Awards | LightFair | May 13, 2025

Congratulations to all the LightFair 2025 Innovation Awards Winners

The 2025 LightFair Innovation Awards celebrated cutting-edge design, performance, and technology in lighting. Top honors went to Organic Lighting Systems’ FortaCast, BIOS Lighting’s SkyView Tile, DALI Alliance’s DALI+, and ams OSRAM’s EVIYOS Shape—each recognized for pushing the boundaries in outdoor, indoor, control, and chip-level innovation.

🏆FortaCast by Organic Lighting Systems for Best of Outdoor Luminaries
🏆SkyView Tile by Bios Lighting for Best of Commercial Indoor
🏆DALI+ by DALI Alliance for Best of Control Enabling Technology
🏆EVIYOS Shape by ams OSRAM for Judges Citation Award

Winners by Category

Drivers:
Winner: Arkalumen’s ORB Series LED Drivers.
Judges commended its compact design and versatility, noting that it allows manufacturers to create flexible and efficient products.
Commercial Indoor:
Winner: BIOS Lighting’s SkyView Tile.
According to Roush, “This product provides vertical optical distribution of blue light to the eyes while delivering high CRI task lighting—truly optimized for circadian health.”
Control Enabling Technology:
Winner: DALI Alliance’s DALI+.
The judging panel praised its leap into wireless control, stating, “This represents a big step forward, extending DALI’s benefits to wireless networks.”
Control Components:
Winner: LTECH Europe’s Five Channel Constant Voltage Decoder.
Judges highlighted its intuitive interface and flexible fixture-level control, making it easy to integrate into various systems.
Cove, Strips, and Tape:
Winner: Shenzhen LEADMY’s Diode on Board (DOB) Light Strip.
Roush noted, “Its hybrid approach and ultra-uniform brightness make it a standout in its category.”

Track Lighting:
Winner: QTL’s Lucy Mono Point.
The judges appreciated its interchangeable optics and tool-free color temperature adjustments. For example, calling it a “game changer for flexibility.”

Lamps:

Winner: Keystone’s Emergency Direct Drive T8 Tubes.
The product’s integrated driver and battery impressed judges. So, it provides a simple yet reliable solution for emergency lighting.

LED Chips & Modules:
Winner: Nichia’s Cube Direct Mountable Chip.
The panel praised its wide light distribution, explaining that it’s ideal for designing thinner, lighter fixtures.

Downlights:
Winner: LEDRAbrands’ NU Pro One Inch Downlight.
Roush remarked, “This checks all the boxes for specifiers: intensity, sleek form, and an IP65 rating.”
Outdoor Luminaires:
Winner: Organic Lighting Systems’ Fortacast.
Judges were especially impressed by its polymer concrete construction and modular flexibility, calling it “a unique and durable solution.”
Indoor Decorative:
Winner: PureEdge Lighting’s Pipeline.
With its rotatable modules and customizable designs, this product earned accolades for both aesthetics and engineering precision.

Highlighting Overall Excellence (I see you have this info, but resharing)

Judges’ Citation Award:
Winner: ams OSRAM’s EVIYOS Shape.
Roush enthusiastically noted, “Packing 25,000 LEDs into such a small chip is remarkable—this one definitely stood out.”
Technical Innovation Award:
Winner: BIOS Lighting’s SkyView Tile.
Roush praised its circadian capabilities, calling it “a true technological leap that sets a new bar for lighting design.”
Design Excellence Award:
Winner: DALI Alliance’s DALI+.
The product’s seamless wireless capabilities earned praise, cementing its place as a leader in control system innovation.
Most Innovative Product of 2025:
Winner: Organic Lighting Systems’ Fortacast.
Roush summed it up perfectly: “This product is original, practical, and built to last—an outstanding example of what innovation should look like.”