Specific rules for life cycle assessment of control gears for light sources

This technical memorandum contains rules, requirements, and guidelines for conducting a life cycle assessment (LCA) of control gears for light sources that complement the core Product Category Rules (PCRs) and provide specific details for this product category. 

In its contributions to the revision of the product specific rules for luminaires (PEP PSR0014), LightingEurope identified an additional need for rules, requirements, and guidelines to conduct a LCA for core luminaire components, namely the light source and the control gear for the light source. To meet this need and to support the market’s growing demand, LightingEurope has published a neutral Technical Memorandum that defines Functional and Declared Units, Reference Service Life, Reference Flow Elements and default scenarios for control gears for light sources.

Who can use these rules?  

Any organisation supporting the creation of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for control gears for light sources - whether through an EPD programme or via standards - is strongly encouraged to integrate these definitions and scenarios into its documents and to explicitly reference – in the manner they deem most appropriate - the LightingEurope Technical Memorandum available on this website, alongside the relevant core PCR. The definitions and scenarios defined in this technical memorandum can thus be used to complement the core PCRs available from Programme Operators (such as IBU Part A, or PEP PCR ed. 4.0) or from SDOs (such as IEC 63366, EN 50693, or EN 15804).

LightingEurope has prepared this technical memorandum with the expressed intention of aligning the rules for control gears for light sources with those for the luminaire as provided in PEP PSR0014. Further it has included lighting specific consideration and terminology such that those using this document can benefit from industry specific guidance and terminology when creating EPD programmes or supporting standards for control gears for light sources. 

This document is available to all LCA Programme Operators and Standards Development Organizations (SDOs). By making this technical memorandum freely available to all interested parties without limitations, LightingEurope seeks to overcome harmonization challenges relating to the LCA rules for control gears for light sources. 

LightingEurope welcomes feedback and questions from any such organizations and may be contacted through This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for dialogue.