Awards

WAC Lighting, a manufacturer of track, recessed, undercabinet, monorail and decorative lighting, recently received two Best of the Best Awards from TED Magazine and the National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED). One award was for Brand Awareness and the other award was presented for Merchandising. The Brand Awareness Best of the Best Award was presented [...]

Lithonia Lighting received an award for best interior commercial product for the RTLED luminaire from theLEDshow, a mini-convention and lighting industry consortium focused on marketing and promoting LED and solid-state lighting., held in August 2010 The award honors LED lighting that is innovative, provides a high-quality of light output and eliminates cumbersome installation processes. First [...]

The eighth annual Lighting for Tomorrow competition awarded the best-designed energy-efficient lighting products in the residential market. In addition to the expansion of the solid-state lighting (SSL) competition to include replacement lamps, 2010 featured a brand new lighting controls competition. Lighting for Tomorrow challenged manufacturers to continue to improve their design of SSL fixtures and [...]

The Curve by Finelite is a portable LED desk lamp that won Best in Class in the 2009 DOE LED Next Generation Luminaire (NGL) design competition as the highest ranked entry and will be featured in the 2010 IES Progress Report. Achieving nearly 50 lumens/W luminaire efficacy, the NGL judges commend on the overall “delicate [...]

Projects completed after June 1, 2009 are eligible to be entered in the 28th Annual IALD International Lighting Design Awards. The online entry site is now open to qualifying projects. The early bird deadline is October 15, 2010, after which entry fees go up; all entries must be received by October 29, 2010. Click here [...]

NOTE THAT THE DATES HAVE BEEN REVISED BY NGL, WITH THE NEW DATES INSERTED IN BOLD. The 2010 Next Generation Luminaires (NGL) SSL Design Competition “Intent to Submit” deadline is fast approaching. Intents will be accepted through September 13, 2010. Forms must be submitted online at www.ngldc.org, where competition criteria and required documents can also [...]

NOTE THAT THE DATES HAVE BEEN REVISED BY NGL, WITH THE NEW DATES INSERTED IN BOLD. The 2010 Next Generation Luminaires (NGL) SSL Design Competition “Intent to Submit” deadline is fast approaching. Intents will be accepted through September 13, 2010. Forms must be submitted online at www.ngldc.org, where competition criteria and required documents can also [...]

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The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) recently unveiled the winners of the 2010 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA®) competition—a celebration of the year’s most inventive and creative product and product concept designs. At least 10 lighting products were recognized. This year’s awards were chosen from the following categories: commercial and industrial products; communication tools; [...]