Local Section Awards

IES Illumination Awards

This is a great opportunity to get recognition for your work and your project(s)!  Entries can only be made online, which greatly simplifies the submission process. Anyone, IES member or nonmember, may enter a project for an award. However, the lighting and controls designs of current members of the IES Illumination Awards Committee, IES Board of Directors and employees of the Society are not eligible until their term of office or IES Employment expires.  The installation must have been completed during the 24 months preceding the January program date listed.

 

Program Overview

The IES Illumination Awards (formerly the International Illumination Design Awards) provides a unique opportunity for public recognition of professionalism, ingenuity, and originality in lighting design based upon the individual merit of each entry judged against specific criteria.

 

Judges are selected from a broad professional spectrum that represents knowledge of lighting and design excellence. The judging system is based entirely on how well the lighting design does or does not meet the program criteria. This program is not a competition. The program is open to any qualified entrant without limitations as to professional affiliations. The Guth, Waterbury, Cutler, Energy and Environmental Design, and Control Innovation Awards are parallel programs created to recognize outstanding lighting design.

 

The Energy and Environmental Design Award

The Energy and Environmental 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.

 

The Edwin F. Guth Memorial Award for Interior Lighting Design

The Edwin F. Guth Memorial Awards for Interior Lighting Design honors the memory of Edwin F. Guth, who founded the St. Louis Brass Co. in 1902. He later renamed the company the Edwin F. Guth Co. At the time of his death in 1962, he held 147 patents.

 

The Paul Waterbury Award for Outdoor Lighting Design

The Paul Waterbury Award for Outdoor Lighting honors Paul Waterbury's achievements in the lighting field. Among them, the development of 1500 W metal halide lamps for stadium use and an optical system for lowmounted tennis court lighting.

 

The Aileen Page Cutler Memorial Award for Residential Lighting Design

This award honors the memory of Aileen Page Cutler, a developer of new and creative ways to light residences. She also developed training programs for teaching others the art and science of residential lighting. She was the wife of the late C.M. (Monte) Cutler, who established this award.

 

The Control Innovation Award

The Control Innovation Award recognizes good lighting projects that exemplify the effective use of lighting controls in nonresidential applications.

 

See the following for the score sheet for each award category:

http://www.ies.org/ia/award-categories.cfm

 

 

IES Illumination Awards Submission Site

http://awards.ies.org/

What's New

You are now able to upload an OPTIONAL short silent video(maximum one minute with your project entry!

There are now FIVE (5) individual score sheets for each award category. Make sure you review the criteria for each category you are submitting your project entry as they will be judged and scored based upon this criteria.

Procedures

  • All projects will be submitted through this site. You can edit and add projects up until the submission deadline. Enter as many projects as you would like.
  • You must pay the submission fee for all projects at the same time. After payment is recieved, you will not be allowed to add projects.
  • An estimated 400 judges will be asked to review this year's projects. Judging will be done virtually from the judges desktop.
  • Projects which move on to International level will be viewed live by the esteemed panel of judges selected by the IES Board of Directors.
  • Recipients will be presented their awards in November at the IES Annual Conference.
  • 300 word count narrative
  • $100 submission fee per project entry

 Submission:
Open on Thursday Jan 12, 2012
Close on Monday Feb 13, 2012

Section Judging :
Open on Tuesday Feb 14, 2012
Close on Wednesday Feb 29, 2012

Submission Editing:
Open on Thursday Mar 1, 2012
Close on Friday Mar 9, 2012

Online Judging:
Open on Saturday Mar 10, 2012
Close on Tuesday Apr 10,2012

Final Judging will be held on Tuesday, May 8, 2012

 
Local Section Awards