The IESNYC Announces Winners of the 2016 Lumen Awards

	Lumen Award of Excellence: Lincoln Square Synagogue, NYC, Tillotson Design Associates

Illuminating Engineering Society's New York City Section (IESNYC) announces the recipients of the 2016 Lumen Awards at the 48th annual Lumen Gala held on June 16, 2016 at Chelsea Piers. A signature program of the IESNYC, the Lumen Awards and Gala, showcase and celebrate excellence in lighting design. A record-breaking close to 900 members of the lighting community and affiliated design industries attended the gala.

The Lumen Awards jury selected 14 projects deemed worthy of receiving a Lumen Award. The award-winning projects were presented in three categories: the Lumen Award of Excellence, the highest level of recognition for permanent architectural application; the Lumen Award of Merit, in recognition for a meritorious permanent architectural application; and a Lumen Citation, in recognition for an art installation, technical detail, portion of a single project, temporary installation, or other work.

The jury selected two Awards of Excellence and they were presented to Tillotson Design Associates for New York's Lincoln Square Synagogue, and to Fisher Marantz Stone for Covington & Burling's office building in Washington, DC.

Six Awards of Merit were presented. Domingo Gonzalez Associates won a Merit for the Korean War Veterans Memorial Bridge in Nashville, Tennessee; KGM Architectural Lighting received a Merit for the OnAir and Open Studio at Hyundai Capital Services in Seoul, South Korea; One Lux Studio for the cafeteria at 85 Broad Street in New York; Tillotson Design Associates won for The Broad museum in Los Angeles; and BuroHappold Engineering won two Merits, one for Hillman Hall at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, and the second for Grace Farms in New Canaan, Connecticut.

Six Citation Awards were presented. Orsman Design's The Sherry-Netherland in New York (for a Historical Restoration); artist Christine Sciulli's ROIL, (for a Temporary Art Installation) that was on view in a Brooklyn gallery; ICRAVE Lighting's Terminal A at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (for an elegant and restrained restoration); Cooley Monato Studio's NBCUniversal lobby and mezzanine restoration in New York (for a historical interpretation); Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design's Daryl Roth Theatre in New York (for the skillful illumination of a historic façade); and ARUP's Corning Museum of Glass Contemporary Art + Design Wing in Corning, New York (for daylighting).

Melissa Goren, LC, PE, LEED AP BD+C, IES, studio manager, LightBox Studios; Linda Lentz, senior editor, Architectural Record; Enrique Peiniger, IALD, CLD, IES, founder and principal, Office for Visual Interaction; Jennifer Sage, FAIA, LEED AP, principal Sage and Coombe Architects; and Ken Ventry, IES, Assoc. IALD, principal, Reveal Design Group served as members of the 2016 jury.

"There has never been a more disruptive or demanding time since the advent of electric lighting," says Megan Carroll, LC, chair of the Lumen Committee and Xicato's director of sales, east. "Just a decade ago, the technologies that enable and empower this year's lighting applications were purely theoretical. Today's lighting is smoother, greener and much, much smarter. Tonight we honor designers who have wrestled with these new and challenging technologies. They have demonstrated skill, grace and true inspiration in realizing the art and science of modern lighting design."

"One of the things we do as a Society and as the New York City Section is create the premiere lighting community that's dedicated to promoting the art and science of quality lighting. And one of the things I've always loved about the Lumen Awards Gala is that it really exemplifies and delivers on that concept," says Brian Belluomini, president of the IESNYC and a founder of Shimstone Studio. "Here we are over 800 members of our lighting industry, joined together in one room in celebration of design excellence in lighting."

In addition to the Lumen Awards, the IESNYC presented three Service Awards and memorialized past president Sonny Sonnenfeld.

Adrienne Shulman, LC, specification regional sales manager in the northeast region for Eaton's Lighting Solutions received the IES Section Service Award. This award is in recognition for outstanding service of five or more years to the section and is given to someone who has significantly furthered the purpose of the society continuously in various programs and activities. Shulman was given this award for her tireless work on the Lumen Awards -- nine years! -- and the Lumen Gala over the years. Her dedication ensures the Lumen's continued success.

Frank Conti, CEO/founder of Enterprise Lighting Sales receives the IESNYC Brilliance Award in recognition of dedication and contribution to the New York City Lighting Community. Conti has been a member for 46 years and throughout, he has given his time, shared his wisdom, and financially supported the section before, during, and after he served two times as section president and for many years served as a member of the board of managers. He is uniquely qualified to receive this award.

Jeff Hoenig, associate at Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design and co-chair of the IESNYC Education Committee, receives the IESNYC Special Recognition Award for his distinguished service to the New York City Section. The Education Committee offers many opportunities via classes and workshops to sharpen the specification and design community's knowledge and skill, focusing on different technical and design aspects of architectural lighting, electrical engineering. His hard work and dedication allows the ISENYC to maintain the very high standards for which the section is known.