Some of the best lighting products, projects and companies leading innovation were recognised at the 2019 Lux Awards in London last Thursday night (14th November 2019).

The Awards were presented in front of senior lighting professionals, specifiers and major clients at a gala event at the London Hilton Park Lane on the final night of the LuxLive 2019 exhibition.

From over 200 nominations, the judges drew up the initial shortlists, tested products and visited projects the length and breadth of the UK to see them in action for themselves.

This year’s winners are:

Retail Lighting Project of the Year
In association with OSRAM
Winner: Flannels, Newcastle – Fagerhult Lighting

Project Credits
Designers: Fagerhult Lighting, Argent
Other associates:EB Design International
Lighting equipment: Fagerhult’s Touch Mini Track spotlights, Casambi and Helvar lighting controls, ateljé Lyktan Blaze spotlights. Various bespoke LED solutions from Light Box and Linear LED

Highly Commended: Wartski, London – Illuminationworks
Shortlisted: Stella McCartney Flagship Store, London – PJC Light Studio
Shortlisted: Meadowhall Refurbishment, Sheffield – BDP

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Industrial and Transport Lighting Project of the Year
In association with Lumicom
Winner: The Elizabeth Line – FUTURE Designs

Project Credits
Supplier: FUTURE Designs
Design team: Atkins, Grimshaw, Maynard and GIA Equation
Photos: Crossrail

Highly Commended: Kawasaki Precision Machinery, Plymouth – Maser Lighting
Shortlisted: London Bridge Station Redevelopment, London – WSP

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Hospitality, Leisure and Faith Project of the Year
In association with Signify
Winner: Nevill Holt Opera, Leicestershire – Max Fordham

Project Credits
Designers: Nick Cramp, Max Fordham LLP, Caroline Webb, Max Fordham LLP
Architects: Witherford Watson Mann
Theatre and Acoustic Consultants: Sound Space Vision
Structural Engineers: Price & Myers
Services Engineers: Max Fordham
Cost Consultants: Gleeds
Conservation Architects: Julian Harrap Architects
Lighting equipment: GDS arc lamps in bespoke fixtures made by Gravel Hill lighting. Bespoke pendants and chandeliers made by Santa and Cole. Mike Stoane handrail lighting, Zumtobel emergency lights.
Control: ETC Paradigm system and desk
Photo: Helene Binet

Highly Commended: Aberdeen Music Hall, Scotland – BDP
Highly Commended: Paul Edmonds, London – Illuminationworks
Shortlisted: Illuminate, London – Sutton Vane Associates
Shortlisted: Great Scotland Yard Hotel, London – TheisCraft
Shortlisted: Kym’s, London – Into Lighting

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Office, Education and Healthcare Lighting Project of the Year
In association with Seoul Semicon
Winner: University College London Student Centre – BDP

Project Credits
Designers: Colin Ball, BDP; Lora Kaleva, BDP
​Architect: Nicholas Hare
Building Services Engineering and Acoustics: BDP
Structural engineer: Curtins
Fire engineer: Arup
Project management: Arcadis
Cost planning: AECOM
Sustainability: Useful Simple Trust
Landscape architect: Colour UDL
Planning consultant: Deloitte Real Estate
Contractor: Mace
M&E Subcontractor: Derry Building Services
Lighting equipment: Ridi, Led Linear, iGuzzini, Ecosense, Aktiva, Fagerhult, Foscarini, Philips, Color Kinetics, Louis Poulsen, Original BTC, Vibia, Modo Luce, Zero Lighting, Traxon, XAL, Grupo MCI, Mike Stoane Lighting
Photo : Tom Niven

Highly Commended: Värde Partners Office, London – Susan Lake Lighting Design
Commended: New headquarters for CDE Global, Cooktown, Northern Ireland – Chroma Lighting
Shortlisted: HSBC, Grosvenor House, Sheffield – Arup

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Outdoor Lighting Project of the Year
In association with LEDFLEX
Winner: University of Sheffield Concourse, Sheffield – Arup

Project Credits
Designers: Dan Lister, Justin Boyd and David Battersby, all of Arup.
Bespoke luminaire development: Mark Ayres
Client: University of Sheffield
Landscape architects: HLM
Main Contractor: Henry Boot
Electrical Contractor: Elecomm
Bridge Owner: Sheffield City Council
Lighting equipment: Anolis, Ewo, Erco, LED Linear, Octant, Osram​
Picture: Midi Photography/Arup
Highly Commended: Illuminated River by Leo Villareal, London in association with Illuminated River Foundation – Atelier Ten, LDS and Signify

Commended: Mercer St Art Installation, St Martin’s Courtyard, London – Studio 29
Shortlisted: Kimpton Fitzroy, London – Lighting Design International

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Interior Luminaire of the Year
In association with ThisisCraft
Winner: Florence+ – Whitecroft

Highly Commended: Vault – ateljé Lyktan
Highly commended: DB X LED Engine – Orlight
Shortlisted: Lightcycle™ – Dyson
Shortlisted: AERIAL™ – Soraa
Shortlisted: Artius Track – Aurora
Shortlisted: Revo – Tamlite
Shortlisted: Broadlighter Acoustic – Luxonic

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Exterior Luminaire of the Year
In association with Falcon Events and Media
Winner: Lumenquad – Lumenpulse

Highly Commended: Palco InOut Framer – iGuzzini
Shortlisted: Taurus – Tamlite
Shortlisted: MPG-1N – Litho Circuits
Shortlisted: LINEARlight Rigid Finesse System – Osram
Shortlisted: Lumenbeam Inground – Lumenpulse

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Emergency Lighting Product of the Year
In association with Escape Zone
Winner: Lumitel® AST Powered by Mymesh – Chess Wise

Highly Commended: Spazio PLUS – Zemper
Shortlisted: ARIS – ES-SYSTEM
Shortlisted: TrustSight LED Emergency Gen3 – Signify
Shortlisted: Xylux LR4 – Mackwell

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Connected Lighting Innovation of the Year
In association with GOOEE
Winner: NearSky Smart City Platform – Cimcon Lighting

Highly Commended: MiHome Smart Light Switch Chrome – Energenie
Shortlisted: GenX Developer Kits – Itron
Shortlisted: Starlite Connect – Tamlite
Shortlisted: OCTO – Ansell Lighting

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Enabling Technology of the Year
In association with lightspace
Winner: Vega 07 module – Ledmotive

Highly Commended: S2F Series – Lensvector
Commended: Dual Beam Technology – Megaman
Shortlisted: eldoLED DUALdrive platform – eldoLED
Shortlisted: Lighting Reality PRO V2 – Lighting Reality
Shortlisted: ZEROBLUE™ Technology – Soraa
Shortlisted: LM301H ONE – Samsung
Shortlisted: LM302N – Samsung
Shortlisted: T-series – Samsung
Shortlisted: Wicop – Seoul Semiconductor
Shortlisted: AOne Rotary Dimmer – Aurora
Shortlisted: Origin – Mackwell
Shortlisted: Pico-COBs – Luminus

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Controls Product of the Year
In association with LIA Laboratory
Winner: CMS Street Lighting Upgrade – City of London

Highly Commended: e-Sense Organic G3 – Fagerhult
Commended: RoomSet – Helvar
Shortlisted: Lightview – Gooee
Shortlisted: Iris – TheisCraft
Shortlisted: Urban Node DC – Urban Control
Shortlisted: Multi Control Dimmer – BP-LED

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Lighting for a Circular Economy Award
In association with Lumicom
Winner: The Handlebar Café, Winchester – Michael Grubb Studio

Project Credits
Luminaire donors: iGuzzini, LEDLinear, Optelma

Highly Commended: EWRG and Tamlite working with Asda – WERCS
Shortlisted: Turbo charging the recycling of lighting products – Recolight
Shortlisted: Dark Source

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Sales Team of the Year
In association with Parrot PR and Marketing
Winner: Architainment

Project Credits
Supplier: FUTURE Designs
​Design team: Atkins, Grimshaw, Maynard and GIA Equation
Photos: Crossrail
Shortlisted: LuxBox
Shortlisted: Casambi
Shortlisted: Reggiani

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Supplier of the Year
In association with Clarion
Winner: DW Windsor

Shortlisted: Ansell Lighting
Shortlisted: FUTURE Designs
Shortlisted: Tamlite
Shortlisted: Designplan Lighting

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Client of the Year
In association with Tamlite
Winner: The City of London

SLL Young Lighter of the Year
In association with Society of Light and Lighting

Winner: Anna Wawrzyniak (Peter Andres Lichtplanung, Germany), A Light Booster Metro Car for the Commuting Work Force: Human Centric Lighting in Underground Transportation

Shortlisted:

Fatemeh Dastgheib (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm), Outdoor Lighting and Perception of Safety from a Female Perspective

Melissa Kennedy (WSP, London), Texture within the Light: Evaluating the Impact of Textured Light upon the Sensual Atmospheres within Art, Architecture and Design

Nils Voerste (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany), Evidence based Lighting Design for Urban Environments: Natural and Artifical Lighting Impacts on Peoples’ Experiences of Public Space

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Lux Person of the Year
In association with Lux Review
Winner: Sharon Stammers and Martin Lupton The Light Collective

The Lux Awards 2020 will take place on Thursday 12 November 2020.

Designed to celebrate and reward both creativity and sustainability in lighting, the Lux Awards will take place from 19:00 on the final day on the show, Thursday 14th November at the new location of The Hilton, Park Lane in London. The Lux Awards recognise clients and end users that have used lighting in exceptional ways to improve their lit environment, reduce energy and achieve business objectives. This year’s shortlists include…

 

Hospitality, Leisure and Faith Project of the Year

Illuminate, London

Sutton Vane Associates

Recognised for their creativity, innovation and commitment to sustainable solutions, Sutton Vane Associates responded to Illuminate’s brief of a dedicated, future-proofed events space that would meet all manners of event requirements while being aesthetically sleek and customisable. The grid lighting system installed by SVA in Level 4 and halo lights in Level 5 have been designed to be controlled as a whole or individually, with each line of the grid and each halo having the option of a standalone colour and brightness.

SVA also developed a hybrid system combining DMX lighting control with Bluetooth LE buttons. All lighting systems can also be controlled via an intuitive app for an additional cost when hiring Illuminate, which allows the in-house production team to easily customise and adjust every aspect of the lighting in the space for their needs.

Image courtesy of Sutton Vane Associates.

 

Office, Education and Healthcare Lighting Project of the Year

Värde Partners Office, London

Susan Lake Lighting Design

Susan Lake Lighting Design worked with interior architects KKS Strategy to create a lighting design scheme for the London office of Värde Partners. Being an international company, Värde require video conferencing facilities in all the meeting rooms. Although it was necessary to provide light to tables and even illumination to faces, it was essential that members of a video conference could see to work and would not be seen on the cameras in shadow or silhouette. To achieve this objective, Susan Lake Lighting Design used a combination of light sources that produce the effect of layering the lighting. The meeting rooms have also been transformed with a unique ceiling feature which washes light around the edges of the pale timber slat ceiling perimeters.

In the reception, Susan Lake Lighting Design created a sense of drama and understated elegance by turning the main focal point of the space, the reception desk, into a spectacular visionary by creating a “floating” effect by concealing linear LED in the top element of the desk.

 

Image courtesy of Susan Lake Lighting Design.

 

Outdoor Lighting Project of the Year

Kimpton Fitzroy, London

Lighting Design International

The Kimpton Fitzroy is a landmark Grade-II listed building. The striking grandeur of the terracotta facades and immaculate detailing required a restrained lighting design, respecting the building’s illustrious history.

Lighting Design International were tasked with forming a strategy to lighting the exterior of the building without overcomplicating an already busy façade and ensuring the lighting effects didn’t merge together. The key to the success of the scheme was balancing the intensity of each lighting effect. Senior Designer on the project, Ben Ferris, repeated general lighting effects at high-level, collectively creating linear compositions of light across each level, framing each façade and outlining the architectural form of the building with areas of intrigue created at street level for guests.

Image by Gavriil Papadiotis.

For the full list of shortlists, more information and to book your ticket, visit luxawards.co.uk.

The shortlist for the 2019 Lux Awards has been announced and this year the list features a whole host of impressive projects and inventive new technology.

The team of expert judges – including experienced specifiers and end users of lighting – have considered the projects entered, visited the sites, spoken to the key people, and whittled down the list to just those schemes that they believe have a shot at winning a coveted Lux Award trophy.

These are the projects that have struck that balance between looking great, fulfilling the brief, and keeping energy and maintenance costs down.

The awards will be held on the 14th November 2019. The awards will take place in a new venue for the awards – The Hilton, Park Lane.

Retail Lighting Project of the Year
Stella McCartney Flagship Store, London – PJC Light Studio
Wartski, London – Illuminationworks
FLANNELS, Newcastle – Fagerhult Lighting
Meadowhall Refurbishment, Sheffield – BDP

Industrial and Transport Lighting Project of the Year
Elizabeth Line, Crossrail – FUTURE Designs
London Bridge Station Redevelopment, London – WSP
Kawasaki Precision Machinery, Plymouth – Maser Lighting

Hospitality, Leisure and Faith Project of the Year
Illuminate, London – Sutton Vane Associates
Paul Edmonds, London – Illuminationworks
Great Scotland Yard Hotel, London – TheisCraft
Nevill Holt Opera, Leicestershire – Max Fordham
Aberdeen Music Hall, Scotland – BDP
Kym’s, London – Into Lighting

Office, Education and Healthcare Lighting Project of the Year
New headquarters for CDE Global, Cooktown, Northern Ireland – Chroma Lighting
University College London, Student Centre, BDP
Värde Partners Office, London – Susan Lake Lighting Design
HSBC Office Fit-out, Grosvenor House, sheffield – Arup

Outdoor Lighting Project of the Year
Kimpton Fitzroy, London – Lighting Design International
Illuminated River, London – Signify
Mercer St Art Installation, St Martin’s Courtyard, London – Studio 29
University of Sheffield Concourse, Sheffield – Arup

Interior Luminaire of the Year
Vault – ateljé Lyktan
Lightcycle™ – Dyson
AERIAL™ – Soraa
Artius Track – Aurora
REVO – Tamlite
Florence+ – Whitecroft
DB X LED Engine – Orlight
BROADLIGHTER ACOUSTIC – Luxonic

Exterior Luminaire of the Year
TAURUS – Tamlite
MPG-1N – Litho Circuits
LINEARlight Rigid FINESSE System – Osram
Palco InOut Framer – iGuzzini
Lumenquad – Lumenpulse
Lumenbeam Inground – Lumenpulse

Emergency Lighting Product of the Year
Lumitel® AST – Powered by Mymesh – Chess Wise
ARIS – ES-SYSTEM
TrustSight LED Emergency Gen3 – Signify
Spazio PLUS – Zemper
XYLUX LR4 – Mackwell

Connected Lighting Innovation of the Year
NearSky Smart City Platform – CIMCON Lighting
GenX Developer Kits – Itron
Starlite Connect – Tamlite
MiHome Smart Light Switch Chrome – Energenie
OCTO – Ansell Lighting

Enabling Technology of the Year
eldoLED DUALdrive platform- eldoLED
Lighting Reality PRO V2- Lighting Reality
S2F Series – Lensvector
ZEROBLUE™ Technology – Soraa
LM301H ONE – Samsung
LM302N – Samsung
T-series – Samsung
WICOP – Seoul Semiconductor
VEGA 07 module – Ledmotive
Dual Beam Technology – Megaman
AOne Rotary Dimmer – Aurora
Origin – Mackwell
Pico-COBs – Luminus

Controls Product of the Year
CMS Street Lighting Upgrade – City of London
e-Sense Organic G3 – Fagerhult
Lightview – Gooee
Iris – TheisCraft
Urban Node DC – DW Windsor
Multi Control Dimmer – BP-LED
RoomSet – Helvar

Lighting for a Circular Economy Award
In association with Lumicom
Turbo charging the recycling of lighting products – Recolight
EWRG and Tamlite working with Asda – WERCS
The Handlebar Café – Michael Grubb Studio
Dark Source

Sales Team of the Year
Architainment
LuxBox
Casambi
Reggiani

Supplier of the Year
DW Windsor
Ansell Lighting
FUTURE Designs
Tamlite
Designplan Lighting

Client of the Year
In association with Tamlite
Announced on the 14th November

SLL Young Lighter of the Year
In association with Society of Light and Lighting
Anna Tomschik
Anna Wawrzyniak
Beatrice Bertolini
Fatemeh Dastgheib
Jie Xu
Joan-Tähven Vene
Melissa Kennedy
Nils Voerste

Lux Person of the Year
Announced on the 14th November

To book tickets please visit: https://luxawards.co.uk/table-packages-2019/

The Lux Awards are designed to celebrate and reward both creativity and sustainability, recognising clients and end-users that have used lighting in exceptional ways to improve their lit environment, reduce energy and achieve business objectives.

Some of the best lighting products, projects and companies leading innovation and change were recognised at the 2018 Lux Awards in London last week.

The Awards were presented in front of 800 senior lighting professionals at a gala event at the O2 InterContinental on the final night of the LuxLive 2018 exhibition.

From over 200 nominations, the judges drew up the initial shortlists, tested products and visited projects the length and breadth of the UK to see them in action for themselves.

Hospitality, Leisure and Faith Project of the Year

The most outstanding project in this sector, inc. hotels,
restaurants, sports and places of worship

In association with Lutron

Winner: Mathematics: V&A Members Room, London | PJC Light Studio

Highly Commended: 20 Stories, Manchester | Into Lighting
Highly Commended: Belmond Grand Hibernian, Ireland | Studio-29
Highly Commended: The National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh | Sutton Vane Associates
Highly Commended: Principal Edinburgh Hotel | Susan Lake Lighting Design
Shortlisted: Brooklands Museum Aircraft Factory, Weybridge | Michael Grubb Studio
Shortlisted: Places Leisure Eastleigh | Arup
Shortlisted: Portsoken Pavilion, London | Aecom
Shortlisted: Refectory and Wilkins Terrace, University College London | BDP
Shortlisted: Royal Academy of Music, London | Ulrike Brandi Licht
Shortlisted: Southbank Centre, London | Max Fordham

 

Office, Education and Healthcare Lighting Project of the Year

The most outstanding project in the workplace, education and healthcare sector

In association with Waldmann

Winner: Bloomberg European Headquarters, London | Foster + Partners

Highly Commended: Duke Humfrey’s Library, Oxford University | Urban Jungle Energy and Engineering
Highly Commended: Scottish Parliament Debating Chamber, Edinburgh | Kevan Shaw Lighting Design
Highly Commended: Smythe Library, Tonbridge School | BDP
Commended: The Disney Reef at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London | Studio EG
Shortlisted: 33 Gutter Lane, London | Hoare Lea
Shortlisted: Oracle EMEA Block C, Dublin | ECI Lighting
Shortlisted: RocketSpace, London | fdcreative

 

Outdoor Lighting Project of the Year

The most outstanding project in the outdoor, public realm,
façade and streetlighting sector

In association with Pharos Architectural Controls

Winner: Bottle Alley, Hastings | Hastings Borough Council

Highly Commended: Hull Public Realm | Arup
Highly Commended: Refectory and Wilkins Terrace, University College London | BDP
Commended: The Crowned Stag, Chelmsford | It does Lighting
Commended: Newport Bridge | Stainton Lighting Design Services
Commended: Night of Heritage Light III – Radcliffe Camera, Oxford | dpa lighting consultants
Commended: Phase 1, Arts University Bournemouth | Michael Grubb Studio
Shortlisted: Alexandra Palace Telecommunications Mast, London | Ridge

 

Industrial and Transport Lighting Project of the Year

The most outstanding project in the industrial and transport sector

In association with the LIA

Winner: Volvo, Motherwell | enModus and Carbon Reduction Technology

Highly Commended: Paddington Lawn, London | BDP
Shortlisted: CB Heavy Products, Uttoxeter | Holophane Europe
Shortlisted: Mersey Gateway, Liverpool | CU Phosco Lighting
Shortlisted: Westminster Bridge Road, London | Michael Grubb Studio
Shortlisted: Wincanton Trax Park 2, Doncaster | Thorn Lighting

 

Retail Lighting Project of the Year

The most outstanding lighting project in the retail sector

In association with LuxBox

Winner:  intu Derby Shopping Centre | Advanced Power & Lighting

Highly Commended: Debenhams, Stevenage | Fagerhult Lighting
Commended: Pets at Home roll-out | Luxonic Lighting
Shortlisted: Asics flagship, London | Into Lighting
Shortlisted: Self-Portrait Store, London | Lichtvision Design

 

Interior Luminaire of the Year

The year’s most ground-breaking interior light fitting.

In association with lightspace london

Winner: Concord Pixer | Sylvania

Highly Commended: Tracy | LED iBOND
Commended: Atto     | Precision Lighting
Commended: Why | ES-System
Shortlisted: Amphibia | Zumtobel
Shortlisted: AXiO Airspace | Aurora
Shortlisted: Ventura | Radiant Architectural Lighting
Shortlisted: DRX5 | Remote Controlled Lighting
Shortlisted: Edge UFO HighBay | V-TAC
Shortlisted: EWINDOW 60 | Shenzhen Ewinlight Technology
Shortlisted: Gallery One Fifty | TM Lighting
Shortlisted: Hi-Max | Luxonic Lighting
Shortlisted: MyriaMesh Smart T8 LED Tube | Chess Wise
Shortlisted: ZipThree suspended | Vode Lighting

 

Exterior Luminaire of the Year

The year’s most ground-breaking exterior light fitting.

In association with Osram

Winner: Palladiano | Luce&Light

Highly Commended: Over-all | Simes
Highly Commended: Polesano | Delta Light
Highly Commended: Varoptic | Pudsey Diamond Engineering
Commended: Sephora | DW Windsor
Shortlisted: AIR2 | Indo Lighting
Shortlisted: Aira | Selux
Shortlisted: Blade | acdc
Shortlisted: Brick Light | Simes
Shortlisted: CityMax Large | Holophane Europe
Shortlisted: ID | Ewo
Shortlisted: Ignis 2 C | Orangetek
Shortlisted: Lumenfacade Nano | Lumenpulse
Shortlisted: Moby | Luce&Light
Shortlisted: Ren | DW Windsor

 

Emergency Lighting Product of the Year

The most outstanding innovation in this sector including luminaires,
testing systems and signage

In association with the E5 Group

Winner: CGLine+ Adaptive Evacuation Matrix | Eaton

Commended: LELW UltraSlim emergency lighting module | Luxbox Lighting Technology
Shortlisted: Beta anti-ligature range | P4
Shortlisted: ektor AWAC wireless emergency test system | zencontrol
Shortlisted: HotSpot Plus All-In-One emergency driver | Fulham Lighting Group
Shortlisted: Indulux | ABB

 

Connected Lighting Innovation of the Year

Includes all VLC, IoT, Lifi, IP-based systems, data management
and smart cities technologies.

In association with Tamlite Lighting

Winner: Generation 2 platform | LiteIP

Commended: Smart Connected Lighting | enModus
Shortlisted: smart engine | wtec

 

Property Technology Connected Lighting Concept of the Year

The best use of IP-connected lighting including apps, software or
service

In association with Gooee

Winner:  iRealm | EWO

Commended: Silvair Commissioning  | Silvair
Shortlisted: LightWatch | Rogier van der Heide

 

Enabling Technology of the Year

The most exceptional development in sources, drivers, optics,
thermal products and innovative materials

In association with LEDs magazine

Winner: Sunlike | Seoul Semiconductor

Highly Commended: LensVector | LensVector
Commended: MicroLouvre | Smartlouvre Technology
Commended: Silicone S1 | Carclo Optics
Commended: Tuner4Tronic Field | Osram
Shortlisted: CLi LED driver | Harvard
Shortlisted: Conext | Lumitronix LED-Technik
Shortlisted: LEDixia-mini | Multiload Controls
Shortlisted: Mean Well LED Driver LCM-40MM with MyriaMesh control | Chess Wise
Shortlisted: Microdriver | Seoul Semiconductor
Shortlisted: NanoOptic Precision Delivery Grid | cree
Shortlisted: Optisolis | Nichia Europe
Shortlisted: PerfectWhite COB LEDs | Luminus Devices

 

Controls Product of the Year

The most outstanding innovation in this sector including
control systems, interfaces, ECG and sensors

In association with Property Technology Live

Winner: Go | Prolojik

Commended: RA2 Select | Lutron
Shortlisted: LEDcode BLE | eldoLED
Shortlisted: LDALI-MS2 multi-sensor | Loytec
Shortlisted: PrecizionHALO | Lucy Zodion
Shortlisted: Vive | Lutron

 

Lighting for a Circular Economy Award

For exceptional achievement in the recycling of lamps and luminaires from refurbished projects

In association with Lumicom and Recolight

Winner: Connect Smart White | Carus

Highly Commended: Altech ECO Polycarbonate | Albis
Commended: Travelodge Hotels roll-out | Signify
Shortlisted: Storm | EGG Lighting

 

Sales Team of the Year

The group of representatives who have in excelled with
customer service and sales targets

In association with Hytronik

Winner: CU Phosco

Highly Commended: P4
Shortlisted: Harvard
Shortlisted: Tamlite Lighting

 

Manufacturer of the Year

The lighting equipment maker who has shown exceptional
performance and innovation in 2018

In association with Lux Review

Winner: Tamlite Lighting

Highly Commended: CU Phosco
Shortlisted: Martech

 

Client of the Year

The end user who has most embraced innovation
in lighting in pursuit of its goals

In association with P4 Fastel

Winner: Oxford University

Shortlisted: Hastings Borough Council
Shortlisted: Hull City Council

 

SLL Young Lighter of the Year

This category rewards and recognises young talent.

In association with Society of Light and Lighting

Winner:  Emma Beadle

Shortlisted: Katia Kolovea
Shortlisted: Carla Piatti
Shortlisted: Sunny Sribanditmongkol
Shortlisted: Sanny Yuwono

 

Lux Person of the Year

The person who has made an outstanding
contribution to the lighting industry in 2017

In association with Zumtobel

Winner: Paul Ruffles

Lighting design engineer Paul Ruffles has dedicated a major part of his career to the service of the industry and is, say the judges, an ‘unsung hero’ of the sector. He is currently editor-in-chief of the SLL Lighting Handbook and has completely revised it – with the assistance of various experts –  for 2018.  Due to be published imminently, it has increased in size from 22 chapters to 32.

Paul has been the principal of Lighting Design & Technology since founding the practice in 1992. Throughout his career he has contributed to the organising and administering of his profession both through his work with the Engineering Institutions and through national and international bodies.

These have included the National Illumination Committee, the International Standards Organisation, Lux Europa and the British Standards Organisation. He is a past-president of the Society of Light and Lighting (then called the CIBSE Lighting Division) which represents the interests of most of the senior members of the lighting profession.

His projects included The Holiday Inn, Kensington and a new visitors’ centre for Kew Gardens. He provided lighting support to Buro Happold’s offices in London, Leeds and Saudi Arabia.

Paul has written many lighting related articles in all sections of the professional lighting press. He also makes numerous presentations to technical conferences and to learned society meetings.

 

FUTURE Designs won the Industrial and Transport Lighting Project of the Year at the Lux Awards 2019 for its bespoke lighting solution, IKON, for Crossrail, Europe’s largest infrastructure project.

FUTURE Designs developed and manufactured IKON to deliver a bespoke 50,000 lumen uplight within this subterranean infrastructure.

Renowned for its innovative and technical expertise FUTURE Designs created several bespoke products including IKON uplighter luminaire. IKON is positioned on top of wayfinding totems; IKON EMERGENCY is positioned within the vertical faces of the totems helping to guide Crossrail passengers to safety; PLINTH is located within the deck area between individual escalators. All have been developed specifically for Crossrail addressing the technological difficulties presented with the design brief for this challenging environment.

Leon Ellis, Technical Director, FUTURE Designs said: “This award recognises over 3 years of research and development by FUTURE Designs to take the original concept to functionality and reality. We are absolutely delighted.”

Image: John Zammit

KSLD are delighted to celebrate the latest achievement for their Scottish Parliament Debating Chamber project. On behalf of the project team, Kevan Shaw received the IALD Award of Merit on 22nd May at the 2019 IALD Education Trust Benefit Dinner + 36th Annual IALD International Lighting Design Awards ceremony in Philadelphia, USA. KSLD | EFLA Lighting Design wishes to extend its congratulations to all who worked on this remarkable project.

Kevan Shaw said, “I am extremely proud to receive our first IALD Award of Merit for the Scottish Parliament Debating Chamber. We are of course also extremely proud of this project and the international recognition it has received for excellence in lighting design.”.

The judges called the bespoke LED lights a “technically brilliant solution” to the challenge – how to light a room that functions effectively as a TV studio for parliamentarians and visiting guests, and an accessible public space.

The project was judged as a winner in a field of more than 200 entries and has been formerly recognised at awards ceremonies across the globe. Significantly in 2018, the project was winner of the First Prize for Lighting Design at the Codega Awards; Highly Commended in the Office, Education and Healthcare Lighting Project of the Year category at the Lux Awards; Commended in the Workplace category at the Lighting Design Awards and Commended in the Lighting category at the Scottish Design Awards.

Kevan was also speaker at LIGHTFAIR International 2019, 23rd May, on the subject of ‘Charles Rennie Mackintosh: Architect as Lighting Designer in the 1900s’ – The talk showed specific examples of Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s lighting design and illustrated from research undertaken, the working methods of the period. Kevan has travelled in Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s footsteps twice; to recreate the original lighting in the construction of his competition winning House for an Art Lover and also in the restoration of the fire damaged Glasgow School of Art.

KSLD | EFLA Lighting Design goes from strength to strength as they also celebrate Associate Director Natalie Redford’s recent recognition as one of Lighting Magazine’s 40under40 class of 2019, announced at the Lighting Design Awards 2019. KSLD’s Icelandic colleagues’ beautiful project, The Lava Tunnel, Raufarholshelir, Iceland was also Highly Commended in the Public Realm and Landscape Project of the Year category at the same ceremony in London on 16th May.

Image credit: © Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, photographer: Katielee Arrowsmith

This year, the Society of Light and Lighting is celebrating 25 years of its annual Young Lighter competition. Over the years, there have been some incredible projects and notable winners, making this competition an invaluable platform to explore and discuss ideas relating to light, particularly for those at the early stages of their
career.

To mark the 25th year of the competition, the Society has reviewed the entry criteria, emphasising that the competition is open to anyone with an interest in light and lighting. Entries can be based on any light related topic and the Society wants to hear from entrants everywhere.

President of the SLL and Senior Associate at dpa lighting consultants, Iain Carlile said: “It is always great to see the next generation of lighting professionals demonstrate their talent and passion for lighting, be that through the presentation of novel project application, social study, technological development, lighting research or any other lighting related topic. I very much look forward to seeing who will be awarded SLL Young Lighter 2019.”

SLL Immediate Past President and Marketing and Applications Director for Thorlux Lighting, Richard Caple commented: “This year, in its 25th year, the SLL wish to widen the boundaries of the competition giving more young people the opportunity to enter and demonstrate their knowledge, creativity and capabilities.”

In order to open the competition up, the initial entry stage asks for six introductory slides.

From here, entrants will be shortlisted and asked to elaborate on their entry in whichever way they feel fits best – this could be a prototype, a video, a written paper, a presentation, etc. Shortlisted entrants will also be asked to submit a short piece to camera, demonstrating their presentation skills.

Following stage two, finalists will be selected and asked to develop their ideas into a presentation that will be delivered at LuxLive in November 2019. The finalists will be invited to join the Society at the Lux Awards, where the winner will be announced.

The winner will receive a cash prize of £1000 along with the title, SLL Young Lighter 2019 in front of an audience of over 800 industry professionals.

Entries can come from anywhere in the world, with flights and accommodation covered by the Society of Light and Lighting for attendance at the finals and awards in November.

The SLL Young Lighter 2019 competition is open to all under the age of 30 by 10 May 2019, which is also the closing date for entries.

This competition is designed to showcase innovative and exciting areas relating to light and/or lighting. It offers support to those who might be entering into a career in lighting, or who may be interested in developing an idea relating to light.

For your entry form and to find out more about the competition, visit www.sll.org.uk or email
sll@cibse.org

A major drive has been underway across the lighting profession to update the existing SLL Lighting Handbook. This work has involved over sixty people with some twenty-five chapter editors and nearly forty reviewers and technical auditors. These are mostly Members of the Society of Light and Lighting (SLL), drawn from over forty companies involved in lighting, including leading manufacturers, consultants and universities from across the country and overseas. Leading the effort has been Paul Ruffles, ex Chair of the SLL Technical and Publications Committee and Honorary Fellow of the Society of Light and Lighting.

Paul was named Lux Person of the Year at the Lux Awards on 15th November 2018 in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the lighting industry and for his work on the new edition of the SLL Handbook.

Widely established as a first stop for anyone seeking information on lighting, the previous edition of the SLL Handbook was published in 2009. Chapters on vision and light which were featured have now been removed and will be included within the brand new SLL Code for Lighting, which is due to be published in 2019. Additionally, the section which looked to towards the future have been removed, as time has shown that trends often move faster than predicted. The remaining chapters have been reviewed, updated and rewritten with the addition of 13 brand new chapters and 4 appendices, making the SLL Handbook one of the most comprehensive guides to interior and exterior lighting in the world.

New chapters summarise specific applications of light detailed in the individual SLL Lighting Guides such as LG13: Places of Worship; LG14: Control of Electric Lighting; and LG15: Lighting for Transport Buildings amongst others. Moreover, the Handbook will also look at areas not yet covered including historic buildings, exterior architectural and lighting for extreme environments.

There is also a new chapter on general building areas. Those important, but often neglected common spaces within buildings – corridors, toilets, entrance halls, along with back of house areas such as locker rooms and storage areas.

In order to assist the increasing number of lighting designers coming into the industry from non-engineering backgrounds, there are also chapters focusing on integration with other building services, electrical supplies and the important final commissioning of the lighting systems, in line with Commissioning Code L: Lighting (2018).

The SLL Handbook is aimed at those already working within the lighting industry and those in related fields who would benefit from a better understanding of the application of lighting, including electrical engineers, contractors, facilities managers and many more. The guidance is both practical and accessible to a wide variety of people, providing an overview of the fundamentals, technology and the application of light for different spaces and occupant requirements.

The brand new SLL Lighting Handbook is now available for purchase and download from the SLL website.

For more information about ordering your copy of the SLL Handbook or to find out about joining the Society of Light and Lighting, please contact sll@cibse.org or visit www.sll.org.uk