Crestron Electronics is a company that manufactures systems for home automation

Home automation

Home automation is the residential extension of "building automation". It is automation of the home, housework or household activity. Home automation may include centralized control of lighting, HVAC , appliances, and other systems, to provide improved convenience, comfort, energy efficiency and...

 and audio/video control. The hardware developed by Crestron includes programmable controllers including touch panel

Tablet computer

A tablet computer, or simply tablet, is a complete mobile computer, larger than a mobile phone or personal digital assistant, integrated into a flat touch screen and primarily operated by touching the screen...

s, keypad

Keypad

A keypad is a set of buttons arranged in a block or "pad" which usually bear digits, symbols and usually a complete set of alphabetical letters. If it mostly contains numbers then it can also be called a numeric keypad...

s, and lighting control system

Lighting control system

A lighting control system consists of a device that controls electric lighting and devices, alone or as part of a daylight harvesting system, for a public, commercial, or residential building or property, or the theater...

s. 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.

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.

Experience Center

In 2009, Crestron opened its 8000 square feet (743.2 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.

Awards

Crestron won two Product of the Year awards at the CES Awards Ceremony. The CEDIA

CEDIA

The Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association is a global trade association of companies involved in the electronic systems industry. Founded in 1989, it has 3,500 members who specialize in home automation, networking, communication, security, lighting control, HVAC and entertainment...

 electronics show, scheduled to be held in September, 2011, named two new Crestron products among 30 finalists for its Best New Product.

Competitors

• AMX
• Control4
  Control4
  Control4 is a company located in Salt Lake County, Utah, that manufactures home theater and automation controllers, and which are branded and sold under the same name....
  
  
• Extron
• Lutron
• Savant AV
• Vantage Controls
  Vantage Controls
  Vantage Controls manufactures lighting and automation control systems for residential and commercial spaces. The company is headquartered in Orem, Utah and has won several industry awards. Through its international dealer network, it sells and custom installs its products. It offers wired and...