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 [...]

The 2013 Next Generation Luminaires (NGL) Solid-State Lighting Outdoor Design Competition was recently launched. Written Intents to Submit are due by September 20, 2013 and must be submitted online here. Final submission forms are due by October 11, 2013, and physical product samples are due by November 1. Judging takes place in December, and results [...]

Cooper Lighting recently announced it is now accepting entries for its 37th 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 [...]