Home, Sweet Tech Home

By Digital Trends Staff April 19, 2007

Las Vegas’ Chapel of Love has attracted many a lovebird, and two organizations with vested interests in seeing the ‘home of the future’ become a reality were also smitten in Sin City.

The National Association of Home Builders, or NAHB, and CEDIA, an international trade association of companies that specialize in designing and installing electronic systems for the home, announced on Thursday a cooperative program, called The Home Technology Alliance. The deal will focus on ‘home technology integration’ and communicate the benefits of partnering with CEDIA Members as well as demonstrate the opportunities for providing better service to homeowners regarding technology, according to the company statement.

The companies announced their partnering while attending CEDIA’s Electronic LifestylesExpo, which was held in Las Vegas this week.

According to Parks Associates, a market research firm, installations of home technology will balloon some 20 percent, to a $9.6 billion market by the end of 2007.

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