The GE Edison Award competition is open to professional designers, architects, engineers and consultants. Entries are judged on the following criteria: functional excellence; architectural compatibility; effective use of state-of-the-art lighting products and techniques; appropriate colour, form and texture revelation; energy effectiveness and cost effectiveness.
Projects scoring the highest number of points will qualify to receive Awards of Merit or Awards of Excellence. The GE Edison Award Winner is selected from among the Awards of Excellence.
Awards for Sustainable Design are given to those projects that demonstrate exemplary, sustainable lighting design. These designs, while providing high quality lighting, should minimise the use of energy, maximise the use of day-lighting, avoid skyward illumination and ensure system durability and maintainability.
The Award for Residential Lighting Design-a new category added in 2005-is judged on the same criteria mentioned above and presented to the project that best exemplifies excellence in lighting design within a residential application.
All entrants will be invited to an awards ceremony, which will take place 7 May 2007 in New York, on the evening prior to the opening of LightFair International. At that time, designers who have been designated as winners of Awards of Excellence, Awards of Merit, Awards for Sustainable Design and the Award for Residential Design will be recognised with personalised plaques acknowledging their lighting design achievements.
The identity of the 2006 GE Edison Award Winner will remain confidential until announced at the Awards ceremony. The winner will receive a personalised Steuben crystal trophy and continued publicity throughout the following year. A distinctive plaque will also be presented to the owner of the winning installation.
All lighting projects, submitted for award consideration, must have been completed between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2006. Entries must be received by 10 January 2007.
(Chris Henry)
