Lightfair Innovation Award Winners Announced

Top prize went to the ARC Keeper Arctic 175 HID Backup Ballast from the Bodine Company.

by Mairi Beautyman -- Interior Design, 5/10/2007

This week, the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York is the destination of lighting professionals around the world, for annual architectural lighting show Lightfair International in New York. As part of the festivities, some of the world’s leading lighting manufacturers are honored each year through the Lightfair Innovation Awards program.

Some 139 entries poured in for the 2007 program, which is sponsored by Architectural Lighting magazine and eLumit.com. A panel of industry professionals selected winners.

Top prize went to the ARC Keeper Arctic 175 HID Backup Ballast from the Bodine Company, which was awarded the Most Innovative Product of the Year award. The Design Excellence Award winner is ORUS Roadway Luminaire from North Star Lighting and the co-winners of the Technical Excellence Award, recognizing lighting technology excellence, are Luxeon Rebel from Philips Lumileds and ALTO II T8 Lamps from Philips Lighting Company.

The Best of Category Award winners are below.

Specialty Lamps: Luxeon Rebel from Philips Lumileds.

Conventional Lamps: T8 Lamps featuring ALTO II Lamp Technology from Philips Lighting.

Downlights, Wallwashers & Accent Lights: Round Gear Driven Adjustable Downlight from Lucifer Lighting Company.

Track, Low-Voltage, Cable & Rail Systems: Tangent Line Voltage Track from Lightolier.

Fluorescent-based Troffers, Suspended & Surface Luminaires: Lightplane 11 from Architectural Lighting Works.

Chandeliers, Pendants, Sconces, Task Lights & Decorative Luminaires: Avanti Miniature from Dreamscape Lighting Manufacturing.

Roadway, Sports, Floodlight, Outdoor Architectural & Site Lighting: Orus Roadway Luminaire from North Star Lighting.

Landscape, Pool & Fountain: 4426 60watt LED Swimming Pool & Fountain Fixture from Hydrel/Acuity Brands Lighting.

Theatrical & Specialty Luminaires: eW Flex SLX from Color Kinetics.

Industrial, Vandal, Emergency, Exit & Emergency Lighting: ARC Keeper Arctic 175 HID Backup Ballast from The Bodine Company.

Controls, Daylight Integration & Controls: ROAM - Remote Asset Management System from Holophane/Acuity Brands Lighting.

Research, Publications, Software & Unique Applications: Luminaire Classification System for Outdoor Luminaires (TM-15-07)from Illuminating Engineering Society of North America.

Specialty, Hardware, Lampholders, Components: PSI MicroLinear Diffusing Sheet from Spectrus.

Ballasts & Transformers: Quicktronic Powersense from Osram Sylvania - Electronic Control Systems.