This year at Lightfair, 220 new products were entered for awards in Lightfair International 2003's New Product Showcase to highlight the best and brightest in the lighting industry. Eight of the winners used LEDs in their products. Lightfair 2003 held its annual New Product Showcase on Tuesday, May 6. The full list of Lightfair 2003 New Product winners follows.
Best New Product of the Year
The Destiny ColorWash, an LED-based luminaire by TIR Systems, also winner of the Flood and Facade Lighting category
Design Excellence Award
Tech Lighting's TECH Trak, the first field-shapable, line-voltage track system, also winner of the Track Lighting category
Judges' Citation Award
Spina by Delray Lighting, a line of T5 direct/indirect pendants and surface-mount luminaires
Energy Award
Philips Lighting Company's PL-H line of compact fluorescent lighting, also winner in Systems category
Technical Innovation Award
Nichia Corporation's NSPL510S, a 5mm warm white LED with a color temperature of 2600-3200K, also winner of the Specialty Lamps category
Craig Roeder Award, two winners
Color Stream LED tubes by Pixeon
Mood Lights programmable LED panels manufactured by Systems Trading Corp./Traxon USA
Incandescent Lamps
Specialty MR-16s are 4,000-hour frosted MR-16s manufactured by Bulbrite Industries
Fluorescent Lamps
Octron 28W T8 Supersaver Ecologic from Osram Sylvania
HID Lamps
Philips MasterColor 320W Pulse Start, a 320W ceramic metal halide pulse start for superior color performance
Downlights, Wallwashers and Accent Lights
CDM Series Recessed Downlights from RSA Lighting
Troffers, Commercial Recessed and Surface Fixtures
Mellow Light, recessed or surface-mounted luminaires that mimics daylight, from Zumtobel Staff Lighting
Suspended Indirect and Bi-directional Pendants
Lightstar LED by Orgatech, a glass and aluminum indirect T5 luminaire with 80 invisibly powered LEDs embedded in the glass panels
Decorative Sconces, Chandeliers, Ceiling, Table and Task Lamps
Claire by Leucos USA, an ADA-compliant wall sconce with two 36W twin-tube fluorescents
Site and Roadway Lighting
LED Illuminated StreetSign from Magniflood
Landscape and Fountain Lighting
Tenaya by B-K Lighting, a series of sealed, modular, in-grade luminaires
Fiber Optic and Remote Source Lighting
Ra by Leucos, a highly stylized table lamp with an articulating arm offering fiber-optic illumination
Theatrical and Entertainment Lighting
Droplet by Xilver, a compact automated moving LED luminaire with unique color-mixing capability through DMX protocols
Sports Lighting
North Star Lighting's Thorn Trioka III, a low-glare horizontal cut-off luminaire with asymmetric floodlight optics for 250-600W HID sources
Vandal Resistant and Industrial Specialty Lighting
Cooper Lighting's Metalux F-Bay fluorescent high-bay fixture featuring maximum performance optics for T5 and T8 lamps
Exit Signs and Emergency Lighting
Vari-X LED Exit Sign Retrofit by Enerlight Corporation
Controls
Emergency Power Transfer Controls from LVS fit behind a wall switch for regular and emergency luminaire on/off operation
Components
T5/G5 compact twin T5 rotor lamp holder with or without retaining nib for dual G5/T5 applications by SysElec
Research, Publications and Software
Pennsylvania State University's AE 466-Computer Aided Lighting Design and Analysis Internet-based, asynchronous lighting design studio course that offers advanced analysis and visualization software
Specialty Innovations
Magniflood's M-3000 Electronic Luminaire Aimer
Ballasts and Transformers
The ECO-10 IR Fluorescent Ballast with Built-in Dimmer by Lutron Electronics Company