The Welsh-based company offers creative lighting design, installation and project management plus the manufacture of LED and conventional architectural light sources. i-Vision's Luke Dodd said: "It's great to receive such a fantastic reward, following the past few years of cutting edge systems development and specification. It's a tribute to the whole company who have worked incredibly hard to produce genuinely unique and ground-breaking LED technologies."
The GMTV installation was a first for UK television. GMTV's lighting director/designer John Allard approached i-Vision's Luke Dodd wanting a complete change for the studio lighting - to colour-changing LEDs. I-Vision designed the system using a combination of bespoke and off the shelf fixtures from its flagship Lumos Range.
Once installed, the new scheme immediately cut the energy consumed by GMTV's lighting by over 60 per cent, and reduced studio temperatures to infinitely more comfortable levels. Colour-changing LED down-lighters, birdies and strips installed into the studio's sets create unique colour hints and identities for different sections of the programme.
The Lighting Design Awards judges praised GMTV's "brave" decision to switch to LEDs with a short lead time - from specification to completion in just three and half weeks. They were also impressed by the "remarkable gains in energy efficiency" that the system has delivered, whilst giving the studios more flexibility. The scheme is expected to pay for itself in 39 weeks.
The Lighting Design Awards were held last week at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London. Over 650 lighting designers, architects, engineers and suppliers attended the presentation that recognized the most creative and inventive of the UK's architectural, arts and built environment lighting projects.
The standard of entries to this year's event was exceptional, but there was room for only a dozen outstanding winners to be honored. Each winner underwent a rigorous judging process, with 10 senior industry figures and experts in their field scrutinizing each project. All short-listed projects received a site visit and an in-situ assessment plus two full judging sessions. The diverse selection of 2005 Lighting Design Award winners also included aircraft, public toilets, converted water towers, spas and restaurants.
(Sarah Rushton-Read)
