Lux Award added to Gooee's list of 2016 prizes

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.”