Over 400 industry professionals attended the tenth annual CEDIA Awards on Friday 3 July. The setting for this night of high-class dining, networking and comedy was the Natural History Museum – featuring the iconic 26m Diplodocus, Dippy.
The CEDIA Awards celebrates design, installation and integration excellence in the home technology sector. This year, the scheme attracted over 120 entries from 17 different countries. Comedian and writer Danny Wallace hosted the evening’s proceedings, presenting 17 awards to this year’s winning schemes. Alongside the project and showroom categories, he also awarded three prizes to CEDIA Trade Suppliers. Finally, Peter Aylett received the CEDIA Special Recognition Award for his dedication to CEDIA and the industry.
“As a landmark year for the CEDIA Awards, we are delighted with the exceptional quality of this year’s entries,” commented Wendy Griffiths, chairman of CEDIA EMEA. “We’d like to congratulate all winners who displayed high quality integration at system and design level, and who have undoubtedly set the benchmark higher for next year’s Awards and the industry as a whole. As the most internationally acclaimed industry Awards to date, this year’s winners demonstrated inspiring creativity, innovation and supreme excellence in home automation. We would like to thank all companies who have taken the time and effort to enter the CEDIA Awards 2015.”
The full list of winning projects is as follows:
Best Media Room under £10k
Winner: H&H Audio Visual Ltd (UK) – Highgate Media Room
Best Media Room over £10k
Winner: New Land Solutions Ltd (UK) – Hidden Cinema
Highly Commended: Kensington Audio Visual (UK) – Vertice
Best Dressed Rack
Winner: Cornflake (UK) – Child’s Play
Best Home Cinema under £40k
Winner: The Big Picture (UK) – Leafield House
Best Home Cinema £40k-£100k
Winner: Art Cinema | 3Logic (Poland) – Connoisseur Cinema
Highly Commended: The Big Picture (UK) – Roman Way
Best Home Cinema over £100k
Winner: MACBEE Pvt. Ltd. (India) – The Red Carpet Cinema
Best Lighting Scheme
Winner: Brilliant Lighting (UK) – Lighting a Georgian Townhouse and Mews
Best Yacht Installation
Winner: Archimedia (UAE) – Majesty 122
Highly Commended: Archimedia (UAE) – Majesty 135
Best Showroom
Winner: De Opera Domotica (Netherlands) – Discover Your Senses
Best Custom Solution
Winner: H&H Audio Visual Ltd (UK) – Westbourne Grove Legacy Upgrade
Best Multiple Scheme for a Property Developer
Winner: Grahams (UK) – The Paladio
Highly Commended: Design Innovation (UK) – Great Minster House
Best Integrated Home Under £100K
Winner: Lifestyle Technologies (Cyprus) – Smart Contemporary Living
Highly Commended: Grahams (UK) – London Penthouse 20
Best Integrated Home £100K-£250k
Winner: Woelf (Belgium) – Golf Loft
Highly Commended: SONA (UK) – Project 1047
Best Integrated Home £250k
Winner: Défi Technique SA (Switzerland) – Jewelbox
Best Energy Management Solution
Winner: Défi Technique SA (Switzerland) – Jewelbox
Best Technology Feature
Winner: Hayley Gilbert – KBB Magazine
Best Training Initiative
Winner: Habitech Ltd (UK) – ProNet Training
Highly Commended: AWE (UK) – Foundation Workshop
Best Innovative Product
Winner: Habitech Ltd (UK) – Ihiji Remote Network Management
Highly Commended: Rako Controls (UK) – Rako NFC Walls Panels
Best Trade Supplier
Winner: AWE (UK)
Special Recognition Award
Winner: Peter Aylett
The CEDIA Awards 2015 yearbook features every project complete with imagery, project synopsis and kit lists, included. The CEDIA Awards 2015 yearbook is available to download from the CEDIA Awards website.
Picture courtesy of Matt Nimmons, CEDIA.
