The honourees included more than 40 winning projects in the Designer Awards competition, 15 Manufacturers’ Excellence Awards winners, three inductees into the CEDIA Fellows program, and the 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. Also honoured were the year’s top volunteers.

The Designer Awards competition, which honours the best projects completed by CEDIA electronic systems contractors (ESC) members in the past year, featured winners in such categories as Best Integrated Home, Best Media Room, Best Hidden Installation, and Best Large Home Theatre. The Designer Awards winners were determined by a panel of expert judges that included ESCs, architects, and interior designers. Also recognised were the three winners in the first-ever CEDIA/HGTVPro.com Audience Choice Awards, which were voted on by visitors to HGTVPro.com.

The Manufacturers’ Excellence Awards honourees included 10 Best New Product winners, one Sustainable Lifestyle Product Innovation winner, one Horizon Award winner, and two inductees into the Product Hall of Fame. The winners were selected by a panel of ESC judges. CEDIA also announced the winner of the first-ever Attendees’ Choice Award as voted on by ESCs attending CEDIA Expo.

Individuals recognised at the Electronic Lifestyles Awards Banquet included the second group of CEDIA Fellows and the Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, which were announced prior to CEDIA EXPO. CEDIA also honoured the year’s top volunteers and announced its 2010-2011 Board of Directors and Executive Committee.

“CEDIA’s Electronic Lifestyles Awards represent the electronic systems industry’s best work,” says CEDIA chief executive Utz Baldwin.

“These award winners are at the leading edge of the innovation that will keep this industry moving forward.”

The full list of award winners can be viewed at www.cedia.org/awards