BREAKING NEWS: LEDs Magazine reveals 2021 Sapphire Awards winners (UPDATED)
At the end of day one of the online Strategies in Light conference, attendees from around the LED and solid-state lighting (SSL) industry gathered in a virtual setting to learn which products, projects, and innovators would win LEDs Magazine Sapphire Awards honors.
Germicidal ultraviolet (GUV) technology and connected lighting played an increasing role in this year’s program, with the addition of the UV LEDs and Systems product category as well as the Design Excellence awards of recognition. In partnership with representatives of the Lighting Control Association, Sapphire Awards team members evaluated project submissions for innovative use of networked lighting controls (NLC). Four projects received awards of recognition for Design Excellence this year, presented by associate editor Carrie Meadows, followed by the Sapphire Awards presentation by chief editor Maury Wright.
Wright noted, “Global events may have impacted businesses and individuals around the world, but innovation is still thriving, and the best minds in the LED and SSL supply chain have pushed through many roadblocks in the past year to help move this industry forward.”
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Following is the list of Design Excellence awards recipients and Sapphire Award winners. Please join the LEDs Magazine and Lighting Controls Association teams in congratulating the honorees for their achievements.
Design Excellence in Networked Lighting Controls Award for LLLC
Minnesota Class A Office Building — Energy Management Collaborative
Design Excellence in Networked Lighting Controls Award for Automation
PDI Fuse Building — Power Design Engineering
Design Excellence in Networked Lighting Controls for Energy Management
Ontario Association of Architects — Gottesman Associates and WSP Toronto
Design Excellence in Networked Lighting Controls for Integration
Glover Cary Bridge — AECOM
Illumineer of the Year
Dwight Stewart, founder and CTO, with acknowledgment to his team at Igor — For hardware and software, controls, and UV-C technology integration in Igor's Nexos Intelligent Disinfection platform
Andrew Pospisal
Jaryd Sunstrom
Rod Buttermore
David Hoxeng
Chris Jenson
Collin Bakkie
Kim Johnson
Packaged LEDs and OLEDs
Nichia Corporation — H6 Series LEDs
Modular LED Light Engines
Xicato — Xicato Intelligent Module (XIM)
LED Drivers
Osram – Digital Systems — Indoor and outdoor D4i/DALI-2 certified programmable LED driver
ICs and Electronic Components for SSL
Maxim Integrated Products — MAX25605 6-Switch sequential LED controller for automotive lighting systems
Emergency SSL Luminaires, Modules, and Drivers
IOTA — IOTA ILBHI emergency driver
Smart and Connected SSL Enabling Technologies
McWong International — TruBlu interoperable Bluetooth-Zhaga-DALI controls
Smart and Connected SSL Systems
Xicato — Xicato Smart Controls
Indoor Cove, Strip, Specialty, and Lamp Design
LED Linear — ULTIMA linear lighting
Indoor Decorative, Wash, and Pendant SSL Luminaire Design
Eureka Lighting — Celeste decorative pendant
Indoor Troffer, Track, and Downlight SSL Luminaire Design
Cooper Lighting Solutions — Metalux Perceive LED Specification Series luminaires
Industrial SSL Luminaire Design
Kenall Manufacturing — SimpleSeal CSERO, SimpleSeal CSERI cleanroom luminaires
Outdoor SSL Luminaire Design
The Lighting Quotient — elliptipar style S151 outdoor adjustable asymmetric luminaire
Specialty SSL Design
Innovations In Optics Inc. — LumiDLP – 35W UV LED DMD illuminator
Horticultural Lighting
Sollum Technologies — SF4 smart LED lighting system
Circadian Lighting Technologies
Lumileds — LUXEON SkyBlue LEDs
UV LEDs and Systems
Igor — Nexos Intelligent Disinfection platform
Visible Light Disinfection Technology
Aleddra LED Lighting — UV-free air-sanitizing desktop lamp
LEDs Magazine thanks all of our sponsors, supporters, and colleagues for enabling us to honor real innovation and exciting advances in the LED and SSL industry with the Sapphire Awards. Stay tuned for our September 2021 issue, which will feature an extended article on the winners and the details on the technologies and projects that exceeded our judges’ expectations. You can also visit https://lightingcontrolsassociation.org/ for additional Design Excellence project coverage in the months to come.
*Updated Aug. 25, 2021 9:00 AM with additional team details for Illumineer of the Year award.
*Updated Aug. 25, 2021 1:25 PM for Cooper product name clarification.
*Updated Aug. 25, 2021 11:18 AM for additional Design Excellence project company.
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About the Author
Carrie Meadows
Editor-in-Chief, LEDs Magazine
Carrie Meadows has more than 20 years of experience in the publishing and media industry. She worked with the PennWell Technology Group for more than 17 years, having been part of the editorial staff at Solid State Technology, Microlithography World, Lightwave, Portable Design, CleanRooms, Laser Focus World, and Vision Systems Design before the group was acquired by current parent company Endeavor Business Media.
Meadows has received finalist recognition for LEDs Magazine in the FOLIO Eddie Awards, and has volunteered as a judge on several B2B editorial awards committees. She received a BA in English literature from Saint Anselm College, and earned thesis honors in the college's Geisel Library. Without the patience to sit down and write a book of her own, she has gladly undertaken the role of editor for the writings of friends and family.
Meadows enjoys living in the beautiful but sometimes unpredictable four seasons of the New England region, volunteering with an animal shelter, reading (of course), and walking with friends and extended "dog family" in her spare time.