DALI Alliance wins big at LightFair 2025 with two Innovation Awards for DALI+

The DALI Alliance is proud to announce that DALI+, its next-generation wireless and IP-based lighting control technology, earned two top honours at the 2025 LightFair Innovation Awards.

Presented on 6^th May 2025 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, the annual awards recognize some of the most ground-breaking developments in the lighting and controls industry. Among the 11 category winners and four distinguished overall awards, DALI+ was recognised for:

• Category Award: Best Control Enabling Technology
• Overall Award: The Design Excellence Award

Judged by lighting and controls experts from across the industry, these awards recognize DALI+ as a standout innovation delivering advanced functionality, scalability, and interoperability for modern lighting systems. The judges praised the technology stating: “This represents a big step forward, extending DALI’s benefits to wireless networks.”

“These awards validate our vision for a smarter, more connected lighting ecosystem,” said Paul Drosihn, General Manager of the DALI Alliance. “DALI+ extends DALI into wireless and IP-based domains, without sacrificing interoperability or compliance with global standards.”

DALI+ builds on the trusted DALI protocol by using Thread as the wireless carrier, enabling standardised, robust, two-way control for features such as advanced dimming, diagnostics, and data exchange. DALI+ brings wireless control to the proven DALI ecosystem, and when paired with DALI-2, enables seamless hybrid systems that simplify integration in today’s smart buildings.

These dual wins position DALI+ as a transformative step forward in lighting innovation – cementing the DALI Alliance’s role at the forefront of intelligent building technology.