purchase factor, watt, it has now turned into a series of

- a transparent company image and trust in the lighting values (lumen, lux, kelvin scale, CRI, etc.).

product. In the design of ssL lighting plants, what

is vital is the reliability of values given on

Lumed is an effective instrument to sell technical data sheets for lamps and lighting

devices. Furthermore, despite the fact that
products since it guarantees the origin and nature

or quality of the products and services. It is the there are tens of thousands of LED technology

new partner for European designers, installers, lighting devices on the market, there still exists a

producers and distributors of solid state Lighting. substantial difficulty by the user, even professional

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