Shining stars at SLL awards

SLL recognises industry talent

CIBSE Journal July 2016 news John Fitzpatrick Liz Peck

Together with the inauguration of Jeff Shaw as the new Society of Light and Lighting president, various awards were presented at the SLL AGM.

Christopher Fordham and Charlie Upton were awarded certificates for completing the LET Diploma.

Prizes for technical papers published in Lighting Research and Technology (LR&T) – available for free to CIBSE members – were also awarded:

The Leon Gaster Award was presented to Peter Csuti, J Schanda and F Szabo, for their paper Colour fidelity for picture gallery illumination, Part 1: Determining the optimum light-emitting diode spectrum, together with P Csuti, A Fay, J Schanda, F Szabo, and V Tatrai for their paper Colour fidelity for picture gallery illumination, Part 2: Test sample selection – museum tests.

The Walsh Weston Award went to Mark Rae for his paper The lumen seen in a new light: Making distinctions between light, lighting and neuroscience.

Peter Philipson, London events committee chair, was awarded the Regional Award.

This year there were four recipients of the SLL Lighting Award; Dan Lister, Simon Fisher, Rhiannon West and Liz Peck.

An Honorary Fellowship was awarded to John Fitzpatrick, and the President’s Medal was awarded to David Carter for his long-standing contribution to the lighting industry.