The US Department of Energy (DOE), the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA), and the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) have jointly announced the results of the 2013 Next Generation Luminaires (NGL) Solid-State Lighting (SSL) Design Competition for indoor products. The partners anointed 28 LED-based products with Recognized status, and three of those products were also named Best in Class.

The Recognized status is generally equated to NGL award winner by the lighting companies that participate in the program. According to the DOE, Recognized implies that the NGL judges feels the products are worthy of architectural specification. The Best in Class products "stood out significantly above the other recognized products in their category." The judges also bestowed Notable status on four other products for color-tuning capabilities.

Three different manufacturers won Best in Class recognition in here different product categories. Lithonia Lighting (an Acuity Brand) won for its W Series stairwell luminaire. Digital Lumens won for its XLE-3-10 Xpress industrial high-bay luminaire. And Juno Lighting Group won for its Track-Master Cylindra track-mounted accent luminaire.

 

Recognized winners included:
• In track-mounted accent luminaires -- Amerlux Global Lighting Solutions, Intense Lighting, Juno Lighting Group (three fixtures), and Journée Lighting.
• In linear luminaires -- Lithonia Lighting/Acuity, Cooper Lighting, Cree LED Lighting, Finelite Inc., GE Lighting Solutions, Peerless Lighting/Acuity (two fixtures), Axis Lighting, and Samjin LND.
• In industrial lighting -- Albeo Technologies/GE Lighting and Lithonia Lighting/Acuity (two fixtures).
• In wall-mounted lighting -- Amerlux Global Lighting Solutions, Selux Corporation, and GE Lighting Solutions.