Recognizing innovation and technical advancement in luminaire product design, this year’s Lightfair Innovation Awards recognized 15 companies for their products. Presented on the first morning of Lightfair every year as a precursor to the opening of the trade show exhibit floor, this year’s ceremony was presented as a news-style morning show titled, “The LFI Morning News.” It made for an entertaining presentation and a clever way to acknowledge the approximately 200 product submissions.
Four principal awards were given. The program’s highest honor, Most Innovative Product of the Year, was awarded to the Helieon Sustainable Light Module System. This LED light module results from a development partnership between lighting manufacturers Bridgelux and Molex. Traxon USA received the Design Excellence Award for their e:cue Light-Drive Elite lighting control. The Technical Innovation Award, which recognizes the most forward-thinking advancement in lighting technology, went to NXP Semiconductors’ dimmable SSL2102 LED controller. The Judges’ Citation Award went to LightLouver’s Daylighting System , a patented reflective slat module installed over a window.
In addition, 11 Best of Category Awards were also given. For complete details about all of the winning products, visit bit.ly/9PFA9o.
Elizabeth Donoff is Editor-at-Large of Architectural Lighting (AL). She served as Editor-in-Chief from 2006 to 2017. She joined the editorial team in 2003 and is a leading voice in the lighting community speaking at industry events such as Lightfair and the International Association of Lighting Designers Annual Enlighten Conference, and has twice served as a judge for the Illuminating Engineering Society New York City Section’s (IESNYC) Lumen Award program. In 2009, she received the Brilliance Award from the IESNYC for dedicated service and contribution to the New York City lighting community. Over the past 11 years, under her editorial direction, Architectural Lighting has received a number of prestigious B2B journalism awards. In 2017, Architectural Lighting was a Top Ten Finalist for Magazine of the Year from the American Society of Business Publication Editors' AZBEE Awards. In 2016, Donoff received the Jesse H. Neal Award for her Editor’s Comments in the category of Best Commentary/Blog, and in 2015, AL received a Jesse H. Neal Award for Best Media Brand (Overall Editorial Excellence).Prior to her entry into design journalism, Donoff worked in New York City architectural offices including FXFowle where she was part of the project teams for the Reuters Building at Three Times Square and the New York Times Headquarters. She is a graduate of Bates College in Lewiston, Me., and she earned her Master of Architecture degree from the School of Architecture at Washington University in St. Louis.
