American Fluorescent, Lucere, Lucesco and Progress Lighting have won the Lighting for Tomorrow solid-state lighting competition.

Lighting for Tomorrow has selected four winners in its first solid-state lighting (SSL) competition, for lighting fixtures that use LEDs as the sole light source, according to LEDs Magazine.

American Fluorescent, Lucere, Lucesco and Progress Lighting were the winning entries from more than 30 fixtures that were judged in October by a panel of six lighting experts.

The judges rated the fixtures according to five criteria: application efficiency; overall lighting quality; aesthetic appearance; innovation and thermal design.

Winners will be displayed during the U.S. Department of Energys annual SSL workshop on January 31- February 2 in Phoenix, AZ as well as other important lighting industry events.

Lighting for Tomorrow, launched in 2002, is organized by the American Lighting Association (ALA), the Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE) and the US Department of Energy (represented by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory). DOE and about two dozen energy-efficiency organizations nationwide combined to pledge more than $350,000 to sponsor the 2006 competition.

A separate 2006 Lighting for Tomorrow competition for compact fluorescent-based fixtures was held earlier this year. In addition to the winning entries in the SSL competition, honorable mentions were received by io Lighting, Albeo Lighting, American Lighting LLC, and Osram Sylvania. For the full article go to www.ledsmagazine.com.