Crestron Announces Integration Award Winners at CEDIA EXPO 2013

Sep 27, 2013

Annual awards recognize the best use of Crestron solutions in residential projects

Crestron named its 2013 Integration Award winners during a special ceremony at CEDIA EXPO 2013. Now in its ninth year, the Integration Awards spotlight amazing projects featuring Crestron technology. This year, Crestron received a 50% increase in entries from dealers in 18 states, plus the British Virgin Islands, Canada, Mexico, and Taiwan. Top honors in the Ultimate Connected Home category went to Bliss Enterprises in Westlake Village, CA and Service Tech in Austin, TX. HiFi House of Broomall, PA took home the overall Best in Show award.

"We've seen a tremendous increase in the number of participants and the quality of submissions from our dealers this year," said Crestron VP of Marketing, Sean Goldstein. "This increase is a reflection of our dealer's commitment to implementing Crestron whole home solutions in their projects."

From an art gallery in a Pennsylvania mansion to a missile silo condo conversion in Kansas, the award-winning projects represent the best examples of Crestron technology in the home.

"Our Integration Awards program recognizes projects that are cutting-edge and exceed the customer's expectations," added Goldstein. "The award winners developed the most spectacular and innovative system designs in the industry. Crestron thanks everyone who submitted and took time out of their busy schedules to showcase their portfolio."

Crestron applauds the winners. Here is a list of winners by category:

Best in Show
HiFi House (Broomall, PA)

Ultimate Connected Home Over $750K
Bliss Home Theaters and Automation, Inc. (West Lake Village, CA)

Ultimate Connected Home $500K-$750K
Service Tech (Austin, TX)

Ultimate Connected Condo
Logic Integration Inc. (Lone Tree, CO)

Biggest Baddest Home Northeast
Audio Command Systems (Westbury, NY)

Biggest Baddest Home South
Fultech Solutions Inc. (Jacksonville, FL)

Biggest Baddest Home West
Global Wave Integration (West Hills, CA)

Biggest Baddest Home Midwest
Sound Specialists Inc. (Chicago, IL)

Best International Home
SAITECH (Chula Vista, CA)

Best Coastal Property
Think Simple (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

Most Extreme Makeover - Gold
Creative Systems USA (Ephrata, PA)

Most Extreme Makeover - Silver
Maverick Integration (Bedford, NH)

Most Extreme Makeover - Bronze
VIA (Van Nuys, CA)

Made in the Shade - Gold
Osbee Industries, Inc. (Harrison, NY)

Made in the Shade - Silver
Integrated Systems of Illinois Inc. (Palos Park, IL)

Made in the Shade - Bronze
DC Home Systems (Portsmouth, NH)

Best Smart Graphics™
Advanced Home Theater [Powered by ELEVATE GRFX] (Miami, FL)

Most Distinctive DigitalMedia™ - Gold
Advanced Home Theater (Miami, FL)

Most Distinctive DigitalMedia™ - Silver
HI-I LLC (Paramus, NJ)

Most Distinctive DigitalMedia™ - Bronze
Signals Audio/Video (El Segundo, CA)

Home Sweet Home Theater
Advanced Home Environments (Pelham, NY)

Best iPad® Home Control - Gold
DES (Rogers, AR)

Best iPad® Home Control - Silver
AV Prestige (Puebla, Mexico)

Best iPad® Home Control - Bronze
@Audio Automation & Theater (Atlanta, GA)

Brilliant Lighting Design
Casaplex (Gaithersburg, MD)

Awesome Audio - Gold
Excel AV Systems (Acheson, Alberta)

Awesome Audio - Silver
Vidacom (Chicago, IL)

Awesome Audio - Bronze
Audiofaze (Hollywood, FL)

Best Transportation
Megatronic Design (Taipei, Taiwan)

Unique Application - Gold
Hoishik (Spring City, PA)

Unique Application - Silver
Automation & Entertainment (Los Gatos, CA)

Unique Application - Bronze
Seacoast Sound (Naples, FL)

To learn more about the 2013 Integration Awards winners, visit www.crestron.com/integrationawards.

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