The CEDIA Smart Home Awards honour the individuals and teams who are delivering excellence across the whole span of the Smart Home Technology industry. The CEDIA Smart Home Awards give you the opportunity to reflect on your work over the past year, celebrate what you have achieved and gain global recognition and credibility
Awards Toolkit
Manufacturer Product Awards: Best New Hardware
Manufacturer Product Awards: Best New Software
Product Hall of Fame
Excellence in Business - Home Technology Integrator
Excellence in Business - Manufacturer, Manufacture Representative and/or Distributor
Best Showroom/Experience Centre - Home Technology Integrator
Best Showroom/Experience Centre - Manufacturer, Manufacturer Representative and/or Distributor
Emerging Business (APAC Only)
Volunteer of the Year
New Volunteer
Certification Volunteer
Standards Volunteer
Education Volunteer
Design and Build Volunteer
Lifetime Achievement Award
Best Newcomer
Best Sales Representative
Best Technician
Best Home Cinema/Theatre
Best Media Room
Best Integrated Home
Best Marine
Multi-Dwelling Unit
Assisted Living
Excellence in Documentation
Excellence in Lighting
Excellence in Rack Building & Design
Excellence in User Experience
Technology Meets Design
Best New Hardware Products are physical products that serve integrated residential technology design and installation industry. Products should be innovative and bring value to the industry as well as enhance the homeowner's lifestyle. The product must have been released and fully shipped between September 30, 2023, and September 30, 2024.
This category is open to members and non-members, please click here to purchase your entry before submitting
Best New Software Products are web-based products that serve the integrated residential technology design and installation industry. Products should be innovative and bring value to the industry as well as enhance the homeowner's lifestyle. The product must have been released and fully shipping between September 30, 2023, and September 30, 2024.
This category is open to members and non-members, please click here to purchase your entry before submitting
The CEDIA Product Hall of Fame honours products that have had a significant positive impact on the integrated residential technology design and installation industry and brought value to CEDIA members. To be considered, products must have entered the market a minimum of 7 years ago.
This category is open to members and non-members, please click here to purchase your entry before submitting
We are looking to honour businesses that have excelled in various aspects, including operational excellence, customer satisfaction, innovative approaches, and sustainable growth. This is an opportunity for integration businesses in the smart home technology sector to showcase their technical expertise, commitment to delivering great customer service, and advancing their teams education and knowledge.
We are looking to honour manufacturers and distributors that have excelled in various aspects, including operational excellence, customer satisfaction, innovative approaches, and sustainable growth. This is an opportunity for trade suppliers in the smart home technology sector to showcase their professional service, training, and technical support.
The Best Showroom will be awarded to an integrator company for innovation and design of a custom installation showroom, taking into consideration design, upgradability, & a business plan to support the investment.
The Best Showroom will be awarded to manufacturer, manufacturer representative and/or distributor company for innovation and design of a custom installation showroom, taking into consideration design, upgradability, & a business plan to support the investment.
The Emerging Business category is specifically designed to highlight the up-and-coming players in the smart home technology market. If your business has demonstrated remarkable progress, a unique value proposition, and a vision for future success, this is the perfect opportunity for you to gain recognition and take your business to new heights.
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The Lifetime Achievement Award is a global award and celebrates an individual who has demonstrated innovative and visionary leadership in the professional smart home industry. We invite the industry (nominations accepted from non-members) to put forward individuals who they feel are worthy of this award; with examples of their dedication to their profession and eagerness to share their expertise with others.
This category is specifically designed to honour those individuals who have recently entered the industry (entered the industry from Jan 1, 2022) and have already made a significant impact. If you are a new professional in the smart home technology integration field and have demonstrated outstanding talent, dedication, and potential, this is the perfect opportunity to showcase your accomplishments and gain industry recognition. Entries can be nominated by themselves or by a peer and will be judged by a panel.
Celebrating sales representatives from manufacturers, distributors and manufacturer rep agencies, this award recognises those individuals that go above and beyond to put their customer first, excelling in customer service. Entries can be nominated by themselves or by a peer and will be judged by the industry (open to non-member voting).
Honouring individuals who meet a strict criteria of CEDIA standards and expectations around professionalism, technical competence, and technical execution. Entries can be nominated by their employer and will be judged by a panel.
This category celebrates true home entertainment in a dedicated space. A winning entry should demonstrate technical excellence in all aspects of design, installation layout, and engineering whilst meeting all applicable industry standards. The finished room should deliver exceptional performance and provide a truly excellent home cinema experience for the homeowner.
A media room is designed to serve multiple purposes and be adaptable to support the client’s lifestyle. The room may be an open plan space and can include other entertainment areas such as a bar, gaming, billiards table, and additional seating. A winning entry should demonstrate technical excellence in all aspects of design and installation whilst meeting all applicable industry performance standards.
The winning entry should demonstrate technical excellence in all aspects of design, installation, and commissioning (while meeting all applicable industry performance standards) and bring together multiple subsystems into one, easily serviceable and upgradeable cohesive system. The project should be well documented and executed using recognised project management strategies, complementing not only the aesthetic environment in which it is installed but illustrate how it enhances the lives of those who use it.
Entries for this category must be a marine installation and include a minimum of two residential home technology professional installed systems (i.e. music, video, lighting control, health monitoring and security). The entry should illustrate and explain how the systems have been integrated together to provide enhanced entertainment, convenience, safety, health monitoring, and system reliability for the client.
Entries must demonstrate a real understanding on the deliverables of a multi-dwelling project. Key features include flexible design, scalable engineering, and a centralized system. This will showcase the understanding that a multi-dwelling unit requires far more than a typical system installed in an individual home. Entries must include clear documentation and design objects that allow the judges to ascertain how a quantity of small units are drawn into one cohesive system. Looking beyond the development and making provision for the eventual owner’s needs will be crucial in this category.
There is a growing need to use smart home technologies to enable clients to live in their homes more independently, longer and maintain their health and wellbeing. Entries should detail ethical and safety-related considerations and must reflect a unique installation that highlights the advancement of the resident’s health or wellness. Acceptable projects for this category are primary residences (homes, condos) or assisted living/elder care facilities.
Clear, detailed and precise documentation is the key to a successful project and should be recognised by representing at least two purposes - the ability to be used by anyone servicing a system, whether your team or another integrator, so that the system can be upgraded and updated at any time, and to be able to serve as an asset for the homeowner as a guide to their system.
Entries into this category must demonstrate exceptional understanding of delivering excellence in both lighting control and the installation of a well-conceived lighting system. The project could include sustainable and energy efficient lighting systems, with a variety of loads and control applications. The ability to automate and integrate will also be needed to be proven & displayed as a minimum for this category.
A winning entry will present how the rack is laid out in accordance to industry standards and conventions along with attention to detail on consideration of accessibility, future expansion possibilities, thermal management, and serviceability.
This category highlights a project that provides meaningful and relevant experiences for the user, with a focus on the end-user interaction with the system/s, as being paramount, whether this is through unique solutions, the user interface design or even the handover process. Entries in this category should showcase a User Interface for a single project. This can be a customized or unique UI.
This category cannot be applied for, all finalists are included for judging. By working with the design community, the integrator will have completed a project that complements the designs scheme for the intended space. The entry will explain how the specified technology has been successfully integrated to this effect within the category.
Your hard work deserves to be celebrated year-round on a grand scale. See what a CEDIA Smart Home Award can do for your business and career.
The CEDIA Smart Home Awards program is inclusive of all CEDIA members across four categories of entry. CEDIA Business categories allow you to exhibit excellence in Business by showcasing operational excellence, customer satisfaction, innovative approaches, and sustainable growth. CEDIA Individual categories provide an opportunity to celebrate brilliance within our community; honouring those new to the industry and representatives who provide a high-quality service to their clients. Within our Integrator categories, finalists & winners can expect valuable project case studies that exemplifies the work our members do, showcases the products and brands they work with, and enables our members to elevate themselves from the competition.
Through CEDIA Smart Home Awards, we can recognize the best of the best in technical design and installation, documentation, customer service and innovation. CEDIA can provide insight into the lifestyle benefits for the client and the importance of working with a professional to homeowners, allied trades, and governments, firmly establishing Smart Homes Technology as an essential part of any new build or retrofit.
Each region hosts an annual awards celebration event. These events provide an opportunity for our industry to come together to acknowledge excellence within the industry, build a community of specialists within our sector and champion individuals who have stood out in their field of expertise. These events are truly a celebration of the whole company and a great way of recognizing everyone that was involved.
CEDIA take pride in creating standards and best practices; these guidelines give the CEDIA Smart Home Award judges the authority to assess each entry according to industry benchmarks. Through the submission process we can ascertain how these standards have been applied to the technical specification and enhanced the project. The documentation that is part of this process contains calculations & customised design specification outlining the client brief, challenges overcome and a commitment to professionalism throughout the project.
Download the Smart Home Awards toolkit to give yourself the best chance in submitting an award winning entry! The toolkit will give you insights into how to use the platform; the entry requirements for each category & a project template submission. All giving you and your team the best chances of having your great work recognized!
Get the Toolkit“Having Ivy Cottage named Best Global Media Room is among the most gratifying moments of my career; the space is one of which I’m immensely proud. My vision for Ivy Cottage was to prove that it’s possible to deliver a truly contemporary, no-compromise sound and vision experience in a space that communicates its heritage and supports day-to-day family life. I hope that the Best Global Media Room award shows how it can be done, and inspires other clients to create their own accessible, inspiring spaces.”
Ciaran Wilkins, The Big Picture - CEDIA Global Award Winner
"The CEDIA awards are widely acknowledged as the 'gold standard' awards in our industry - judged by an independent panel of industry experts, impartial, and based in real engineering standards. Importantly they're free to enter, completely anonymous and judged by a panel in a different territory, so there's no risk of bias or cronyism. I was incredibly proud when we won 'Best Media Room Level 2’ and have been honoured as a finalist a few times - it's a big deal if you even get on the shortlist - and have served on the judging panel. I'm so pleased to be in great company with the best integrators across the world."
Owen Maddock, Cinemaworks - CEDIA Award Winner
"For us at Cyberhomes, a CEDIA Award is not just a trophy; it is a testament to our continuous growth and dedication to providing high quality installations. We have continued to raise the bar, embracing the tough competition, and constantly evolving. We’ve seen that it really has an impact on our team and the industry as a whole. Winning a CEDIA Award is not just a stroke of luck; it's a result of hard work and dedication. It forces us to elevate our standards, pushing us to think creatively and strategically about every project we undertake."
Andy Mack, Cyberhomes Limited - CEDIA Award Winner
"What CEDIA awards means for us, apart from a recognition from the industry, is that we can show clients and architects that attention to detail (and time spent on it) pays off. It shows that the whole, sometimes lengthy, process of working through every detail makes sense at the end when everything just comes together."
Zak Vracevic, M.E.G.A. AV Installations Ltd - CEDIA Award Winner