The CEDIA Awards 2009 took place on Friday the 3rd of April at the Brewery in London. Martin Stanford hosted the event at the biggest CEDIA Awards so far.
Cinenow were at the event and filmed the entire night, so look out for the winners collecting their awards and exclusive interviews with the winners with Martin Stanford doing the interviews for the night.
The CEDIA Awards 2009, sponsored by Dymo, Dynalite and Sky News certainly proved to be an international affair having received a record amount of entries from outside of the UK. Companies from India, the Netherlands, Pakistan, France, Italy, Greece and Spain were all competing for the coveted trophies.
Amongst the winners were some outstanding installations including that from Synergy Technologies from Pakistan who won the Best Home Cinema Installation over £100,000 for the ‘Saleem Residence’ – a project which boasted integration on an unprecedented scale and one that was also highly commended within the Best Integrated Home over £250,000 category.
Synergy Technologies Best Home Cinema Installation over £100,000
for the Saleem Residence
Best integrated home under £100K was as popular a category as ever, with four very strong contenders. But, worthy winners were Grahams Hi-Fi for ‘London Penthouse’ which the judges praised for its use of light, which brought the architect’s vision to life.
Grahams Hi-Fi Best integrated home under £100K for London Penthouse
In an incredibly hotly-debated category, the deserving winner for Best Integrated Home over £250,000 was Censys Residential Control from the Netherlands with ‘Landhuis’; a project which impressed the judges with its user-friendly, easy to maintain, secure and practical system.
The Best dressed installation category took a look behind the scenes to find the install that had been carried out the most carefully; particular attention was paid to the racking and cabling, and for an entry described as demonstrating real attention to detail, Imagine This were worthy winners for ‘Forest Drive’.
Robert Hallam, Chairman of CEDIA Region 1 says. “We were thrilled at the quantity and quality of the entries received this year and it’s great to see so many from outside the UK not only entering the awards, but winning them as well. The Awards night was a resounding success and I would like to take this opportunity of extending my congratulations to all the finalists, highly commended and winners of the CEDIA Awards 2009!”
The full list of winners, highly commended entries and finalists is:
Best home cinema installation under £40,000 (70,000 Euros)
Winner: Finite Solutions, Hidden Cinema
Finalists: The Big Picture, The Ivy Cottage
The Big Picture, Beacon Road Cinema
Prestige Audio, Reigate Cinema
Best home cinema installation from £40K-£100,000 (70,000-150,000 Euros)
Winner: Sound Decisions Consultancy & Services, Chatwal Residence
Finalists: Dark Side of the Room, Chalon
Finite Solutions, McLaren Cinema
Best home cinema installation over £100,000 (150,000 Euros)
Winner : Synergy Technologies, Saleem Residence
Finalists: Audio Video Design, Tradate
Projecting & Sounding ART, Aegean Sunset
Best integrated home under £100,000 (150,000 Euros)
Winner: Grahams Hi-Fi, London Penthouse
Highly commended: Prestige Audio, Swiss Chalet
Finalists: ISIS Integrated Systems, Gledhow
Olive, Park Mews
Best integrated home from £100,000 – £250,000 (150,000 – 370,000 Euros)
Winner: MR Domotica, Passion for Home Automation
Highly commended: Finite Solutions, Uffuzi
Finalists: Finite Solutions, Showhouse
Smartbusiness, Madrid Smart House
Best integrated home over £250,000 (370,000 Euros)
Winner: Censys Residential Control, Landhuis
Highly commended: Synergy Technologies, Saleem Residence
Finalist: Creative Home Cinema, Kent Family Home
Best dressed installation
Winner: Imagine This, Forest Drive
Finalist: ANT (Advanced New Technologies), Courchevel
Best marine installation
Winner: Icon Connect, Lazy Me
Finalist: Dawsons, JackLo
Best multi dwelling
Winner: SmartComm, Charters
Finalists: Hometech Integration, Altitude 25
CEDIA Awards were also presented in two trade supplier categories; Best Trade Supplier and Best Training Initiative by a Trade Supplier. All ESP members were entitled to vote on both categories, via an online poll. This year, the accolade for Best Trade Supplier went to Crestron. The winner of the Best Training Initiative was AWE Europe.