CEDIA has announced the winners of the 2025 Smart Home Awards Americas while the industry gathered at CEDIA Expo in Denver. The event, set against the backdrop of “The Enchanting World of Smart Living,” recognized outstanding achievements in design, innovation, and technical excellence. Industry professionals celebrated those who are shaping the future of smart home technology across the Americas.
“Our entire community should feel immense pride, not only in the remarkable achievements being awarded, but in the passion and dedication that drives our industry forward,” says CEDIA Global President and CEO, Daryl Friedman. “Witnessing our members push the boundaries of what’s possible reaffirms CEDIA’s mission to inspire and connect the very best in the smart home industry.”
With generous support from headline sponsor, KMB Communications, and event sponsors, Apex Technologies, Daisy, D-Tools, Kaleidescape, Leon, Lutron, Quantum Media Systems, Ring, Somfy Systems, Sonos, Torus Power, Wall-Smart, and Zenty Powered By J-Tech Digital, the evening recognized remarkable achievements — ranging from groundbreaking projects to dynamic new products and outstanding individual contributions.
The winners are as follows:
Integrator Categories
Best Home Cinema
Winner: Cantara – The Auteur
Best Integrated Home Level I
Winner: AKTIVA – Raskoski Home
Honorable Mention: Smartlab – RH5
Best Integrated Home Level II
Winner: SmartTouchUSA – River House
Best Integrated Home Level III
Winner: Cantara – Hushed Horizon
Honorable Mention: ETC Florida – Oceanic Oasis
Best Integrated Home Level IV
Winner: ZIO Group, LLC – Modern Lakefront Intelligent Estate
Best Single Room Solution
Winner: Global Wave Integration – Brentwood
Excellence in Documentation
Winner: HAAS Home Technologies – Behind the Systems: A Documentation of Seamless Integration
Honorable Mention: SmartTouchUSA – River House
Honorable Mention: ZIO Group, LLC – Modern Lakefront Intelligent Estate
Excellence in Innovation
Winner: Global Wave Integration – Brentwood
Excellence in Lighting
Winner: DesignLab – Casa MM
Honorable Mention: ZIO Group, LLC – Modern Lakefront Intelligent Estate
Excellence in Rack Building & Design
Winner: ZIO Group, LLC – Modern Lakefront Intelligent Estate
Excellence in Support & Maintenance
Winner: ETC Florida – Moving to the Future
Technology Meets Design
Winner: DesignLab – Casa MM
Global Integrated Home
Winner: ZIO Group, LLC – Modern Lakefront Intelligent Estate
Business Categories
Emerging Business
Winner: Datamatix, Inc.
Excellence in Business – Integrator
Winner: ETC Florida
Excellence in Business – Trade Supplier
Winner: OneVision Resources
Excellence in Experience Center Innovation – Integrator
Winner: Daisy – Millennium Systems Design – Powered by Daisy
Honorable Mention: Daisy – Daisy Los Gatos (The Daisy Mini Mansion)
Honorable Mention: The Premier Group – Ovation Experience Center
Excellence in Experience Centre Innovation – Trade Supplier
Winner: IC Realtime – IC Realtime Experience Centre
Global Manufacturer Categories
Best New Hardware
Winner: AudioControl – AudioControl Bijou 5100D
Winner: DMF Lighting – Artafex Linear
Winner: DMF Lighting – Artafex PhaseX
Winner: Faradite – Motion Sensor 360 – Plaster In
Winner: HK Lighting – ARTOAL16 Adjustable Accent Light
Winner: madVR Labs – madVR Envy Core MK2 8K
Winner: Marvin – Marvin Connected Home
Winner: Murideo – Murideo STIX
Winner: Steinway Lyngdorf – Lyngdorf FR-2 Speaker
Best New Software
Winner: Lutron Electronics – Lutron’s Natural Light Optimization (NLO) for Roller Shades
Winner: OneVision Resources – ProVision
Product Hall of Fame Inductees
ADI | Snap One – WattBox
StormAudio – StormAudio ISP Platform
Josh.ai – Josh Micro
Nice North America – IT-REFERENCE 20i Discrete Symmetrical Power Filter, 20 Amp (IT-REF 20I)
Nice North America – M4315-PRO
OneVision Resources – OneVision
Sonos, Inc. – Sonos Amp
Individual Categories
Best Sales Representative
Recipient: Chris Gilray, Phoenix Marketing Group LLC.
Best Newcomer
Recipient: Hagan Kappler, Daisy
Best Technician
Recipient: Andrew Gandini, TSP Smart Spaces
Global Individual Categories
Advocacy Volunteer of the Year
Recipient: Paul Vivian
Certification Volunteer of the Year
Recipient: Stuart Robertson
New Volunteer of the Year
Recipient: Jason Adam
Standards Volunteer of the Year
Recipient: Adam Keplinger
Volunteer of the Year
Recipient: Nathan Holmes
Workforce Volunteer of the Year
Recipient: Ron Callis
Fellows
Recipient: Joe Wallace
Recipient: Patrick Hartman
Lifetime Achievement Award
Recipient: Anthony Grimani
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 Asia Pacific on Oct. 29 and EMEA on Nov. 7.
To find out more about the Americas winning projects, visit cedia.org/awards.
