Last week at CEDIA Expo, CEDIA, the Association for Smart Home Professionals, announced the winners of the 2024 CEDIA Smart Home Awards Americas. Sponsored by Lutron, AWOL Vision, and Kaleidescape, the event honored integrators, manufacturers, and influential individuals who have made significant contributions to the industry over the past year, delivering stunning projects, launching market-leading products, and providing invaluable volunteer efforts.
“The CEDIA Smart Home Awards are a testament to the innovation and dedication that define our industry,” said Daryl Friedman, Global President and CEO of CEDIA. “This year’s event was a remarkable success, with a full house of over 350 attendees. We came together to recognize the extraordinary talent and groundbreaking achievements that are driving the future of smart home technology.”
The evening of celebrations began with an exclusive members reception outside the Mile High Ballroom at the Colorado Convention Center and as the audience transitioned into the ballroom for the awards ceremony, the CE Pro All Star Band set the backdrop, building excitement for the nominees and attendees.
Alex Capecelatro, Chairperson of the CEDIA Board, welcomed attendees and introduced Toni Sabatino, a renowned interior designer and construction consultant as the evening’s host. CEDIA selected Toni to showcase the importance of fostering strong partnerships between the smart home professional industry and designers, along with other key industries.
Daryl Friedman also took to the stage to reinforce the message of recognition — not only relating to those who had been honored during the evening, but to emphasize the influential work that CEDIA and its members have been doing regarding advocacy to ensure the smart home industry gets the recognition it deserves among governments, adjacent industries and consumer.
The winners are as follows:
INTEGRATOR CATEGORIES
Best Media Room
Winner: Global Wave Integration – June St Media Room
Best Home Cinema
Winner: AKTIVA – Cristiani Residence Home Cinema
Honorable Mention: Nerve Inc – Park City Home Retreat
Best Integrated Home Level 1
Winner: La Scala – Seamless
Best Integrated Home Level 2
Winner: SmartTouchUSA – Menlo Integrated Home
Excellence in Lighting
Winner: AKTIVA – Lara Lopez Rio Dulce
Excellence in Documentation
Winner: La Scala – Seamless
Technology Meets Design
Winner: La Scala – Seamless
Global Home Cinema
Honorable Mention: AKTIVA – Cristiani Residence Home Cinema
BUSINESS CATEGORIES
Excellence in Business – Home Technology Integrator
Winner: Barrett’s Technology Solutions
Best Showroom / Experience Center – Home Technology Integrator
Winner: Design Lab
Honorable Mention: Hanson Audio Video
Excellence in Business – Manufacturer, Manufacturer Representative and/or Distributor
Winner: Sonance
GLOBAL MANUFACTURER CATEGORIES
Best New Hardware
Winner: Coastal Source – Evolution Lighting System (EVO)
Winner: DMF Lighting – DMF Artafex Line
Winner: Kaleidescape – Strato V Movie Player
Winner: Lutron – Ketra D2
Winner: Modern Atomics – Modern Atomics
Winner: Paradigm – Anthem MRX SLM
Winner: Polar Bear – Ursium Pro Thermostat
Winner: Quantum Media Systems – Extreme LED Wall System-XDR – Pro Video
Winner: Sonance – Visual Experience Series with Quadratech
Best New Software
Winner: Josh AI – Josh AI OS
Winner: Lutron – Luxury Experience App
Winner: Savant – Smart Budget
Product Hall of Fame:
Inductee: Coastal Source – 10.0 3-Way Ellipse Bollard Speaker
Inductee: Just Add Power – 2G+4+ Tiling Transmitter
Inductee: Lutron Electronics – Palladiom Keypad
Inductee: Rako Controls – Wireless Dimmer Module
Inductee: THX Ltd – THX® Certification
INDIVIDUAL CATEGORIES
Best Sales Representative
Recipient: Jacqueline Abrams – ecobee
Certification Volunteer of the Year
Recipient: Jonathan Frye (America)
Design & Build Volunteer of the Year
Recipient: Regan Webb (Australia)
Education Volunteer of the Year
Recipient: Leslie Shiner (America)
New Volunteer of the Year
Recipient: Hailey Daly (Australia)
Standards Volunteer of the Year
Recipient: John Bishop (America)
Volunteer of the Year
Recipient: Matt Manalis (Australia)
Fellow
Recipient: Michael Cogbill – REV2 Consulting, LLC
Lifetime Achievement Award
Recipient: Rich Green – Rich Green Design
The CEDIA Smart Home Awards entries were reviewed by a number of judging panels. The full list of judges can be found here. The remaining regional award ceremonies will take place in EMEA on October 18 and APAC on October 23.
To find out more about the Americas winning projects, visit cedia.org/awards.
