ULC Standards, a Standards Council of Canada accredited standards development organization, is pleased to announce the publication of ULC-S8752-12, Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) Panels.

This First Edition ULC Standard of Canada has been approved by the ULC Committee on Solid State Lighting.

ULC-S8752-12 will be of interest to anyone who manufactures, distributes, uses, regulates or inspects organic light emitting diode (LED) panels intended for portable or permanent installation.

The First Edition of this Standard covers OLED panel components that are integral to a fixed or portable luminaire, and OLED panel assemblies intended to be mounted directly to a building wall or ceiling. The standard does not cover power units intended to supply the OLED panels although controls that are integral to the OLED panel electronics are included.

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Standards are essential in helping ensure public safety and confidence. They reduce costs, improve quality and market products and services. ULC tests many products and their components to assure that each and every one of them meets their safety requirements. Because of these safety standards, the public can live and work in a safer, sustainable and a more reliable environment.

ULC Standards is accredited as a Standards Development Organization, by the Standards Council of Canada (SCC), a federal Crown corporation that oversees Canada’s National Standards System. In Canada, standards are developed through consensus by balanced committees of stakeholders, and subjected to public review, prior to publication.

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ULC Standards has been publishing standards for Canadians for over 60 years. As one of 4 Standards Council of Canada (SCC) accredited standards developers, we operate under the consensus based principles as required by the SCC under CAN-P-1. ULC Standards is also a signatory to the WTO Technical Barrier to Trade Agreement, which outlines in Annex 3 the Code of Good Practice for the Preparation, Adoption and Application of Standards. There are 19 main standards committees at ULC responsible for over 200 standards with a total of over 400 committee members. Each committee operates under a ULC secretariat, from the ULC standards department. ULC Standards utilizes electronic publishing and communication systems to create an effective standards development environment.