Awards

The Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES) has announced the recipients of the IES Illumination Awards for 2010. The IES granted one Award of Distinction, seven Awards for Excellence, and two Special Citations. The Awards program recognizes individuals for professionalism, ingenuity and originality in lighting design based on the individual merit of each entry. [...]

Cooper Lighting has announced a call for entries for its 34th Annual SOURCE Awards national lighting design competition. The competition, which focuses on furthering the understanding, knowledge and function of lighting as a primary element in design, is open to all lighting designers, architects, engineers, professional designers and consultants who use Cooper Lighting fixtures in [...]

The AIA and its Committee on the Environment (COTE) have selected the top 10 examples of sustainable architecture and green design solutions that protect and enhance the environment. The COTE Top Ten Green Projects program, now in its 14th year, celebrates projects that are the result of a thoroughly integrated approach to architecture, natural systems [...]

Twenty-three winning projects representing projects from 12 countries comprise the winners of the 27th Annual International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) International Lighting Design Awards Winners, recognized at a presentation held 13 May at the Renaissance Las Vegas Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada USA. Of the 23 projects recognized, three entries earned Special Citations, 12 [...]

On May 12, at the LIGHTFAIR 2010 Innovation Awards ceremony, four companies were recognized as the lighting industry’s leaders in innovative product design and technology. The awards program encompassed nearly 200 products debuting on the 2010 LFI trade show floor. This year, roughly two out of three entrants were based on LED or other solid-state [...]

The 2009 GE Edison Award was presented to Andreas Schulz and Alexander Rotsch of Licht Kunst Licht AG (Bonn, Germany) for lighting EnBW City in Stuttgart, Germany. A personalized Steuben crystal award for the 27th annual lighting design competition was presented by GE Lighting on May 11, 2010 in Las Vegas. The GE Edison Award [...]

The National Lighting Bureau’s 31st annual High-Benefit Lighting Awards Program is under way. This unique program is open to virtually anyone associated with a High-Benefit Lighting installation: owners, designers, facility or property managers, contractors, manufacturer’s representatives, utility employees and users, among others. The National Lighting Bureau coined the term High-Benefit Lighting to connote “function-focused” electric-illumination [...]

For the second year in a row, TCP, Inc. has been awarded the ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year for Lighting Product Manufacturers by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE).  TCP was recognized for its contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by manufacturing energy-efficient lighting products, including CFLs and [...]

IESNYC has announced that the Lumen Awards Ceremony and Gala will be held at Chelsea Pier 60 on Wednesday, June 9, 2010 starting at 6:00 PM. IESNYC will be celebrating the 2010 Lumen Awards recipients. Cocktail hour starts at 6:00 PM and the dinner ceremony commences at 7:30 PM. Sponsorship tables are now available for [...]