With separate events in place for compact-fluorescent fixture families and solid-state lighting fixtures, Lighting for Tomorrow 2007 was officially launched Jan. 19 at the Dallas Lighting and Accessories Market.

Lighting for Tomorrow is organized by CEE, the American Lighting Association (ALA) and the Dept. of Energy (represented by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory). Nearly two dozen CEE members in the U.S. and Canada combined to pledge approximately $150,000 to sponsor the 2007 competition.

Since its inception in 2002, the fixture design component of Lighting for Tomorrow has pulled new high-efficiency residential lighting products into the market.

For the first three years, the competition sought only the fixtures using pin-based compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs); for the first time in 2006, a separate competition for solid-state lighting was held.

Beginning in 2005, Lighting for Tomorrow required manufacturers to submit entries of fixture “families” for indoor and outdoor lighting products. Similar to last year, a large number of fixture family winners will be featured in the 2007 Lighting for Tomorrow Yearbook that includes color photographs, program information, technology updates, and other useful information for consumers, retailers and builders.

The Yearbook will be distributed to lighting showrooms and homebuilders across the U.S. and Canada.

The deadline for entries is May 31. Winners will be announced during an award ceremony at the ALA Annual Conference in San Antonio Sept. 9-11. For guidelines and rules for the 2007 competition, see www.lightingfortomorrow.com.

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