June 1, 2017
The Illuminating Engineering Society of British Columbia (IESBC) has awarded the 2017 ‘Vision Awards, which honours outstanding BC lighting engineers and designers for their local and international projects. Submissions for the ‘Vision Awards’ open yearly in January. “IESBC received a record number of submissions this year varying from transit stations, education facilities, all the way to an industrial chipping processing facility,” says Robyn York, IESBC’s chair member and lighting specialist at Inform Contract. “The application of lighting techniques and controls submitted this year were highly innovative and it was inspiring to see new ways to illuminate a space.”
IESBC is a not-for-profit that aids in the application of international award opportunities and the ‘Vision Awards’ is stage one leading up to IES’s national ‘Illumination Awards’. This year, IESBC handed out ten ‘Awards of Merit’, two ‘Awards of Excellence’, one ‘BC Hydro ReDesign Award’, and one ‘IESBC Vision Award’. Submissions were judged based on how well the lighting design met the program criteria and it is not a competition.
This year’s ten BC recipients that received the ‘Award of Merit’ include: Grandview Heights Aquatic Centre (AES Engineering); Langara College Science & Technology Building (AES Engineering); UBC Campus Energy Centre (AES Engineering); Okanagan College Kelowna Trades Complex (AES Engineering); Main Street Station (Total Lighting Solutions); West Newton Cricket Fieldhouse (AES Engineering); Vancouver Creekside Paddling Centre (MMM Group/WSP); The Jack Chow Building (World's Famous Building Corporation & EOS Lightmedia); and the Evergreen Line (Total Lighting Solutions). The two ‘Awards of Excellence’ were presented to TELUS Garden Office Tower (Integral Group) and Evergreen Line (Total Lighting Solutions). The Main Street Station project (Total Lighting Solutions) received the 2017 BC Hydro Award and Vancouver Creekside Paddling Centre (MMM Group/WSP) received IESBC’s 2017 Vision Award.
The IES’s National ‘Illumination Awards’ will be presented on August 10 at the IES Conference in Oregon. IESBC aims to bring together the best of BC’s lighting professionals, including lighting designers, engineers, architects, interior designers, manufacturers, representatives and distributors. The organization offers monthly seminars to educate trade and residential designers or anyone interested in learning more about the lighting industry. For more information on IESBC, including membership, upcoming BC seminars, and how to get involved, visit www.iesbc.org
Award Winners:
Grandview Heights Aquaitc Centre, Surrey, BC
Lighting Designer: AES Engineering
Vision Award: Interior Lighting Design
Owner: City of Surrey
Langara College, Sciences & Technology Building, Vancouver, BC
Lighting Designer: AES Engineering
Vision Award: Interior Lighting Design
Owner: Langara College
UBC Campus Energy Centre, Vancouver, BC
Lighting Designer: AES Engineering
Vision Award: Interior Lighting Design
Owner: UBC Project Services; Infrastructure Development
Okanagan College Kelowna Trades Complex, Kelowna, BC
Lighting Designer: AES Engineering
Visions Award: Interior Lighting Design
Owner: Okanagan College
Main Street Station, Vancouver, BC
Lighting Designer: Total Lighting Solutions
Visions Award: Interior Lighting Design
Owner: South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (Translink) Governement of British Columbia
West Newton Cricket Fieldhouse, Surrey, BC
Lighting Designer: AES Engineering
Vision Award: Outdoor Lighting Design
Owner: City of Surrey
Vancouver Creekside Paddling Centre, Vancouver, BC
Lighting Designer: MMM Group/WSP
Vision Award: Outdoor Lighting Design
Owner: Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation
The Jack Chow Building, Vancouver, BC
Lighting Designer: World's Famous Building Corporation
Visions Awards: Outdoor Lighting Desing & Lighting Control Innovation
Owner: World's Famous Building Corporation & EOS Lightmedia
Evergreen Line, Vancouver, BC
Lighting Designer: Total Lighting Solutions
Vision Awards: Interior Lighting Design & Energy & Environmental Lighting Design
Owner: South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority (Translink), Government Of british Columbia
Telus Garden Office, Vancouver, BC
Lighting Designer: Integral Group
Vision Award: Energy and Environmental Lighting Design
Owner: telus/Westbank
This year Salex has welcomed a wide range of new and expanded partnerships in lighting and controls to service the GTA and Southwestern Ontario region. Most recently, Salex has announced the addition of OSRAM Digital Lumens to their list of brand offerings. This new partnership includes representation from Windsor to Belleville and Smooth Rock Falls.
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