LightFair 2006 New Product Showcase Highlights Lighting Industry Innovations

June 22, 2006
Sponsored by Architectural Lighting magazine and eLumit.com, LightFair’s annual New Product Showcase and Awards presentation offers a glimpse of the most innovative lighting technology on the market.

Sponsored by Architectural Lighting magazine and eLumit.com, LightFair’s annual New Product Showcase and Awards presentation offers a glimpse of the most innovative lighting technology on the market. For more information about this year’s winners, check out eLumit at http://nps.elumit.com.

Best New Product of the Year:
Parallelsminimalist-design fluorescent lighting fixture. Peerless Lighting

Technical Innovation Award:
Equosdimmable ballast with ZigBee-compatible wireless control. Philips
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Design Innovation:
Nalu outdoor lighting fixture for halogen or LED lamps. Dreamscape Lighting

Conventional Lamps:
20W ceramic metal-halide 20MR16 lampoffering 960 lumens 3,000 degree Kelvin color temperature and lamp life of 8,000 to 12,000 hours. GE Lighting

Specialty Lamps:
Luxeon K2 LED lamp offering new performance standards. Lumileds Lighting

Downlights, Wallwashers and Accent Lights:
LumeLEX Series of accent lights feature variable white light with precise color temperature, dimming control and 50,000-hour life. Lighting Services Inc.

Track, Low-Voltage, Cable and Rail Systems:
Arca Twin indirect luminaire with translucent or iridescent pod-like heads softly diffuse light. Luxo

Chandeliers, Pendants, Sconces, Task Lights & Decorative Luminaires:
Miradecorative pendant uses color changing LEDs for unique lighting effects. 3G Lighting

Roadway, Sports, Floodlights, Outdoor Architectural & Site Lighting:
Night Module is a modular system for area, pathway, or accent lighting applications. HessAmerica

Landscape, Pool & Fountain Lighting: Nalu outdoor lighting fixture for halogen or LED lamps. Dreamscape Lighting

Theatrical & Specialty Luminaires:
Ultimate Architectural Floor Tiles bring the entertaining impact of colorful LED lighting to floors, pathways, dance areas and patios. LightWild

Industrial Vandal & Emergency Lighting:
SAF-T-RAY SAF Seriesof emergency wall-mount remote-light fixtures offers precise beam control using two adjustable MR16 halogen lamps. Lightalarms

Controls & Daylight Integration:
Daylight Harvesting Control System offers PC-based control of light fixtures to save 50 percent to 70 percent of lighting energy costs. Encelium

Research, Publications, Software & Unique Applications:
“A History of Light and Lighting”traces the developments and influence of lighting through a historical look at the technical art of lighting with over 250 historic pictures and illustrations. Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA)

Specialty & Hardware, Lampholders & Components:
Fixture Analyzer Kit quickly and easily identifies aged HID light fixtures operating lamps outside of their design tolerance, resulting in short life lamps and high maintenance costs. EYE Lighting

Ballasts & Transformers:
Equosdimmable ballast with Zigbee-compatible wireless control. Philips Lighting Electronics

Systems:
LEXEL is the first fully integrated LED-based light source offering 1,000 dimmable lumen color temperature control from 2,700 to 6,500 degrees Kelvin, 100 percent lumen maintenance in a clean 17 beam angle. TIR