Lighting for Tomorrow Announces 2005 Winners

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Vol. 13, No. 8 for winners of the first competition). All prototypes had to meet Energy Star^® criteria to be eligible for the competition. Each of the three grand prize winners was awarded $15,000, and the second place winner took away $7,500.

David Lizzi led the design of the grand-prize-winning fixture in the indoor-fixture-family category. The Ferros line, including several fixture types, all of which will become available from Lithonia Lighting in December 2005, combines brushed nickel and opal white glass or bronze and tea-stained glass in a contemporary style.

The outdoor-fixture-family grand prize went to the Eureka line, whose design was led by Stephen Blackman of American Fluorescent Corporation. “We developed the size and shape of the fixture specifically around the sizing of the CFL lamp and the new self-contained ‘socket ballast,’” says Blackman of the line, which will be released in January 2006.

Blackman and American Fluorescent Corporation also led the winning team in the technical innovation category, for using an on-board dimmer in the pendant fixture Chablis-Soleil, which will be available in January 2006. “This ballast and lamp combination shows that it is now possible to bring to the market a well-designed, cost-effective fixture with fluorescent dimming,” says Blackman.

A second place award was given in the indoor-fixture-family category. for the Windows Collection™ from Justice Design Group, which borrows the traditional look of craftsman-style windows. This line will be available in May 2006.

Honorable mention for functionality was awarded to Good Earth Lighting, Inc., led by Alex Kowalenko, for its line of lighted mirrors. Honorable mention for use of sustainable materials was awarded to David Bergman Architect and Fire & Water Lighting + Furniture for Lulu, a line of fixtures incorporating shades made of 50% post-consumer recycled plastic and for Flipster, a line with low-VOC panels made of a resin incorporating up to 40% post-industrial recycled content. All honorable mention products are currently available.

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