Each year, CEDIA recognizes the work and innovation of CEDIA members and industry professionals. Their achievements and contributions were recognized Saturday night at the CEDIA Electronic Lifestyles Awards Banquet.
Recipients of CEDIA’s Industry Awards were:
Lifetime Achievement Award
Don Stewart
Stewart Filmscreen Corporation
Fellows Program Inductees
Maureen Jenson
Rich Green
Dr. Floyd Toole
RESC Volunteer of the Year
Marc Leidig
Ambiance Systems
Associate Volunteer of the Year
David Tkachuk
Symbol Logic
CEDIA University Education Volunteer of the Year
Ian Bryant
Advanced Coding Concepts
CEDIA University Rookie Volunteer of the Year
Michael Maniscalco
ihiji
Registered Outreach Instructor of the Year
Michael Stram & Robyn Huber
Stram Electronics Home Theater Gallery
Manufacturers’ Excellence Awards:
Sixteen winners were honored with Manufacturers’ Excellence Awards. Honorees included 10 Best New Product winners, chosen for innovative new products, and one Sustainable Lifestyle Product Innovation winner, presented for an environmentally friendly approach. Five products were also inducted into the Product Hall of Fame. The winners were selected by a panel of electronic systems contractor (ESC) judges.
To view this year’s Manufacturers’ Excellence Awards winners, click here.
Designer Awards:
Over 40 projects were honored in the Designer Awards competition for the best projects completed by CEDIA electronic systems contractors (ESC) members in the past year. Winners announced for Best Integrated Home, Best Media Room, Best Hidden Installation, Best Home Theater and more. The Designer Awards winners were determined by a panel of expert judges that included ESCs, architects, and interior designers.
The winners of the CEDIA/HGTVPro.com People’s Pick Awards were also announced at the awards banquet. Winners were selected from the Home Theater, Media Room, and Integrated Home entries from the Designer Awards and were voted on by visitors to HGTVPro.com.
To view this year’s Designer Awards winners, click here.
Industry Awards:
CEDIA Fellows Program Inductees and this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award recipient were also honored during the banquet. In addition, CEDIA announced the establishment of the Jerald R. Vaughan Education Scholarship.
To view this year’s Industry Awards winners, click here.
For a complete list of CEDIA’s Electronic Lifestyles Award winners, click here.
