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Horticultural Lighting Listing Fees

The DLC application fee covers the costs of application review, as well as in developing, creating, and hosting the informational infrastructure of the Horticultural QPL. The specific fee amount is dependent on the particular characteristics of the horticultural fixture, as described in the price tables below. Please review the Technical Requirements page to clarify any policy requirements, and contact horticulture@designlights.org with any questions about submitting an application.


New Product Application Fees

Single Product Applications
Basic fixture* with one LED type, one driver, no fan, and no spectral tuning$750
Additional LED type included in fixture (Q90 verification)$115
Additional driver available in fixture (lifetime & efficiency verification)$105
Internal fan included in fixture (lifetime verification)$45
Spectral tuning (per channel flux verification)$125
Active cooling (performance verification)$175

*A basic fixture does not include any additional features. An advanced product includes at least one of the following: more than one LED; more than one driver; fans; and/or spectral tuning abilities.
Family Applications
Each Parent Product$750
Additional* LED type included in fixture (Q90 verification)$115
Additional* driver available in fixture (lifetime & efficiency verification)$105
Internal fan included in fixture (lifetime verification)$45
Spectral tuning (per channel flux verification) per efficacy parent product$125
Active cooling (performance verification) per application$175

*Each family application (or spectral subgroup, as applicable) includes review of 1 LED type and 1 driver. For each additional worst-case LED type and driver included in the family or subgroup, the fees above apply.
Child Product(s)
Each additional family member (child) after the parent$30
Private Label Application(s)
Application fee for each parent* within an application$500
Each additional family member (child) in the family grouping application$30

*Multiple families can be included in the same private label application, but there is a charge for every parent included in the application. Multiple family codes cannot be included in an OEM application.

Update Application Fees

Horticultural update application fees depend on the type of update(s) being made to the product, as described in the table below. These fees assume a basic fixture with one LED type, one driver, no fan, and no spectral tuning. Additional fees for reviewing additional fixture features beyond what are considered a basic fixture will be the same price as described in the new product application fee tables above.

Update application (including private label updates)
Performance affecting updates (per worst case model)$500
– *Additional LED Type$115
– *Additional Driver$105
– Internal Fan$45
– Spectral Tuning (per channel) per efficacy parent product$125
– Active Cooling per application$175
Non-worst-case performance affecting updates$375
Non-performance affecting update$375
– Additional family member (child) after the parent$30
Nomenclature updatesNo fee
TM-33 Document Review$100


*For product families with multiple ambient temperatures additional worst case configurations may require testing and may be considered additional LED types or additional drivers.
For additional information about what types of updates are eligible, please refer to the Update a Listed Product instructions.

Notes:

The DLC reserves the right to extend any application review timeframe due to holidays and application volume spikes. These extensions will be communicated via the DLC website and the Application Portal.

Closed, canceled, or rejected applications cannot not be reopened – instead, a new application must be created. To avoid having to create a new application, please either provide missing information or documentation within 10 business days of being notified of application issues, or provide an estimated time-frame for submitting the missing information or documentation within 10 business days of being notified of issues.