2019 LFI Innovation Award Winners Announced

Judged by an independent panel of lighting professionals, The LFI Innovation Awards recognizes the best innovations from more than 500 of the world's leading manufacturers across the lighting industry.

  • Acuity Brands leads all manufacturers with multiple LFI Innovation Awards
  • Component manufacturers win 3 of the top 5 awards.
  • Ecosense Lighting's Lore is honored with the highest award.

Most Innovative Product of the Year:

ECOSENSE LIGHTING INC.
Lore
A fully adaptable fixture family debuting our Auto Sensing Protocol, latest optics, & Lingo digital technology.


Technical Innovation Award:

SLD LASER
LaserLight MicroSpot Module
250kcd, 2 degrees, and 1 km range from compact 35 mm module for improved performance in specialty lighting applications.


Design Excellence Award:

ACUITY BRANDS LIGHTING
Peerless Renna
Innovative luminaire that uses lightguide technology with unique transitions to make light flow through space.


Judges' Citation Award:

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS
Samsung E-series
Color-tunable COB package with industry-highest light efficacy and best color mixing; well-suited for premium lighting

NICHIA AMERICA CORPORATION

Color Tunable COB
Nichia’s Color Tunable COB provides an innovative CCT tuning solution for human-centric lighting applications.



Commercial Indoor: Troffers, Suspended and Surface Mounted

ACUITY BRANDS LIGHTING
Peerless Renna
Innovative luminaire that uses lightguide technology with unique transitions to make light flow through space.


Industrial, Vandal, Emergency and Exit

METEOR LIGHTING
Whiz 2.0
Meteor’s latest Architectural High Bay Solution that is sleek, compact and aesthetic.


Track, Display, Undercabinet and Shelf

ACUITY BRANDS LIGHTING
Juno Wireless Control LED Track Fixture Family
Enable beam, aiming, dimming & CCT adjustment from a secure wireless platform.


Recessed Downlights, Wall Washers and Multiples

ECOSENSE LIGHTING INC.
Lore
A fully adaptable fixture family debuting our Auto Sensing Protocol, latest optics, & Lingo digital technology.


Indoor Decorative

LIGHTPANEL (USA) INC.
Lightpanel AIR ColorWheel
Custom laser cut and engraved LED light panels. Pinpoint and fast acrylic cutting with optimized laser engraving.


Parking, Roadway and Area Luminaires

ANP LIGHTING
EQ Series
A contemporary styled, outdoor decorative site lighting collection designed for visual comfort.


Sports, Step, Landscape, Pool & Fountain Luminaires

EATON
Ephesus Lumadapt 8
The new LED sports lighting system allows operators to buy what they need today & then remotely update, adapt & expand.

Controls: Components, Sensors, Interfaces and Software

CIMCON LIGHTING, INC.
NearSky 360
CIMCON’s NearSky 360 Platform is a next generation of Edge computing platform for Smart Cities.


Dynamic Color, Theatrical, Cove, Strips and Tape

OPTIC ARTS
Vintage Dim2
A custom curve control for Warm Dim and Variable White Driver with built in NFC programming for 0-10V.


Control and Distribution Systems, Connectivity and Analytics

SILVAIR
Silvair Commissioning
A complete set of tools for commissioning and managing wireless lighting control systems based on Bluetooth mesh.


LED / OLED, Chips and Modules

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS
Samsung E-series
Color-tunable COB package with industry-highest light efficacy and best color mixing; well-suited for premium lighting

SLD LASER
LaserLight MicroSpot Module
250kcd, 2 degrees, and 1 km range from compact 35 mm module for improved performance in specialty lighting applications.

NICHIA AMERICA CORPORATION
Color Tunable COB
Nichia’s Color Tunable COB provides an innovative CCT tuning solution for human-centric lighting applications.


Lamps: Conventional, Retrofit and Replacement

SIGNIFY
InstantFit T8 Visible Light Communication TLED by Signify
Retrofit TLED that features Visible Light Communication = enabling location-based services with a simple lamp change-out


Ballasts, Transformers, Drivers, Systems and Kits

ACUITY BRANDS LIGHTING
eldoLED 75W LED driver product family (75W/L and 75W/B)
Fully programmable, UL Class P listed, 75W LED driver family, capable of dim-to-0.1%, dim-to-warm, and tunable white.


Non-Luminous: Research, Publications, Software and Specialty Hardware

ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING SOCIETY (IES)
ANSI/IES RP-8-18, Recommended Practice for Design and Maintenance of Roadway and Parking Facility Lighting
An update and aggregation of (12) IES standards covering roadway and parking facility lighting.

May 24, 2019

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