Recognising the best lighting products, projects and companies leading innovation and change, the Lux Awards were presented in front of 850 lighting professionals during a gala event at the O2 InterContinental hotel on the final night of LuxLive 2016, Europe’s largest lighting exhibition.
The award is just a part of a successful exhibition, which saw Gooee present its first IoT-enabling development kits to manufacturers Feilo Sylvania, John Cullen Lighting and Aurora Lighting.
It is also Gooee’s third significant award in 2016: winning an Electrical Industry Award for Innovative Lighting Product of the Year 2016; and a Design Plus Award, Light and Building 2016, Frankfurt. Gooee was also shortlisted in the Darc Awards for Best Architectural Lighting Product – Technology.
2016 has also seen Gooee bring in third party technological partnerships, including Nordic Semiconductor, EnOcean and PointGrab. In September, Gooee secured an $8m funding deal with the Silicon Valley Bank to support the continued development of its platform.
Simon Coombes, Chief Technology Officer and Co-founder of Gooee, said the Lux Award rounds off a successful year commercially as well as technologically: “We are releasing our development kits in phases to over 30 lighting manufacturers world-wide. This ensures connected lighting is one step closer, with manufacturers able to begin the integration process and test their products.”
