Awards

Cooper Lighting’s Halo brand of recessed, track and surface lighting products has once again been named the Brand Leader in lighting by BUILDER magazine. Awarded for the fifteenth consecutive year, Halo swept all four lighting categories including Brand Familiarity, Brands Specified/Used in Past Two Years, Brands Specified/Brand Used Most, and Quality. The company will be [...]

Winners in the Outdoor category of the fifth annual Next Generation Luminaires Solid-State Lighting Design Competition have been announced. Sponsored by the Department of Energy, the Illuminating Engineering Society and the International Association of Lighting Designers, NGL was launched in 2008 to promote excellence in the design of energy-efficient LED luminaires for general illumination in [...]

Consulting-Specifying Engineer Magazine recently announced the 2012 Product of the Year winners. These 32 individual products—selected by the readers of Consulting-Specifying Engineer—were culled from a field of 98 entries. Products were released in the 2011 calendar year, nominated in February 2012, and voted on by readers starting in May 2012. Product categories include electrical distribution; [...]

Lighting for Tomorrow launched its 11th consecutive annual competition at the Dallas Market, January 17-20, 2013. Lighting for Tomorrow, launched in 2002, is organized by the American Lighting Association (ALA), the Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE) and UL. About two dozen energy efficiency organizations in the US and Canada have pledged approximately $100,000 to sponsor [...]

The 2013 New York City Section of the Illuminating Engineering Society (IESNYC) Student Competition is currently under way, with online applications accepted through March 1, 2013 at 12:00 PM and submissions accepted between 7:30 AM and 12:30 PM on March 19, 2013. The awards ceremony, keynote address by architectural historian Joseph Clarke, exhibition and reception [...]

The 2013 Next Generation Luminaires Solid-State Lighting Indoor Design Competition has officially launched. Written Intents to Submit are due by January 25, 2013, and must be submitted online here.

The IES today announced that submissions for the 2013 Illumination Awards program are now being accepted online. The deadline for submissions is Thursday, February 7, 2013. The IES Illumination Awards provide a unique opportunity for public recognition of professionalism, ingenuity, and originality in lighting design based upon the individual merit of each entry judged against [...]

The 2013 Next Generation Luminaires Solid-State Lighting Indoor Design Competition has officially launched. Written Intents to Submit are due by January 18, 2013, and must be submitted online at www.ngldc.org. Physical product entries are due by February 8, 2013. Judging takes place in late February 2013, and results will be announced at LEDucation 7 in [...]

GE Lighting has announced its call for entries for the 30th annual GE Edison Award competition, one of the most prestigious accolades for professional lighting designers. The competition is open to professional designers, architects, engineers and consultants for projects with an innovative use of GE Lighting products completed during the 2012 calendar year. This year, [...]