The Illuminating Engineering Society is now taking submissions for its 2020 Illuminations Awards (IA), which marks 47 years of the program. The goal of the awards is to recognize individuals for professionalism, ingenuity, and originality in lighting design. The IA program includes four different award categories, which include:

• Lighting Control Innovation (sponsored by the Lighting Controls Association). Advanced lighting control solutions can provide significant energy savings, flexibility, and other benefits in buildings. This award recognizes good lighting projects that exemplify the effective use of lighting controls in nonresidential applications.
• Interior Lighting Design (sponsored by Edwin Guth). This award recognizes exceptional interior lighting projects that balance the functional illumination of space with the artistic application of light to enhance the occupant’s experience.
• Outdoor Lighting Design (sponsored by Cooper Lighting Solutions). The Outdoor Lighting Design Award recognizes excellence in lighting design and application in all aspects of exterior lighting. The goal of the program is to further the understanding, knowledge, and function of outdoor lighting as a critical aspect of the built environment.
• Energy and Environmental Lighting Design. The Energy and Environmental Lighting Design Award recognizes quality lighting installations in commercial and industrial buildings that incorporate advanced energy-saving strategies and environmentally responsible solutions into the overall design.

Illumination Award levels include section awards, which are awarded at the local section level judging. Projects scoring adequately at this level move up for additional judging in the global judging, and are eligible for awards of merit, which recognize meritorious contribution to lighting design and superior elements for a portion of a project; awards of excellence, which recognize exceptional contribution to the art and science of light; and awards of distinction, which recognize extraordinary achievement in lighting design.

To learn more about the Illumination Awards and how to submit applications, with a deadline of Feb. 21, 2020, visit the association’s webpage.