Cree LED Lighting: An ENERGY STAR® Partner
As an ENERGY STAR® partner, Cree LED Lighting supports the ENERGY STAR program and its efforts to inform consumers and to protect our environment for future generations. Products that earn the ENERGY STAR for Solid-State Lighting meet energy efficiency and performance guidelines set by the US Department of Energy. These guidelines help to protect consumer's interests by ensuring that qualifying products meet certain efficacy, lifetime, color rendering and color quality specifications. Cree LED Lighting is proud to offer a variety of ENERGY STAR qualified products, which meet and exceed these guidelines.
| Performance Values for LED Downlights | ENERGY STAR Minimums | Cree LED Lighting |
| Efficacy | 35 LPW | 46 to 80 LPW |
| Color Rendering Index | 75 | 90 |
| Rated Lifetime | 25,000 hours | 50,000 hours |
| Minimum Lumen Output ≤4.5" diameter | 375 lumens | 515 or 540 lumens |
| Minimum Lumen Output >4.5" diameter | 575 lumens | 650 or 1000 lumens |