Lithonia Lighting earned a grand prize in Lighting for Tomorrow's 2005 Design and Technology Competition, winning $15,000 for the top design in the Indoor Fixture Family category. For the second straight year, American Fluorescent Corporation also came out a winner, capturing the top awards in the Outdoor Fixture Family and Technical Innovation categories.

Awards were presented at the American Lighting Association Annual Conference in Miami Beach, Fla., on Sept. 19. More than 30 working prototypes had been entered into the competition.

Los Angeles-based Justice Design Group was awarded $7,500 for second place in the Indoor Fixture Family category. Three other designs received Honorable Mention, one by Good Earth Lighting and two by Fire & Water.

See the Lighting for Tomorrow press kit for a list of all award winners.

GRAND-PRIZE WINNERS
Lithonia's "Ferros" indoor fixture family was designed by a team led by David Zizzi, Director of Product Development. The diversity of fixtures in this family allows homeowners to create a lighting arrangement in which the rooms complement each other. "Ferros" is expected to be available in lighting showrooms by the end of 2005.

Stephen Blackman, of Illinois-based American Fluorescent, produced his company's winning designs. "Eureka," an outdoor fixture family, has a rugged outdoor look that features hand-fabricated brass cages and a weathered moss brown finish. All fixtures in this series accept 13 or 18 watt compact fluorescent lamps. "Eureka" is expected to be introduced in January 2006.

American Fluorescent, which produces only energy-efficient lighting, also took the grand prize for Technology Innovation, providing an affordable solution to dimming in fluorescent fixtures. Blackman's "Chablis-Soleil" chandelier integrates an on-board dimmer into a decorative finial at the base of the fixture. The fixture is expected to be available in 2006. Other fixtures incorporating the dimming lamp-ballast system may also be introduced next year.

About Lighting for Tomorrow
Lighting for Tomorrow was launched in 2002 to encourage and recognize excellence in the design of energy-efficient residential lighting fixtures. In 2005, the competition's specific objectives focused on indoor and outdoor fixture families as well as innovative designs that address technical barriers to energy-efficient lighting. In order to qualify for the 2005 competition, all prototypes had to meet ENERGY STAR^® criteria.

Lighting for Tomorrow is organized by CEE, the American Lighting Association (ALA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (represented by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory).

For further information, see the Lighting for Tomorrow Web site.

CEE member support
Twenty-seven CEE members co-sponsored the competition, committing more than $140,000:

Alliant Energy BC Hydro Bonneville Power Administration California Energy Commission Cape Light Compact Connecticut Light & Power Efficiency Maine Efficiency Vermont Energy Trust of Oregon Hydro-Québec Long Island Power Authority Massachusetts Electric MidAmerican Energy Narragansett Electric

New Jersey Clean Energy Program Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance NSTAR Electric NYSERDA Pacific Gas & Electric Sacramento Municipal Utility District San Diego Gas & Electric Southern California Edison Tacoma Power United Illuminating Unitil: Fitchburg Gas & Electric Western Mass. Electric Company Xcel Energy

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