The competition is open to professional designers, architects, engineers and consultants. Entries are judged on the following criteria: functional excellence; architectural compatibility; effective use of state-of-the-art lighting products and techniques; appropriate colour, form and texture revelation; energy effectiveness and cost effectiveness.
Projects scoring the highest number of points will qualify to receive Awards of Merit or Awards of Excellence. The GE Edison Award Winner is selected from among the Awards of Excellence. Awards for Sustainable Design are given to those projects that demonstrate exemplary, sustainable lighting design. These designs, while providing high quality lighting, should minimise the use of energy, maximise the use of daylighting, avoid skyward illumination and ensure system durability and maintainability.
The Award for Residential Lighting Design - a new category added in 2005 - is judged on the same criteria and presented to the project that best exemplifies excellence in lighting design within a residential application.
All entrants will be invited to an awards ceremony, which will take place Monday, May 7, 2007 in New York on the evening prior to the opening of LightFair International. All lighting projects, submitted for award consideration, must have been completed between January 1, 2006 and December 31, 2006. Entries must be received by January 10, 2007.
(Jim Evans)
