The Illuminating Engineering Society has announced that the final submission deadline for 2024 IES Illumination Awards, including the Lighting Control Innovation Award sponsored by the Lighting Controls Association, has been extended to February 29, 2024.

The NX Lighting Controls system from Current unlocks more possibilities to manage buildings efficiently and can now be powered by NX Site Manager, an on-premises enterprise software platform providing real-time programming and management capabilities for NX-connected lighting and smart devices. Additionally, the NX Wall Stations family has been expanded to help lighting pros tackle projects with a host of smart and specialty switches.

Atrius, part of Acuity Brands, Inc., recently announced that Environment + Energy Leader awarded Top Product 2023 status to Atrius Sustainability, its carbon accounting and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) reporting software. Atrius Sustainability supports sustainability managers to better understand resource consumption across a portfolio with the tools to quickly measure, track, and report on sustainability progress. 

nLight recently announced that it was awarded a LEDs Magazine 2023 BrightStar Award for Product Innovation for their nLight® AIR Wireless EM Solution. This solution is designed for projects with external emergency power sources, such as generators or inverters, and delivers a lower cost of installation than traditional solutions by eliminating the dedicated wiring used to sense normal power.

LightFair has announced its 2023 LightFair Innovation Award (LIA) winners, previewing the most innovative products to be featured, May 23 – 25 at the Javits Center in New York.

The Integrated Home Competition recently announced the 2022 award-winning products at the CEE Industry Partners Meeting. The judges selected 17 innovative connected home devices that demonstrate the four tenets of the CEE Integrated Home Initiative: energy savings, demand flexibility, consumer amenity, and security.

Acuity Brands, Inc. recently announced that CLAIRITY™ Link by nLight® and SensorSwitch™ SSW Series: Sealed Wall Plates were selected for the 2022 Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) Progress Report, which showcases the year’s most significant advancements in the art and science of lighting.

nLight®, a brand within the Acuity Brands portfolio, recently announced that it was awarded the LEDs Magazine 2022 BrightStar Award for Product Innovation for their nLight Snapshot Controller.

McWong International has received the LightFair Technical Innovation Award for its new TruBlu Fixture Controller with Long Range Antenna. The award was announced on the opening day of LightFair 2022 in Las Vegas. In its 33rd year, the LightFair Innovation Awards recognize the most innovative products in architectural and commercial lighting.

The 2022 CEE Integrated Home Competition submissions deadline has been extended to April 22, 2022.

The CEE Integrated Home Competition rewards market leaders whose connected home solutions not only provide energy savings and load management capability, but also deliver upon consumer expectations for interoperability, reliability, and simplicity.

The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced the four winners in Phase 1 of the DOE’s Lighting Prize (L-Prize®), including a networked LED luminaire with advanced controls that can be retrofitted in less than two minutes to an existing fluorescent luminaire.

Today, the Integrated Home Competition announced awards for 17 high quality and innovative designs that exemplify the four tenets of the CEE Integrated Home: energy savings, demand flexibility, consumer amenity, and security.

The Integrated Home Competition Sponsors are inviting the public to attend the 2021 Awards Announcement on December 8 at 3PM ET/12PM PT.

The Integrated Home Competition presents an opportunity for manufacturers of connected home solutions to gain recognition for their automated and interactive products that not only provide energy savings and load management capability, but also deliver upon consumer expectations for interoperability, reliability, and simplicity. Innovative industry leaders are rewarded through endorsement and promotion from competition sponsors and others.

The Lighting & Homes for Tomorrow organizers invite you to take a deeper dive into the 2020 award-winning products. Join competition judges Terry McGowan, American Lighting Association (ALA); Bethany Sparn, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL); and Tim Mosley, BC Hydro as they explain what aspects of the nine winning products they found particularly valuable and innovative.

The 2021 Lighting & Homes for Tomorrow (LHFT) competition recognized nine connected home products and platforms that deliver a compelling value proposition to both consumers and utilities.

LIGHTFAIR recently announced 14 winners of its 2020 LIGHTFAIR Innovation Awards, which recognize innovative products and designs introduced by 2020 exhibitors during the last 12 months. In the lighting controls category, 12 products were submitted to the 2020 awards, with RAB Lighting being recognized as both a category winner and with a Technical Innovation Award.

Leviton recently announced its GreenMAX® DRC Room Control System won the 2020 EC&M Product of the Year Award in the Lighting Controls Category. GreenMAX DRC provides a secure, simple, and scalable distributed control system that can manage virtually any type of lighting for any application or building size.

The Lighting Controls Association is proud to announce that it has entered into a five-year agreement with the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) to sponsor a new Control Innovation Award as part of the IES’s prestigious Illumination Awards. Online submissions for the 2011 Illumination Awards program are being accepted January 18 through February 11, 2011.