Awards

Out of an unprecedented 160 student submissions from the New York City-area, “Livre Noir,” designed by Esli Teker, attending Parsons The New School of Design, won First Prize in the Illuminating Engineering Society New York City Section’s (IESNYC) 14th annual Student Lighting Competition. Teker’s project, “Livre Noir,” can be described as a book that’s full [...]

The Next Generation Luminaires Design Competition (NGLDC) recently announced the outdoor category winners for the 2013 competition. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, the Illuminating Engineering Society and the International Association of Lighting Designers, the NGLDC was created to recognize and promote excellence in commercial LED lighting products. In 2012, the competition began evaluating [...]

Eaton’s Cooper Lighting division is sponsoring the Outdoor Lighting Design Award for the 2014 Illuminating Engineering Society’s (IES) Illumination Awards program. The Outdoor Lighting Design Award recognizes excellence in lighting design and application in all aspects of exterior lighting. The Outdoor Lighting Design Award celebrates achievements in aesthetics, applied technical acumen, creative solutions to demanding [...]

Lighting for Tomorrow, the annual design competition for energy-efficient residential lighting products, has launched its 12th consecutive annual competition. This year, Lighting for Tomorrow is looking for products that meet market price points as part of the solid-state lighting competition such as light emitting diode (LED) A-lamps under $10 and luminaires under $50, as well [...]

The Illuminating Engineering Society New York City Section (IESNYC), the largest section in the Society, has announced a call for submissions to the 2014 Lumen Awards. The Lumen Awards recognize excellence, ingenuity, and professionalism in lighting design and winners are lauded at the Lumen Awards Gala. Submissions are open till February 14, 2014. The awards [...]

Submissions are now being accepted online for the 2014 IES Illumination Awards. 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 specific criteria. The deadline for entries is Friday, February 14, 2014. Click here to [...]

GE Lighting recently announced a call for entries for its 31st annual GE Edison Award competition, recognizing excellence and quality in professional lighting designs that employ the significant use of GE Lighting products, including, but not limited to, GE LED systems, LED luminaires, LED architectural products, LED lamps and modules, lighting controls, and non-LED lamps [...]

Thomas Research Products’ FSP3-277-20kA Surge Protector includes in-line fusing to shut down the luminaire if the capabilities of the surge protector have been exceeded. An LED indicator light shows that the surge protector is functioning to protect the luminaire. The compact device is designed to be utilized with luminaires on electrical mains up to 277V, [...]

The eleventh annual Lighting for Tomorrow residential energy-efficient lighting product design competition recognized five LED luminaires, two LED replacement lamps, two LED retrofit kits and, for the first time, one organic LED (OLED) fixture as winners. Seven more products were identified with honorable mentions or as other noteworthy. The competition, which recognizes the best-designed energy-efficient [...]