The Lighting Controls Association is pleased to announce the winners of the 2011 Lighting Control Innovation Award.
The Lighting Control Innovation Award was created in 2011 as part of the Illuminating Engineering Society’s Illumination Awards program, which recognizes professionalism, ingenuity and originality in lighting design.
LCA is proud to sponsor the Lighting Control Innovation Award, which recognizes projects that exemplify the effective use of lighting controls in nonresidential applications.
Criteria for the new award, along with submissions forms and procedures, can be viewed at www.IES.org/programs/ia.cfm. Final judging took place May 16, 2011 in Philadelphia during LIGHTFAIR International, and LD+A announced the winners in August.
In 2011, IES received 20 submissions for the award, and recognized eight with an Award of Merit:
First Congregational Church of Los Angeles (First Circle Design LLC)
Cleveland Public Library Rice Branch (Tec Inc. Engineering & Design)
Wynn Las Vegas Typical Rooms and Suites Lighting Controls (Wynn Hotel and Casino)
U.S. Department of Energy (RNL)
University of Colorado Center for Community (M-E Engineers, Inc.)
Groom Energy Intelligent LED Lighting Upgrade Project (Groom Energy Solutions)
Integrated Design Associates (Integrated Design Associates)
City of Dreams Resort Bubble Theater (Lightswitch Architectural)
The last project, City of Dreams, also won a Special Citation for the “use of controls as an art form for an entertainment environment.”
The Lighting Controls Association thanks all of the firms that submitted projects, and congratulates the winners for creating projects that exemplify the effective use of lighting controls in nonresidential applications.
And stay tuned as LCA publishes each of these winning projects here on our website over the next year.
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