Eskom honours lighting design contest winners
28 November 2012
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After months of competition, nail-biting regional finals and intensive examination and appraisal by a panel of expert judges, Eskom announced the winners of its 2012 Energy Efficient Lighting Design Competition at an awards breakfast at The Saxon in Johannesburg. South Africa’s latest group of energy efficient lighting designers were honoured with a total of R214 000 in prize money for their achievements.
Walking away with the top award for South Africa’s leading Innovative Energy Efficient Lighting Design, for professional designers, electrical engineers and researchers, were Free State architect Justus Liebenberg and his brother Jan Liebenberg with their L.E.T Light Emitting Trunking design, which won them R40 000 and the prestigious Sparks Trophy.
Jan (left) and Justus Liebenberg, winners of the Professional category with their L.E.T Light Emitting Trunking design.
Tanya Smit, a student from the Greenside Design Centre, was declared the top Residential Luminaire Design winner in the Student category with her Tri-Lum Luminaire, earning her R30 000 and R10 000 for her educational institution.
Tanya Smit, winner of the Student category, with her Tri-Lum Luminaire.
Visually impaired Solomon van Belling, representing a group community project from Emmaus in George, a centre for adults with mental and physical disabilities, was awarded the Most Promising Designer special award with prize money of R10 000.
Winner of the Most Promising Designer award - Solomon Van Belling – with his Tree of Light.
Nine-year-old Thomas Granig, a grade three learner from Dunkeld West, received R10 000 for the Most Promising Young Designer special award.
Nine-year-old Thomas Granig received R10 000 for the Most Promising Young Designer award with his LED Envirolight.
The awards were presented by Andrew Etzinger, senior general manager, Eskom: Integrated Demand Management (IDM), the executive sponsor for the competition; along with Ms Mokgadi Modise, chief director: Clean Energy at the Department of Energy.
Etzinger said that the competition had been characterised by a higher number and standard of entries than previous years. In many cases, he said, the entries had been inspired by a pressing need for lighting within communities and are extremely relevant in the South African context, especially for rural areas, and are flexible and cost effective.
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