Is your connected home product or system innovative? Does it offer a unique value proposition, provide a seamless consumer experience, and deliver energy savings and load management capabilities? If so, enter the 2025 Competition to garner support from the utility industry and receive a year of promotion.
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Eligible products include HVAC equipment, water heaters, combination space and water heating equipment, electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE), pool pumps, connected thermostats, home energy management systems, and other connected home devices that deliver a positive consumer experience and provide load management capabilities. Smaller loads within the home (e.g., window attachments, lighting, and ceiling fans) are not eligible for awards in 2025.
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Award winners receive credible third-party promotion and recognition through webinars, press releases to consumer and trade publications, a feature on the Integrated Home Competition website, speaking opportunities and presence at key industry events, and additional promotion by Competition Sponsors. CEE member efficiency program administrators may also recommend winning entries to their customers and contractors or consider pilot programs. All entrants receive insight and direction from an expert panel of judges on future utility needs.
Find a full list of benefits and promotional efforts available to Competition winners here
Review the entry requirements for your product category.
Review the entry requirements for your product category or reach out to competition@cee1.org to discuss your unique connected product or system.
Complete your Request to Submit form (submissions due March 31, 2025).
The Request to Submit is simple – just share your contact info, product description, and link to product spec sheet(s). Competition Sponsors will begin to review your entry once you complete the Request to Submit.
Finalists Selected (April 2025).
Selected finalists will be asked to provide additional product information, as well as a sample product for installation. Full requirements will be provided to finalists.
Finalists will be evaluated by an expert Judging Panel in June 2025.
Winners will be notified in July 2025.
Winning products will be asked to complete a confidential cybersecurity review and share high resolution photos for the award presentations and promotional materials.
All Finalists will receive feedback on their entries at this point.
