CEDIA: The Association for the Best Residential Electronics Systems Integrators

CEDIA (Custom Electronics Design and Installation Association) is the industry association for audio and video integrators. CEDIA is based in Indianapolis, Indiana and it offers certification, standardization, and network opportunities to its members. There are about 3,500 CEDIA companies around the world. Jump past the break to learn more about what CEDIA does for the industry and what it could do for a business.

Audio for Green Rides

Get ready for an Innovation special. This week’s post will shift its focus away from the green home audio / visual world and into the automotive world. But, don’t worry; this post will still be very green and there might even be a touch of audio. Manufacturers of new energy efficient vehicles do everything they can to squeeze out every last mile of range possible. Improving aerodynamics and reducing weight usually accomplishes this. Hybrid cars that use both a gas engine and electric motors to power the wheels can manage good gas mileage and performance just by improving those two things. However, vehicles powered solely by electric motors (or they have a gas engine whose sole function is to charge the batteries; the electric motors only power the wheels to propel the car forward) need more than just low weight and good aerodynamics; they need to have energy efficient electronics and low drag auxiliary components (the air conditioning compressor is usually powered by an electric motor instead of the engine).