Residential Lighting and Building Design+Construction Magazines Named 2014 Jesse H. Neal Award Finalists for Best Single Issue

Arlington Heights, IL (February 11, 2014) — Residential Lighting and Building Design+Construction magazines have been honored by the Association of Business Information and Media Companies (ABM) as finalists in the 60^th Annual Jesse H. Neal Awards competition for editorial excellence. The two publications, owned by Scranton Gillette Communications/SGC Horizon, are recognized in the Best Single Issue category for their joint efforts in the April 2013 issue of Building Design+Construction. Winners will be announced March 14 during ABM’s annual Neal Awards ceremony.

The April issue featured a cover story on “23 Things You Need to Know About Charter Schools,” which is also a 2014 Neal Award finalist for Best Instructional Content, and an LED Lighting Solutions 24-page section that was produced by the Residential Lighting editorial team and BD+C designer Elena Mengarelli. Also in the April issue: an AIA Continuing Education course on high-efficiency lighting, and features on achieving net-zero energy buildings and managing BIM/VDC-driven projects.   

“It is rewarding to get affirmation for our cooperative effort with the BD+C editorial team,” says Laura Van Zeyl, editorial director/publisher of Residential Lighting. “As interest in LED lighting continues to grow, we’re even launching a dedicated campus on BDCUniversity.com this year to help readers keep up with this evolving technology.”

Building Design+Construction is also a finalist in a third category, Best Cross-platform Package, for its November 2013 package, “Pedia-Pod: The Modular Pediatric Unit.”

“I am delighted that our hard-working editorial team is being recognized for innovative articles and in-depth coverage as finalists in three separate categories,” says BD+C Editorial Director Robert Cassidy.

Residential Lighting has been providing product and industry news to lighting professionals for 21 years. To learn more, visit www.ResidentialLighting.com. Building Design+Construction has a 55-year history of covering commercial construction. For more information, visit www.bdcnetwork.com.