Home Automation Inc.’s (HAI) Omnistat2 with ZigBee Wireless and IHD Control was recently named winner of the Consumer Electronics Association’s (CEA) Product of the Year Platinum Award in the Green Product category. 

The Consumer Electronics Association announced its 2011 TechHome Mark of Excellence finalists. Audio Video Interiors submitted entries in five categories and has been named a finalist in each, the company stated. 

HAI, a manufacturer of integrated automation and security products since 1985, announced the winners of its Five-Star Dealer program for 2011 on March 17 at its annual Dealer Appreciation Party.

Home Automation Inc. (HAI), a manufacturer of integrated automation and security products since 1985, announced it contracted Security Solutions Inc. to act as a manufacturer's representative.

A little more than a year has passed since Apple introduced the iPad, and the impact it has had on daily life has been nothing short of revolutionary. An explosion of software applications for many mobile devices has been developed to give users the power at their fingertips to manage their work, social lives, and leisure activities — anytime, anywhere. Why not control their homes as well? Is there an app for that? Of course, there is — and it is good for business.

The broadcaster of 30 Rock and Days of Our Lives is now offering home security. Just since last October, Xfinity from Comcast, which also owns NBC Universal, rolled out home security and monitoring; ADT, the world’s biggest home security firm, introduced a multi-level lifestyle monitoring and control service; Verizon, one of the largest U.S. communications companies, with a recent iPhone deal and a cloud computing acquisition in hand, has its own home monitoring experiment in motion; APX Alarm Security Solutions Inc., Provo, Utah,  the fifth-largest alarm monitoring company on the SDM 100, rebranded as Vivint™ and launched new products turning its focus from alarm monitoring to a focus on whole home automation and monitoring (see page 149 for more on APX’s rebrand as Vivint™). And that’s not an all-inclusive list.