The Custom Electronic Design & Installation Association announced its annual CEDIA Electronic Lifestyles® Awards competition, the most prestigious contest in the residential electronic systems industry.  This year’s version has a revised Theme Theater Category and a new award, Best Documentation.

 

Deadline for submission is May 2, 2008 at 5 pm and contestants will be able to submit two entries per category. The winners will be announced at CEDIA 2008 Electronic Lifestyles® Awards Banquet, and will be featured in national and local media, including CEDIA's Electronic Lifestyles® magazine that is distributed industry wide.

 

Entries are $190 for the first entry, $125 for each additional entry.

 

Here are the rules from CEDIA’s Web site:

Entries must be designed and installed by a full CEDIA residential electronic system professional member in good standing.

The installation must have been completed between May 2007 and May 2008, and cannot have been submitted for a previous CEDIA Electronic Lifestyles® Awards competition. Member company show rooms are not allowed for entry. Only paying clients' homes are allowed in the competition.

You may submit up to two entries per category. However, projects that are entered into the Best Large or Small Home Theater cannot be submitted into Best Integrated Home or vice versa. Please see individual categories for specific entry criteria.

Entry form, essays, equipment lists, project cost worksheets, engineering documents (if applicable), and time & expertise worksheets must be submitted online. Photos, signed copies of the photography consent of use form, the homeowner property release form, and the notarized verification form must be mailed to CEDIA Headquarters by the stated deadline. Please be sure to label the back of ALL materials sent to CEDIA headquarters with your confirmation code that is emailed to you.

Company name and logo must be removed from all photos and engineering documents in order to keep your company identity confidential from the judges.

Deadline For All Categories: All entries, including photos and forms must be supplied to CEDIA headquarters no later than 5:00 P.M. (Pacific) May 2, 2008. Incomplete entries will not be returned.

 

The Categories are:

·         Best Large Home Theater

·         Best Small Home Theater

·         Best Media Room

·         Best Integrated Home

·         Best Special Project

·         Best Hidden Installation

·         Best Dressed System

·         Best Documentation

 

To enter the contest and for more information, visit: http://www.cedia.net/awards/2008_designer_awards.php