The winners of the Lighting Industry Federation's new Energy Management and Innovation in Lighting Award Scheme (EMILAS) have been announced.
"We were delighted with the number of entries received – and their quality – for the lighting award scheme, which focuses on the upgrading of existing installations to improve energy-efficiency and encourages owners/users to upgrade their existing lighting installations," commented LIF president Peter Denny.
"A prime objective of EMILAS is to give recognition to lighting schemes showing proven energy savings with a minimum 20% improvement over previously installed schemes.
"The response far exceeded expectations and reflects the dramatic impact of evolving energy efficiency lighting schemes across a diverse range of sectors and applications.
"Great inroads are being made by The Lighting Industry with new technologies available that bring significant benefits in contributing towards building a low carbon economy – which can only be achieved by the refurbishment of existing buildings with modern lighting schemes."
The winners were as follows:
Category A (indoor workplace):
Highly commended: Cooper Lighting & Safety – Ipswich Building Society
Runner up: Holophane – Flowserve
Winner: Thorn – Gateshead Council
Category B (outdoor workplace)
Winner: Holophane – Siemens Traincare
Category C (sports lighting):
Highly Commended: Philips – Carshalton FC
Winner: Chalmor – Nottingham City Council, Harvey Haddens Sports Complex
Category D (road/amenity lighting):
Winner: Philips – Surrey County Council/Godalming Traders Association.
Category E (floodlighting/building facades)
Runner up: Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council – Thornton Lodge Estate, Huddersfield
Winner: Holophane – Bournemouth Borough Council
Category F (New category {BSEN 1837}, lighting in machinery:
Winner: Philips – Tesco
For information on the winning projects visit www.lif.co.uk.