Sunovia Energy Technologies’ EvoLucia LED Cobra Head SCHX5 has received the award for Best Outdoor Street Light from the U.S. Department of Energy, the International Association of Lighting Designers and the Illuminating Engineering Society in the 2010 Next Generation Luminaires™ Solid State Lighting Design Competition.

This recognition provides the highest lighting industry validation of EvoLucia's patent pending Aimed Optics™ technology.

The DOE, IALD and IES evaluated five of EvoLucia's Aimed Optics ™ LED Cobra Head units based on the lowest glare, highest efficiency, best thermal management, highest uniformity and most efficient optics. 

Finally, the EvoLucia SCHX5 was praised by the judges for its glare control, uniformity and efficacy. EvoLucia's SCHX5 LED was the only outdoor roadway/ parking luminaire in that category recognized with an award.

Besides, the SCHX5 LED was selected to be a product that the judging panel would recommend to lighting specifiers.

The SCHX5 outperformed its competition with an industry-high Fitted Target Efficacy (FTE) score of 57 putting the most footcandles on the ground, in the pattern required, with the best uniformity, using the fewest LEDs and the least power consumed. The FTE was developed by the Department of Energy for evaluating ENERGY STAR® outdoor roadway luminaire light performance.

Sunovia's proprietary optical light patterns allow for a 20 percent more efficient light while using 10 percent less energy than its LED competitors. Through EvoLucia's patent pending Aimed Optics™ technology, 10 percent less overall light is needed when the light is correctly focused on the target area.