All change as CEDIA announces Smart Home Awards 2023

The CEDIA Awards are no more. In their place: the 2023 CEDIA Smart Home Awards.

The trade organisation says the new title better aligns with its mission to increase awareness of CEDIA and the industry among consumers and allied trades. Additional changes to the programme include a new Health, Sustainability or Wellness Project category and redefined level definitions in the Best Integrated Home category based on CEDIA’s market research.

The Best Integrated Home category now includes:
Mass Market Integration A project in a home with value near the average sales price for the area.
Mid-Market Integration A project in a home with value well above the average sales price for the area but not considered part of the luxury market.
Luxury Integration A project in a home located within a private development or estate in the most desirable areas
Uber Luxury Integration A project in a home located within a rare collection of the area’s most elite.

These new and expanded categories join ten others in the Home Technology Integrator Project portion of the CEDIA Smart Home Awards. The Manufacturer Product Awards are also accepting submissions for Best New Product (Hardware or Software) and Product Hall of Fame. The CEDIA Smart Home Awards will continue to recognise the industry’s most active volunteers and leaders through the Volunteer of the Year Awards, CEDIA Fellows and the Lifetime Achievement Award.

The CEDIA Smart Home Awards are now accepting submissions for the Home Technology Integrator Project Awards until April 21. CEDIA members who completed projects between March 2021 and the project deadline will be considered. Manufacturers can submit their hardware and software products for the Manufacturer Product Awards until May 19.