The Illuminating Engineering Society (IES), formerly the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA), is an industry-backed, not-for-profit,

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that was founded in

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on January 10, 1906. The IES's stated mission is "to improve the lighted environment by bringing together those with lighting knowledge and by translating that knowledge into actions that benefit the public". The Society is still headquartered in New York City, with offices at

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. The IES is divided into approximately 100 local sections.

Publications

The IES is credited with over 100 publications on the subject of lighting such as ''The Lighting Handbook: 10th Edition''. Other publications, many of which are American National Standards Institute (ANSI) or

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standards, include recommended practices for a variety of specific lighting applications such as office, sports, and outdoor lighting, and lighting for healthcare facilities. The

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(NIST) references several IES publications for Optical Radiation Calibrations. The International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) makes several references to the IES and its publications in its ''Outdoor Lighting Code Handbook''. ''The Illuminating Engineer'' could be considered the first journal of the society. One of the founders, E. Leavenworth Elliott, had begun publishing it late in 1905—just prior to the founding. He described it as "a technical journal devoted to the use of artificial light". The society's present-day journal, ''LEUKOS'' (originally the ''Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society'' from 1971 to 2004) is published by

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with four issues per year. ''LD+A'' (from ''Lighting, Design + Application'') is the IES's monthly magazine. It is free to members.

Illumination Awards

Annually since 1973, the IES Illumination Awards program has recognized individual

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and

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for meritorious original design in a nominated project. While local sections may offer their own awards, there are five international award categories: * The ''Edwin F. Guth Memorial Award for Interior Lighting Design'' * The ''Outdoor Lighting Design Award'' sponsored by Eaton's Cooper Lighting Business, formerly the ''Paul Waterbury Award for Outdoor Lighting Design'' * The ''Energy and Environmental Design Award'' sponsored by Osram Sylvania * The ''Lighting Control Innovation Award'', sponsored by the

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's Lighting Controls Association * The ''Aileen Page Cutler Memorial Award for Residential Lighting Design''

The Edwin F. Guth Memorial Award for Interior Lighting Design

The awards are for an outstanding balance of function and aesthetic in interior lighting projects Special Citation *2020 Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design; Duda/Paine Architects for Center For Health And Wellbeing, Winter Park in FL, USA (Enhancing a Strong Architectural Form) *2019 Schuler Shook, Perfido Weiskopf Wagstaff + Goettel, Martinez & Johnson Architecture/OTJ for Cincinnati Music Hall, Cincinnati (Historical Renovation) and Alvine Engineering for OPS JP LORD, Omaha, NE USA (Strong Correlation Between Lighting Design and Users of the Space) *2018 School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, X Studio for Shangping Village Regeneration, Xiyuan Town, Jianning County, Sanming City, Fujian Province, China (Innovative Use of Color and Materials) and Licht Kunst Licht AG for HSBC Cafeteria, Düsseldorf, Germany (Human Centric Illumination in a Daylight Deprived Space) *2017 The Lighting Practice, Inc. for Case Western Reserve University, The Milton And Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center, Cleveland, OH (Meeting the Technical Challenge of Transforming a Historic Building into a Performance Space); Illumination of City Environment for Tokyu Plaza Ginza, Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Grand Sight Design International Limited for Intercontinental Beijing Sanlitun, Beijing, China (Attention to Detailing & Sensitivity to the Architecture); KGM Architectural Lighting for Westfield Terminal 2 At Lax, Los Angeles, CA (Internal Backlighting of Sculptural Elements) *2016 NBBJ for 1201 3rd Ave Public Spaces Renovation, Seattle (Execution and Simplicity); Morrissey Engineering for Blue Barn, Omaha, NE (Use of Light as a Beacon that Enhances the Community Culture); Nikken Sekkei for Narita International Airport Second Passenger Terminal Building (Integration of Daylight and Electric Light Within Circulation Spaces to Enhance User Experience); AES for Ubc Student Union Building, Vancouver, British Columbia (Architectural Integration and Coordination)

The Outdoor Lighting Design Award

The awards are for an outstanding built environment solution by aesthetic, creative, and fine technical aspects of outdoor lighting projects with a good understanding of activities. Special Citation *2021 Expolight for Freedom Square in Mariupol, Ukraine (Use of technology to create a community experience) *2020 Chris Werner Design for Night Garden Miami (Use of Interactive Technology) *2019 Gwen Grossman Lighting Design for Art in The Mart, Chicago (Seamless Artistic Integration Between Projection and Lighting) *2018 Skira for Hendrix Bridge, Zagreb, Croatia (Controls) *2017 Steensen Varming for Australian War Memorial, Campbell Act, Australia (Applying Restraint While Balancing the Emotional Aspects of a War Memorial); COOP HIMMELB(L)AU – Wolf D. Prix & Partner ZT GmbH, agLicht, Grand Sight Design International Limited for Mocape Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China (Artful Illumination of a Unique Glass Envelope Responsive to the Architecture); Shanghai Grandar Light Art & Technology Co., Ltd. for Fuzhou Strait Olympic Sports Center, Fuzhou, Fujian, China (Coordinated Large-Scale Integration of Dynamic Lighting) *2016 ArtSci Lighting Design Studio for University Of California-San Diego Warren College Douglas Hall Pedestrian Bridge Replacement (Lighting Intervention that Improves Safety and Enhances the User's Experience)

The Lighting Control Innovation Award

The awards are for a non-residential project that providing outstanding energy savings, appropriate variety of functions, value creations, and achieving at least a good lighting solution. Special Citation *2015 Karpinski Engineering for Cleveland Clinic, Fairview Hospital Intensive Care Unit, Cleveland (Innovative Lighting Controls Employed Within a Corridor)

The Energy and Environmental Design Award

The awards are for a newly energy-saving strategy in commercial and industrial projects that also achieve quality lighting solutions. Special Citation *2018

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for Tsu-City Industrial Sports Center "Saorina", Tsu-City, Mie Prefecture, Japan (Unique Daylight Delivery System) *2016 WSP for Noaa Inouye Regional Center, Honolulu(Adaptive Reuse of an Existing Structure Encompassing Integration of Daylight, Skylight and Controlled Artificial Light) *2014 Arup Raad Studio for Imagining the Lowline New York City

References

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