2025 IESNYC Lumen Awards Open for Submissions

The Lumen Awards were established in 1968 by the New York City Section of the Illuminating Engineering Society (IESNYC) and developed to publicly recognize excellence, professionalism, ingenuity and originality in lighting design.

The Lumen Awards are open to any interior or exterior architectural lighting design projects completed within two years’ time of the submission deadline January 10, 2025. Projects may be re-submitted during the years projects are eligible.

Anyone can enter a project for consideration, but wherever possible, we require the lighting designer responsible for the lighting scheme be credited.

PLEASE NOTE NEW ELIGIBILITY:
Due to high demand, we are expanding our territories to extend submission eligibility to Nassau and Suffolk as well as Fairfield, CT and the Northern NJ counties of Bergen, Passaic, Essex, Hudson and Union.

Eligible projects must be designed by a New York City metropolitan area* based designer(s) for projects located anywhere in the world.
OR
Projects must be located in the New York City metropolitan area* regardless of the location of the designer(s). 

*NYC metropolitan area consists of the five boroughs of New York City and the NY counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Ulster, Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk as well as Fairfield, CT and the Northern NJ counties of Bergen, Passaic, Essex, Hudson and Union.

Entry Fee
Submission fee is $225 per project submission. Fees are not refundable and there is no guarantee of receiving an award or publicity.

Jury deliberation and notification of winners will take place February 2025.

If you have any questions, email lumenawards@iesnyc.org

IESNYC Lumen Awards Categories

Lumen Award of Excellence
Highest level of achievement for a permanent architectural application

Lumen Award of Merit
Meritorious achievement for permanent architectural application

Lumen Citation
Special recognition for a permanent or temporary lighting installation, technical detail, portion of a single project, or other work

Save the Date
The Lumen Gala is scheduled to be held Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at Pier 60, Chelsea Piers in New York City.

The Lumen Awards program is not associated with the IES Illumination Awards. If you are interested in submitting your project to the IES Illumination Awards, visit ia.ies.org