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Watchfire LED signs, digital billboards get UL Green Leaf mark

May 11, 2011

LED sign and digital billboards manufacturer Watchfire has laid claim to its signs being the first in the industry to receive Energy Efficiency Certification from Underwriters Laboratories' UL-Environment group, according to a recent announcement from Watchfire.

Through UL's Energy Efficiency Certification Program, manufacturers demonstrate that their products are helping lower energy demand. UL and UL Environment, working with the California Energy Commission (CEC) and sign-industry representatives, developed the program to assist sign manufacturers in testing and certifying products for their compliance to a variety of energy-efficiency requirements, including those within Title 24 of the California Energy Commission's Building Energy Efficiency Standards.

Watchfire products are the first in the digital sign and billboard industry to demonstrate compliance and carry the UL-E Green Leaf Mark, the company said. The UL Safety Mark and the UL-E Energy Verified Mark will always appear together on all Watchfire LED signs distributed in the United States.

"Certification from UL and UL Environment indicates Watchfire's compliance to stringent energy efficiency requirements, and we are very happy to achieve this designation," said Jeff Koebrich, vice president of Engineering at Watchfire Signs.

Certification standards include mandatory, automatic-control requirements for all illuminated signs. In addition, the standards set limits on installed lighting power for illuminated signs.