May 5, 2003
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Rebecca Foster, CEE Program Manager
617-589-3949, ext. 207
Terry McGowan, ALA Director of Engineering and Technology
216-291-1884

PRESS KIT

Lighting for Tomorrow winners are announced
Ivalo Lighting draws top prize;
American Fluorescent wins four awards

NEW ORLEANS – Phase 1 winners of the Lighting for Tomorrow fixture design competition were announced at the American Lighting Association's Annual Conference on May 2. Eleven finalists were chosen, with Stefano Casciani of Ivalo Lighting, Inc. winning the top prize of $10,000 for his design of "Aliante Pendant," a pendant lamp fixture.

The 10 other finalists were awarded $2,500 each. Stephen Blackman of American Fluorescent Corporation accounted for four of the winning designs. Thirteen designs received Judges Awards and Honorable Mentions. See the press kit for a complete list.

Click here for color photos and descriptions of the winning designs.

Lighting for Tomorrow is sponsored by the American Lighting Association (ALA), Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE), and the U.S. Dept. of Energy (represented by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory). The goal of the competition is to introduce attractive, innovative and energy-efficient residential lighting fixture designs into retail showrooms. Availability of these types of fixtures is currently limited.

Seventeen CEE members are co-sponsoring this project.

Eligible designs included currently available fixtures as well as drawings. For the winning paper designs, prototypes are due Jan. 31, 2004. The prototypes and existing fixtures will then be judged in Phase 2 of the competition, producing the overall winners. These winning entries will be announced at the 2004 ALA Conference next May. Lighting for Tomorrow sponsors and their affiliates will work closely with all finalists to move paper designs and prototypes into the market.

A panel of eight judges – including lighting designers, lighting showroom representatives, and trade and consumer publications editors – scrutinized more than 156 entries.

"The competition was fantastic," said Monty Gilbertson, Manager of Lighting Design by Wettsteins (Lacrosse, Wisc.) and one of the judges. "There were some very unique and some curious designs. What I looked for was something that we could sell on the retail floor. It had to be cosmetically appealing, energy efficient, and have a look that would sell."

"The most powerful element to propel an industry forward is the marriage of design and technology," said Sergio Orozco of Orozco Design (West New York, N.J.), also a judge. "This competition opened the minds and the doors of our lighting industry."

ABOUT THE COMPETITION
Lighting for Tomorrow, open to professional lighting designers and manufacturers, was launched in December 2002. To be eligible, fixture designs had to be dedicated to an energy-efficient light source (complying with the efficacy requirements of the ENERGY STAR^® fixture specification, v. 3.1) and rated for use in residential buildings. There were seven product categories: chandelier, pendant, portable, sconce, surface-mounted, task and track. Each product group included two price sub-categories, ranging from under $50 to over $200.

For further information, contact Rebecca Foster at 617-589-3949, ext. 207, Terry McGowan at 216-291-1884 or see the CEE press kit.

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