Crestron Electronics

Crestron Electronics, Inc.

Type	Private
Industry	Automation and control
Founded	(1968)
Headquarters	Rockleigh, New Jersey
Key people	George Feldstein, President
Products	Home automation
Revenue	400 (est) Million USD (2009)
Employees	2,500+
Website	www.crestron.com

Crestron Electronics is a company that manufactures systems for home automation and audio/video control. The hardware developed by Crestron includes programmable controllers including touch panels, keypads, and lighting control systems. It sells its products through dealers who purchase and install Crestron systems for residential and commercial automation.

Overview

Crestron Electronics creates hardware and software to control disparate systems – AV, lighting, thermostats, security – with one centralized home-automation system.^[1]

Training and support

Crestron Technical Institute (CTI) offers a variety of system design and installation courses, programming certification and industry training through a combination of classroom instruction, hands-on experience and online classes. There are more than 50 CTI training centers worldwide, conducting hundreds of courses each year.^{[citation needed]}

Experience Center

In 2009, Crestron opened its 8,000-square-foot (740 m²) "Experience Center" in New Jersey. This demonstration showcase, open to Crestron dealers by appointment only, includes a reception area, a multimedia presentation room, a digital boardroom, the Theo Kalomirakis Home Theater and a design studio.^[2]

Awards

Crestron won two Product of the Year awards at the CES Awards Ceremony.^[3] The CEDIA electronics show, scheduled to be held in September, 2011, named two new Crestron products among 30 finalists for its Best New Product.^[4]

Competitors

• AMX
• Control4
• Extron
• Lutron
• Savant AV
• Vantage Controls

See also

• DigitalMedia
• Intelligent building
• Smart Environments

References

1. ^ "Star Wars-themed theater will make geeks drool". CNET Crave blog. 14 March 2011. http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20042959-1.html?tag=mncol;2n. Retrieved 28 August 2011. "Equipment, room lighting, and climate control are all managed through a centralized Crestron home automation system." 
2. ^ "A Tour of Crestron's Experience Center". Systems Contractor News. http://www.systemscontractor.com/blog/36600.aspx. Retrieved 28 August 2011. 
3. ^ Crestron Home Technology Products Win Two Electronic House 2011 Product of the Year Awards at CES
4. ^ "CEDIA Names Manufacturers Excellence Award Finalists". Dealerscope. http://www.dealerscope.com/article/cedia-names-manufacturers-excellence-award-finalists-25020661/1. Retrieved 28 August 2011. 

External links

• Crestron Electronics