The KNX Award Ceremony started out 18 years ago as a relatively modest event at a KNX trade fair stand; since then it has metamorphosed into a spectacular party - the "TOP Event", part of light+building, the world's biggest trade fair for light and building technology. This year seven companies received prizes at the ceremony, the culmination of a selection process that started with companies from 67 different countries sending in details of their KNX projects for consideration - roughly a third more than in 2012. Of these projects, the judges found 36 to be worthy of nomination. In total the KNX TOP Event attracted 1,500 guests from 80 countries worldwide.