Dayton, NJ (July 19, 2022) – Somfy, the world’s largest manufacturer of tubular motors for interior window coverings and exterior solar protections, today announces that two Somfy North America products have been awarded by Commercial Integrator in the 2022 BEST Awards. TaHoma Gateway was awarded in the building enhancements, motorized window coverings category. In the control and automation, touchscreen category, the Power over Ethernet (PoE) Touch-Panel Room Controller won the top award. 

Commercial Integrator is the first publication dedicated to addressing the needs of professional integrators who serve the small and midsize business (SMB) market. The BEST Awards program was created to feature products and services that positively contribute to the commercial AV industry. 

“As the leading manufacturer of motors and controls for interior window coverings and exterior solar protections, our team is constantly innovating to meet the ever-evolving trends in the home and building automation industry. I am honored to see two of our products recognized by Commercial Integrator for innovation, functionality, and their competitive advantage,” said David Parrett, Product Marketing Director, Somfy North America.

Earlier this year, Somfy North America’s TaHoma Gateway won gold in the Connected Home category of the 2021 Most Valuable Product Awards for Residential Construction by Products Magazine and was also awarded Best New Style Concept in the Motorization and Automation category by the Window Covering Manufacturers Association (WCMA). TaHoma uses open and forward-thinking technology to provide a single platform to control a wide range of interior and exterior motorized products along with the rest of the modern smart building. It enables users to create scenes and schedules using an app and integrate with third-party smart home systems.

The PoE Touch-Panel Room Controller is a new-wave user interface that provides local room control of motorized shades, draperies and more. With two-way communication, the touch panel allows users to see where shades are positioned in real-time and control up to 20 gateways, individually or as a group, to offer optimal natural light management in any room of the home. 

For more information about TaHoma gateway, please visit: https://www.somfysystems.com/en-us/products/smart-home-controls/controls/tahoma 

For more information about PoE Touch Panel Room Controller please visit: https://www.somfysystems.com/en-us/products/1870811/poe-touch-panel-room-controller-white 

For more information about the Commercial Integrator 2022 BEST Awards please visit: https://www.commercialintegrator.com/news/commercial-integrator-best-awards-winners-2022/ 

About Somfy

Somfy is the world’s largest manufacturer of motors for interior window coverings and exterior shading solutions. For more than 50 years, Somfy has designed and manufactured intelligent motorization solutions to improve everyday life. By creating safe, reliable, and sustainable solutions that support the best way of living, Somfy delivers convenient natural light management solutions for any space. With 200+ million motors produced over the last half-century, Somfy innovates to automate and connect shades, blinds, draperies, awnings, rolling shutters, and exterior screens & pergolas for commercial and residential buildings in 58 countries across the globe. For more information, visit http://www.somfysystems.com

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