LIF announces EMILAS winners

The winners of the Lighting Industry Federation's new Energy Management and Innovation in Lighting Award Scheme (EMILAS) have been announced.

"We were delighted with the number of entries received - and their quality - for the lighting award scheme, which focuses on the upgrading of existing installations to improve energy-efficiency and encourages owners/users to upgrade their existing lighting installations," commented LIF president Peter Denny.

"A prime objective of EMILAS is to give recognition to lighting schemes showing proven energy savings with a minimum 20% improvement over previously installed schemes.

"The response far exceeded expectations and reflects the dramatic impact of evolving energy efficiency lighting schemes across a diverse range of sectors and applications.

"Great inroads are being made by The Lighting Industry with new technologies available that bring significant benefits in contributing towards building a low carbon economy - which can only be achieved by the refurbishment of existing buildings with modern lighting schemes."

The winners were as follows:

Category A (indoor workplace):

Highly commended: Cooper Lighting & Safety - Ipswich Building Society

Runner up: Holophane - Flowserve

Winner: Thorn - Gateshead Council

Category B (outdoor workplace)

Winner: Holophane - Siemens Traincare

Category C (sports lighting):

Highly Commended:  Philips - Carshalton FC

Winner: Chalmor - Nottingham City Council, Harvey Haddens Sports Complex

Category D (road/amenity lighting):

Winner: Philips - Surrey County Council/Godalming Traders Association.

Category E (floodlighting/building facades)

Runner up: Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council - Thornton Lodge Estate, Huddersfield

Winner: Holophane - Bournemouth Borough Council

Category F (New category {BSEN 1837}, lighting in machinery:

Winner: Philips - Tesco

For information on the winning projects visit www.lif.co.uk.