Zhaga

Zhaga is an industry-wide co-operation, aimed at the development of standard specifications for the interfaces of LED light engines*, with the ultimate goal of making LED light sources, manufactured by different companies, interchangeable. As a committed member of the Zhaga Consortium, MEGAMAN^® is working, alongside other manufacturers, to ensure that the Zhaga vision for standardisation becomes a reality.

Interchangeability is achieved by defining interfaces for a variety of application-specific light engines. Zhaga’s standard specifications will cover the physical dimensions, as well as the photometric, electrical and thermal behaviour of LED light engines. The Consortium is focused on interoperability through standardisation, not on performance specifications.

Zhaga is

• A consortium of industry players that creates
  • Standardised interfaces for LED Light Engines (LLEs), to secure a stable design platform for luminaire designers and manufacturers
• An industry-wide co-operation
  • LED light engine manufacturers
  • LED luminaire manufacturers
  • Additional components manufactures (heat sinks, optics, etc)
• An open co-operation
  • Open to any company that subscribes to the vision/mission and is willing to contribute to the success
• A global co-operation
  • Zhaga is a co-operation of companies from all regions
  • Zhaga will set global standards

The Zhaga Consortium was established in February 2010. More than 100 companies have joined the Zhaga Consortium.

*An LED light engine is the combination of an LED module and the associated control gear. Zhaga treats the LED light engine as a black box, with defined interfaces that do not depend on the type of LED technology used inside the light engine. The Zhaga specifications only define the outside of LED light engines.