30 October – 2 November, 2013 Copenhagen, Denmark PLDC is the largest forum for the lighting design community worldwide with more than 1300 attendees expected in 2013. Leading researchers, practicing lighting designers and the leading lighting industry will come together to discuss international future trends in technology and design. ...
Royal Philips Electronics has received four prizes at the Design For Asia Award (DFA) 2012 in the category Product/Industrial design. Design For Asia recognizes companies and designers that ‘have achieved business success through good design that reflects, or has an impact on, the Asian lifestyle’. Winners for 2012 were announced in a ...
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced the 2012 class of LEED Fellows in October, including lighting designer Nancy E. Clanton, founder and president of Clanton & Associates, among the 43 distinguished green building professionals selected. The LEED Fellow Program is the most prestigious designation for LEED Professionals, ...
The Fondation Concept Lumière Urbaine (CLU) unveiled the four winners of its 2012 International Design contest – held this year under the following theme: Lightitude – Lighting Urban Areas above the Polar Circle – during the 2012 Facteur D event, organized by Mission Design. Sergio Ramos, Spain, has won the first prize of $2500 for this ...
There has been a permanent exhibition on the Deutscher Zukunftspreis at the Deutsches Museum since 2006. Since then over 1 million visitors have viewed the 10 most-recent award-winning projects and the “Hall of Fame” of the prizewinners. The newest exhibit for the prizewinning team from 2011 was unveiled at the museum in September: Organic ...
The tenth annual Lighting for Tomorrow competition recognizes the best-designed, energy-efficient lighting products entering the residential market. The 2012 competition featured energy-efficient light emitting diode (LED) lighting fixtures, replacement lamps, fixture retrofit kits, and lighting controls. Lighting for Tomorrow continues to ...
Soraa, the world's leading developer of GaN-on-GaN (gallium nitride on gallium nitride) solid-state lighting technology, announced that co-founder Shuji Nakamura received the Inventor of the Year Award from The Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Association (SVIPLA). Each year the SVIPLA recognizes an individual who has made an exceptional ...
In July, DOE honored seven LED Lighting Facts partners at its Solid-State Lighting Market Introduction Workshop in Pittsburgh, PA. These partners received Special Recognition for going above and beyond to integrate LED Lighting Facts into their everyday business practices and for demonstrating ongoing commitment to the program and to product ...
Sierra magazine has named the University of California, Davis – home of the California Lighting Technology Center – the nation’s “Coolest School” for its integrated efforts to address climate change and operate sustainably. The 5,300-acre campus, internationally acclaimed for its research in environmental sciences, ranked No. 1 among ...
Bridgelux, Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of LED lighting technologies and solutions, has been included for the second consecutive year on the Inc. 5000 list, Inc. Magazine's sixth annual ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America. The list represents the most comprehensive look at the most vital segment of the economy ...