Awards

IESNYC recently put out a call for entries for next year’s Lumen Awards program. The deadline is January 29, 2018.

Submissions open January 2, 2018 for the IES Illumination Awards program, which recognizes individuals for professionalism, ingenuity and originality in lighting design.

The 38th annual High-Benefit Lighting Awards Program is now underway. Sponsored by the National Lighting Bureau, this unique program is open to lighting practitioners associated with a new or upgraded illumination system that provides substantial benefits. Entries must be received by the no later than December 31, 2017.

The Illuminating Engineering Society recently published a list of the 2017 Illumination Awards of Merit and International Awards. See the list of Merit Awards here. See the list of International Awards here. In the fall, IES will announce the final winners.

The Illuminating Engineering Society recently announced it is accepting submissions for the next IES Progress Report. The deadline is May 29, 2017. Learn more and submit your product here.

Eaton has announced the winners of the 40th Annual SOURCE Awards lighting design competition. The winners were recognized on Monday, May 8 at LIGHTFAIR International 2017 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Six professional awards and seven student awards were presented. The annual competition, which began in 1977, focuses on furthering the understanding, knowledge and function of lighting [...]

Vode Lighting’s ZipThree 707 Wall Mount was recognized as the Most Innovative Product of the Year at this year’s LIGHTFAIR Innovation Awards. The ultra-thin (0.27-in. x 3.78-in.) product features independently controllable uplight and downlight. SoraaLaser’s LaserLight SMD won this year’s Technical Innovation Award. The product is a laser-based surface-mounted device that uses a blue laser [...]

The third annual CLUE competition received more than 330 projects from more than 60 countries. The seven-member jury selected three projects: * First Prize to Andras Dankhazi (Ireland) for his project Collective Polyphony * Second Prize to Mina Saadatfard, Zahra Haghi and Hamid Peyro (Iran) for their project Shape-Shifting Lights * Third Prize to Helena [...]

LEDs Magazine hosted its third annual Sapphire Awards at the Strategies in Light conference in Anaheim, co-located with The LED Show and Lightspace California. This was my first pilgrimage to Strategies in Light, and I found the conference fascinating and valuable, though at this stage of industry disruption, there remain more questions than answers. A [...]