As its official website suggests, the annual GE Edison Award, organized by U.S. lighting giant GE Lighting, “recognizes excellence and quality in professional lighting designs that employ significant use of GE lamps.” According to LEDinside, the award is a stage for international lighting companies to present their strengths.

The 29th Annual GE Edison Awards was held during LightFair International 2012. The highest honor -GE Edison Award- was presented to Cambridge, Mass.-based lighting firm Lam partners for their work at the United States Institute of Peace building in Washington, D.C. The work not only solves the roof lighting issue but also brilliantly uses different light sources to create a lovely lighting atmosphere.

The Award of Excellence was presented to designers Suzon Tillotson and Christopher Cheap at Tillotson Design Associates, headquartered in New York, for their work at Cornell University, Milstein Hall, Ithica, N.Y.

Another Award of Excellence was presented to German lighting company Licht Kunst Licht, Bonn and Berlin for their work at Museum of the Bavarian Kings, Hohenschwangau, Germany. The work not only caters to art display’s high CRI requirement, but also creates a shawdowless lighting environment. The company places 866 panel lights on the ceiling and roof, which consist of LED modules. According to LEDinside, the company adopts GE’s Tetra PowerGrid LED lighting system, which provides excellent lighting consistency.

Several lighting companies won Award of Merit, including Minneapolis-based lighting firm HGA Architects and Engineers for their stunning work at University of Minnesota Amplatz Children's Hospital. The company uses phosphor lights as well as LEDs to create colorful lighting.

LEDinside points out that more and more LED adoption examples can be found in public lighting projects, although a fair amount of projects still mainly use halogen and phosphor lights. It will still take some time before LED reaches wide adoption in public lighting.