Lutron Announces 2019 Excellence Award Winners

Coopersburg, PA (September 13, 2019) – Lighting and shading control leader Lutron Electronics has announced the winners of its annual Excellence Award competition as well as the newest Lutron Hall of Fame inductees. The announcements were made Thursday, Sept. 12th, in Denver, CO.

Established in 2003, the Lutron Excellence Awards competition recognizes the world’s best projects that use Lutron light, shade, and temperature controls, Lutron Ivalo fixtures, plus third-party equipment, voice control, and more. More than 100 of Lutron’s residential system providers have won a total of 160 Excellence Awards since the competition’s beginnings.

The 2019 Excellence Award winners are:

Best Use of Lutron Shading Solutions – Echo Systems
Best Lutron System Integration – Powerfull Systems
Best System Upgrade- RC Automations
Best Use of Lutron Lighting and Shading Controls in a Specialty Room – C&T Electric
Best RadioRA 2 or RA 2 Select Project – Northwest Custom Electric
Best HomeWorks QS Project- Powerfull Systems
Best Application of Lutron Ketra or Ivalo Lighting – Gilmore’s Sound Advice
Best Collaboration with an Architect, Interior Designer, or Lighting Designer- OneButton
Best Project Using Multiple Lutron Product Categories- TwentyTwo Integration
The Essence of Pleasance- OneButton
Judges’ Choice- Clearly Automated

The Lutron Hall of Fame
In 2009, the Lutron Hall of Fame was created to recognize excellence and dedication in the marketplace. Potential inductees are evaluated on several components: years of doing business with Lutron, loyalty, reputation, dedication to their business, market expansion efforts, execution of initiatives, project innovations using Lutron products and revenue growth.

Joining the 24 existing member companies, the 2019 Lutron Hall of Fame inductees are:
Echo Systems
Premier Systems

About Lutron Electronics (www.lutron.com)
Founded in 1961, Lutron Electronics is headquartered in Coopersburg, Pennsylvania. From dimmers for the home, to lighting management systems for entire buildings, the company offers more than 15,000 energy-saving products, sold in more than 100 countries. In the US alone, Lutron products save an estimated 10 billion kWh of electricity, or approximately $1 billion in utility costs per year. The company’s early inventions— including the first solid-state dimmer invented by Lutron’s founder, Joel Spira—are now at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, DC.

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Testimonials

I have been a client of Gilmore’s Sound Advice for more than a decade. During that time Gilmore’s Sound Advice has installed several high end systems in my homes. The installers were always careful and conscious of my home environment. Management consistently brought a remarkable level of problem solving skills and thoughtful, advanced component configuration. The results were a seamless integration of control, sound and image to maximize enjoyment of the audio/video experience. In addition to offering the world’s finest audio and video brands Gilmore’s Sound Advice provided creativity, design and service with a level of professionalism that was nonpareil earning accolades from the industry and this grateful, very satisfied client.

Toby K

We felt like the GSA team were our advocates throughout the project, often helping us troubleshoot pros and cons of different systems and options. The GSA team is organized, transparent, dedicated and effective. Most importantly, they stayed on budget and any cost overruns were as a result of mutually agreed upon changes. As my wife and I built our new house during the height of inflation and supply chain issues, GSA’s ability to stay on budget is something I will not forget anytime soon. Their service and support post-installation has been phenomenal. We would definitely use them again and highly recommend them to anyone considering a large-scale A/V project for their home!

Jon S

Gilmore has done work in my apartments in New York and Boston for the past ten years, mostly in our Fifth Avenue residence. Most recently, Gilmore designed, installed and optimized a very complex system in a large 15 room apartment comprising almost a full floor of our building. The project included assessment of the status of pre-existing wiring and equipment, their removal and replacement, and installation of a comprehensive AV system, lighting control, and network with security systems….He has an excellent staff, all of whom I have gotten to know well over the years. While he has grown as a company, he has a great team that is dedicated and thoughtful. I do not have any criticisms. I give him and his company the highest recommendation possible.

Harvey B