Awards

The Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES) recently announced a call for submissions to the 2013 IES Progress Report. This program offers organizations in lighting an opportunity to present important new products, research, publications, and design tools. All lighting products must be introduced commercially and all research, publications and design tools must be completed [...]

The LFI Innovation Awards honors industry innovations for lighting-related products and designs introduced in the past 12 months. Each product was judged by an independent panel of renowned lighting professionals. I was pleased to help out again this year Mark Roush, who does a herculean labor producing the event for LIGHTFAIR, by editing the product [...]

Ten award winners representing architectural lighting design projects from nine countries—the most diverse group of projects in recent memory—comprise the winners of the 30th Annual International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) International Lighting Design Awards. Of the ten projects recognized, one entry earned a Special Citation, six earned Awards of Merit and three earned Awards [...]

Out of 125 submissions from New York City lighting design students, “Atherisch,” designed by Peter Ossi, a BID industrial design major at Pratt Institute, was awarded the grand prize at the Illuminating Engineering Society New York City Section’s (IESNYC) 13th annual student lighting design competition. Ossi receives a $2,000 cash prize and an all-expense paid [...]

The fifth annual Next Generation Luminaires (NGL) Solid-State Lighting Design Competition has recognized 28 commercial LED indoor lighting products for excellence. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, and the International Association of Lighting Designers, NGL was launched in 2008 to promote excellence in the design of [...]

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 [...]