Highest number of entries since the inception of the Tesla Awards
DALLAS, TX – 14th, 2024 – The National Lighting Bureau is pleased to announce the winners in the 5th Annual Tesla Awards. The projects being recognized support the organization’s mission of advancing lighting excellence and innovation in lighting design, advancing best lighting practices to create an inviting, healthier and more sustainable future. The awards ceremony will be taking place on March 19 th at 2 pm Eastern time during LEDucation in New York City, booth PF1. The ceremony will be hosted by NLB chairperson Mary Beth Gotti and NLB Executive Director Tom Butters. Judges for this year’s program are: Dawn DeGrazio, LC; Rebecca Hadley-Catter, LC, LEED AP; Terry McGowan, LC, FIES, Director-at-Large NLB; Randy Reid, past Exec. Director, NLB; and James Yorgey, PE, LC, Director-at-Large NLB.
These winning projects exemplify the organization’s mission of advancing lighting excellence and illustrating best practices, focusing on the end user’s well-being and sustainability. Projects promote health and wellness, productivity, safety and security, visual comfort, control of light pollution, retail/commercial performance, and entertainment.
Tesla Awards of Excellence Winners
LS Group – Casa Marea, Los Cabos, Mexico
Designers: Elise Streeb, Sarah Erickson
Lighting Design Alliance – Jio World Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Designers: Christopher Bright, Chip Israel, Kenneth Moore, Meghan Murphy-McLeod, Varma V.S.K. Namburi, Jason Stroebel
Lighting Design Alliance – Palmilla Cocina y Tequila, Newport Beach, CA
Designer: Kyllene Jones
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Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design – Yale University Sterling Memorial Library, Nave & Exhibition Gallery, New Haven, CT
Designers: Francesca Bettridge, Nicole Yoon Kim, Nira Wattanachote, Min Young Kim
Apicella & Bunton Architects
Awards of Merit
Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design – Charles R. Jones Federal Building and Courthouse, Charlotte, NC
Designers: Stephen D. Bernstein, Renata Gallo, Francisco Casablanca, Nick Stuchlak
Architects: Robert A. M. Stern, Jenkins Peer
Electrolight – The Matheson, Healdsburg, CA
Designers: Claudio Ramos, Lu-Yu Huang, Burak Yilmaz
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Electrolight – PHX Suns Arena, Phoenix, AZ
Designers: Claudio Ramos, Lu-Yu Huang, Burak Yilmaz
Licht Kunst Licht AG – Casals Forum, Kronberg im Taunus, Hesse, DE
Designers: Edwin Smida, Nils von Leesen, Konstantin Klaas, Jaehoon Choi, Sophie Stanitzek
Stantec and Niteo – Confidential Global Technology Company Office TI, Redmond, WA
Designers: Stantec – Alison Fieldler and Niteo- Megan Sudol
Special Citation
ANDRES + PARTNER – Design of Daylight System for a Control Center, West Germany
Special Citation: For innovative daylighting design and commendable consideration of the circadian needs of occupants.
Designers: Bruno Thomas Menczigar, Arne Hűlsmann, Katja Schielbler, Peter Andres
Electrolight – Westbridge Capital, San Mateo, CA
Special Citation: For demonstrating effective color-tuning in a work environment.
Designers: Claudio Ramos, Lu-Yu Huang, Burak Yilmaz
Designers: Kevin Frary, Charles G. Stone II
Morlights – Indian Community School, Franklin, WI
Special Citation: For illustrating the effective use of wireless DALI controls in educational institutions.
Designers: Sean Murphy, Avraham Mor, Casey Diers, Kelsey Knowak
Paragon – Hotel West and Main, Conshohocken, PA
Special Citation: For the effective use of lighting to meld historic and contemporary buildings into a cohesive hospitality experience.
Designer: Scott Kerns
Schuler Shook – Optiver, Chicago, IL
Special Citation: For expertly illustrating the successful rebirth of the luminous ceiling in a commercial office application.
Designers: Travis Shupe, Emily Klingensmith, John Jacobsen
With great appreciation, the National Lighting Bureau acknowledges all participants of the 5th Annual Tesla Awards, marking a milestone with the highest number of submissions to date. Congratulations to all Tesla Award winners for their commitment to promoting high benefit lighting by creating well-lit environments for communities around the world.
About the NLB
The National Lighting Bureau is an independent, IRS-recognized not-for-profit, educational foundation that has served as a trusted lighting information source. The Bureau provides its services to the public free of charge, thanks to the generous funding of the organization’s sponsors which include professional societies, trade associations, labor unions, manufacturers, and agencies of the U.S. government.