Illuminating Engineering Society
The Illuminating Engineering Society, is an industry-backed, not-for-profit, learned society that was founded in New York City on January 10, 1906. It is an American National Standards Institute accredited standards developer. 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".
Since 1906, when the IES was legally incorporated, the IES has always been known as the "IES". However, in 1981 the 6th edition IES Lighting Handbook published the phrase, "Illuminating Engineering Society of North America. The "IESNA" moniker persisted until it was removed in 2010 when the 10th Edition of Lighting Handbook was released. The IES is a global organization with sections worldwide and solely related to North America.
The Society is headquartered in New York City. The IES is divided into approximately 100 local sections.
Notably, the London-based Society of Light and Lighting, was originally founded in 1909 as another "Illuminating Engineering Society".
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 ANSI or ASHRAE standards, include recommended practices for a variety of specific lighting applications such as office, sports, and outdoor lighting, and lighting for healthcare facilities. The National Institute of Standards and Technology references several IES publications for Optical Radiation Calibrations. The International Dark-Sky Association makes several references to the IES and its publications in its Outdoor Lighting Code Handbook.IES published Transactions of the Illuminating Engineering Society from 1906 to 1939, and replaced it with the monthly Illuminating Engineering in 1940. The latter was succeeded by two IES publications in 1971: Lighting Design & Application magazine and the Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society. The magazine was renamed LD+A in 1982, and the journal was renamed LEUKOS in 2004.
Notably, the London-based namesake described above published its own Transactions of the Illuminating Engineering Society until 1968.
LEUKOS is published by Taylor & Francis with four issues per year.
LD+A is published by Sage Journals and is free to members.
Illumination Awards
Annually since 1973, the IES Illumination Awards program has recognized individual engineers and lighting designers 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 NEMA's Lighting Controls Association
- The ''Aileen Page Cutler Memorial Award for Residential Lighting Design''
The Edwin F. Guth Memorial Award for Interior Lighting Design
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- 2022 Daisuki Light Inc. for Ichijo-Toma Co-op Olympia Tokyo ; Lighting M Inc. for Fukokuseimei Building Lobby Renovation Tokyo
- 2020 Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design; Duda/Paine Architects for Center For Health And Wellbeing, Winter Park in FL, USA
- 2019 Schuler Shook, Perfido Weiskopf Wagstaff + Goettel, Martinez & Johnson Architecture/OTJ for Cincinnati Music Hall, Cincinnati and Alvine Engineering for OPS JP LORD, Omaha, NE USA
- 2018 School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, X Studio for Shangping Village Regeneration, Xiyuan Town, Jianning County, Sanming City, Fujian Province, China and Licht Kunst Licht AG for HSBC Cafeteria, Düsseldorf, Germany
- 2017 The Lighting Practice, Inc. for Case Western Reserve University, The Milton And Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center, Cleveland, OH ; Illumination of City Environment for Tokyu Plaza Ginza, Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Grand Sight Design International Limited for Intercontinental Beijing Sanlitun, Beijing, China ; KGM Architectural Lighting for Westfield Terminal 2 At Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, CA
- 2016 NBBJ for 1201 3rd Ave Public Spaces Renovation, Seattle ; Morrissey Engineering for Blue Barn, Omaha, NE ; Nikken Sekkei for Narita International Airport Second Passenger Terminal Building ; AES for Ubc Student Union Building, Vancouver, British Columbia
- 2009 George Sexton Associates for Star-Spangled Banner Exhibit National Museum of American History Washington, D.C.
- 2008 Douglas Welch Design Associates, Ltd. for Museo del Acero – Furnace Show, Monterrey, Mexico
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.| Year | Award of Distinction | Award of Excellence |
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- 2022 Expolight for Park of Culture and Rest Named by M.O. Hurov Mariupol, Ukraine ; Guangzhou Goden Lighting Design for Lantern Art Space Foshan, Guangdong, China ; Morrissey Engineering for Suzanne and Walter Scott Aquarium Omaha, NE
- 2021 Expolight for Freedom Square in Mariupol, Ukraine
- 2020 Chris Werner Design for Night Garden Miami
- 2019 Gwen Grossman Lighting Design for Art in The Mart, Chicago
- 2018 Skira for Hendrix Bridge, Zagreb, Croatia
- 2017 Steensen Varming for Australian War Memorial, Campbell Act, Australia ; COOP HIMMELBAU – Wolf D. Prix & Partner ZT GmbH, agLicht, Grand Sight Design International Limited for Mocape Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China ; Shanghai Grandar Light Art & Technology Co., Ltd. for Fuzhou Strait Olympic Sports Center, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
- 2016 ArtSci Lighting Design Studio for University of California-San Diego Warren College Douglas Hall Pedestrian Bridge Replacement
- 2010 Fox + Fox Design LLC for Louis Vuitton @ The Crystals
- 2009 KBAS DESIGN ERS: Jack Mashel. for Pentagon Memorial
- 2008 ALD for Umbra, Toronto
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.| Year | Award of Distinction | Award of Excellence |
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- 2015 Karpinski Engineering for Cleveland Clinic, Fairview Hospital Intensive Care Unit, Cleveland
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.| Year | Award of Distinction | Award of Excellence |
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- 2018 Nikken Sekkei for Tsu City Industrial Sports Center "Saorina", Tsu-City, Mie Prefecture, Japan
- 2016 WSP for Noaa Inouye Regional Center, Honolulu
- 2014 Arup Raad Studio for Imagining the Lowline New York City
- 2010 CD+M Lighting Design Group for Hard Rock Cafe, Guitar Chandelier