Buckinghamshire based company, Smartcomm, has received international recognition for its work in smart home technology. The company, who specialise in the design, installation and integration of electronic systems for both the commercial and residential markets, won the Integrated home up to €275,000 category at the annual EMEA InAVation Awards ‘09 for its work on ‘The Darlands’, a luxuriously contemporary family home situated in Greater London.
Thanks to Smartcomm’s expertise the stunning property, which was originally built in the 1930's, now boasts a fully automated audio-visual system, complete with Crestron Control.
Set in 6 acres of landscape gardens, the 10 bedroom property also features a dedicated Home Cinema System a with 60” HD Plasma, Multi-Room Audio, Lutron Homeworks Lighting System, Siedle Video and Audio Gate Entry System, CCTV with Wireless Transmission and a mixture of designed lighting effects with a playful colour changing lightbox and LED’s. Not forgetting the stunning Pool Room boasting an all year round heated pool with built in Jacuzzi and a Sauna/Steam Room.
Commenting on their award, Steven Worrell, Managing Director of Smartcomm says “We are delighted to accept another InAVation award this year. It is an achievement that everyone in our company can be proud of, especially since this is the second time our work on The Darlands has been rewarded, having already won a prestigious CEDIA award . It just goes to show how a well designed and well integrated AV system can reap benefits for a company both in terms of referrals from the client and continuous recognition from the industry!’
Smartcomm’s commercial entry ‘IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group)' made it through as a finalist in the Corporate Facility category. The new headquarters of the global hotel giant boast a fully integrated Crestron AV solution featuring Digital Signage, Distributed Media, Video & Audio Conferencing and state-of-the-art presentation systems.
The prestigious EMEA InAVation Awards recognise and reward high quality system design, installation and integration within the Commercial and Residential markets. 101 project entries were submitted and were evaluated by an independent panel of judges taken from the AV integration, Architectural, Building and Facilities Management industries. 32 companies made it through as finalists with the chance of winning one of eight Project InAVation awards.
The winners of EMEA InAVation Awards ’09 were announced at an awards dinner held at the Hotel Okura, Amsterdam, The Netherlands on 2nd January 2009 with nearly 500 of the industries elite in attendance. To see all finalists and winners visit www.inavationawards.com