LEDs Magazine is pleased to announce the recipients of its third annual BrightStar Awards. Re-launched from the past Sapphire Awards program, the BrightStar Awards acknowledge innovation in solid-state lighting components, controls, and finished luminaire systems for general lighting and specialty applications.
A select panel of industry experts reviewed each submission, assigning a score from zero to 5 stars. Products receiving an average score of 3.5 stars or higher were named 2024 BrightStar Awards honorees.
“This year’s program saw an exciting variety of submission form factors, but many of them had noteworthy qualities or trends in common, such as modularity or flexible footprint for fixtures and the replacement potential of components,” said Carrie Meadows, LEDs Magazine editor-in-chief. “The judges also commented frequently on simplified installation — including tool-less designs — and easier commissioning capabilities with the highest-scoring entries, reflecting the need to reduce labor time and costs.”
Fifty-eight submissions have been granted recognition under the 2024 program (in alphabetical order by company name):
- Acuity Brands – Aculux Lighting – Aculux New Patented WarmDim Technology
- Acuity Brands – Juno Lighting – T105xL Narrow Profile Wall Wash Track Fixture Family
- Aelius LED – Aelius 60W LED Tube
- Aelius LED – Aelius Matrx 420F
- Aelius LED – Aelius REDD 3.4 1000
- ams Osram – OSLON PURE 1414
- Arkalumen Inc – ORB Tunable Spectra LED Drivers
- Axis Lighting – Slate
- Bodine – BLK1000 Emergency Lighting Retrofit Kit
- Bodine – FirstLink Connected Emergency Lighting
- Cree LED – High-Brightness LEDs (CV94A-FGC, CLMWB-FKC, UHD111A-FKA)
- Cree LED – J Series 2835 Pro9 LEDs
- Cree LED – J Series 5050C E Class LEDs
- Cree LED – XLamp XP-G4 White LEDs
- Cyclone Lighting – Mochi
- eldoLED – FieldSET Replacement LED Drivers
- eldoLED – OPTOTRONIC by eldoLED OTi180W D4i Certified Outdoor LED Driver
- ERP Power LLC – TWM1
- Eureka – Atoll
- Eureka – Frank
- Eureka – Joli
- Eureka – Elke
- Eureka – Marro
- Fluxwerx – Lines Onwall
- Fluxwerx – View Mini
- Gotham Lighting – IVO Shallow Recessed Downlight
- Healthcare Lighting – Healthcare lighting exam light – HLER
- Hydrel – FLAME Lighting Technique
- iGuzzini – Linealuce 27 Surface Remote
- iGuzzini Lighting USA – Libera
- IOTA – ILBLP CP07 Compact Emergency Driver
- Kenall Manufacturing – MedMaster BHRT
- Kenall Manufacturing – MedMaster MCRT
- Keystone Technologies – ComboDrive X3 Color Select LED Tube
- Keystone Technologies – XFit Area Lights with OpticSwap
- Keystone Technologies – XFit Small Wall Pack with Emergency Backup
- Lighting Services Inc – Wireless DMX Track Feeds
- Lumenture, Inc. – T40
- Lumileds – LUXEON 3D LED
- Lumileds – NightScape Technology
- Luminaire LED – Luminaire LED VRDL – Vandal resistant downlight
- Luminis – INLINE
- Mark Architectural Lighting – Magellan
- McWong International – Wireless Fixture Controller with Quick Connector and Integral Long Range Antenna
- MetroSpec Technology – FlexRad FacetLED
- Modular International Inc. – Dim-to-Warm LED Modules
- Nichia Corporation – NFSWL11A-D6 Cube Direct Mountable Chip
- Nichia Corporation – NLCL – Nichia Light Cluster Type L
- Nichia Corporation – NSSM237B
- nLight – nLight AIR System Input Device: rSI
- nLight – nLight Phase Adaptive Dimmers: nPP PCD (Wired) and rPP PCD (Wireless)
- Optique Lighting – Pivotaire Nano Linear Recessed Mud-in Linear System
- Pathway Connectivity Solutions – DMeXit Emergency Controller
- Peerless – Prim
- PureEdge Lighting – Pure Smart
- Q-Tran – PERI
- Starco Lighting Inc – SLGLRD Multi-Spectral Camera Grow Light
- TSRgrow – Remote Powered Advanced LED Lighting with GROWHub Adaptive Control
The LEDs Magazine team expresses their gratitude to our esteemed judging panel. With backgrounds in research, lighting controls, market entry programs, consulting, and design, they brought their vast experience to bear. Their expertise was crucial in evaluating the BrightStar Award entries and assessing each product’s potential for commercial use and industry recognition.
- Jennifer Brons, Light and Health Research Center at Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine
- Wendy Davis, Guidehouse
- Jean Paul Freyssinier, Lighting Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Kasey Holland, DesignLights Consortium
- Jason Jeunnette, DesignLights Consortium
- Erin McDannald, Lighting Environments/Environments
- Carrie Meadows, LEDs Magazine
- Axel Pearson, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Donald Peifer, Independent industry consultant
- Sophie O’Rourke, AECOM
- Gretchen Schimelpfenig, Energy Resources Integration
- Aaron Smith, Finelite
- Doug White, Trane Technologies (Lighting)
Look for additional coverage of the BrightStar Awards honorees, including product summaries and scores, on the LEDs Magazine website, in our newsletters, and on social media in June.
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