Excellence Awards Registration





Enter Your Best Projects to Win a 2023 Lutron Excellence Award


Now in its 21st year, the Lutron Excellence Awards program recognizes the world’s best projects using Lutron lighting and shading control solutions, including HomeWorks lighting control systems, Palladiom, Sivoia QS, and Triathlon shading systems, and Ketra intelligent lighting systems.
  • Entries are due July 24th.
  • Winners will be announced September 7th during an in-person event in Denver.
  • Winners will receive a crystal award, marketing materials, and will have their names added to a plaque at Lutron’s global Experience Centers.


2023 Award Categories

  1. Best Sivoia QS or Triathlon Shading Project- Show us your best Lutron shading installation. What challenges did you encounter during the design and/or installation process? What unique homeowner requests or design considerations needed to be addressed? How are the shades integrated into the rest of the home’s control systems?
  2. Best HomeWorks Project- Submit your best application of a HomeWorks system, including the keypads, the panel wiring, and the integration with other systems. Tell us why a HomeWorks system was the clear choice for your clients and describe the challenges you needed to overcome, as well as any special homeowner requests.
  3. Best Use of Intelligent Ketra Lighting Systems- Show us an outstanding project that includes a Ketra intelligent lighting system. Tell us why a Ketra solution was the clear choice for this project and how the system’s unique features enhance the home’s design and the homeowner’s life.
  4. Best Immersive Lutron Experience (Showroom or Event)- It’s all about the experience! Demonstrate how your showroom or event has created an immersive Lutron and Ketra experience for your clients and prospects and the sales results.
  5. Best Renovation/Retrofit Project- Lutron wireless solutions make it easy to tackle renovation projects. Submit your best retrofit project and explain how Lutron products satisfied your clients’ requests and helped keep the project on track.
  6. Best Collaboration with an Architect, Interior Designer, or Lighting Designer- Tell us about your collaborative efforts with an architect, interior designer, or lighting designer (or a combination of all three). How did you work together to balance the homeowner’s technology requests with the design plan? How has your relationship with the specifier evolved and developed into more collaborative projects? *Submissions must include a video or written testimonial from the specifier.
  7. (NEW!) Best Overall Project from a New Lutron Dealer- Been a Lutron dealer for two years or less? This award is for you! Show us the Lutron project you are most proud of and tell us why it should be recognized.

2023 Entry Guidelines

  1. Eligible projects must have been completed between June 1st, 2022, and May 30th, 2023.
  2. You can submit an unlimited number of projects, but a project can only be submitted into one award category.
  3. Entries must be submitted through this online entry portal. Emailed entries will not be accepted.
  4. Entries will be accepted through 11:59pm EDT on Monday, July 24th.
  5. If you are a resident of Puerto Rico or Guam, before entering, please email us at ExcellenceAwards@lutron.com.
  6. Click here for a list of additional rules and requirements.


Crafting Your Entry

  1. To enter the contest, each entrant must complete and submit online entry details found within the registration section of the Contest Site’s online entry portal, including completion of all the elements described in this Section (each, an “Entry”) prior to the end of the Entry Period. Each Entry must be entered into one of the seven (7) categories (each, a “Category”) described on the Contest Site.
  2. You can submit a maximum of 10 photos per project (.JPG only) and/or up to five minutes of video (.MP4 format). Professional photos are always preferred!
  3. Every entry requires a completed Photo Release and Project Verification Form.
  4. Entries should include anything that will help the judges understand the uniqueness of your project – a great narrative, professional (if possible) photos, videos, client testimonials, challenges overcome- – get creative and sell that project!

One (1) winning Entry will be chosen from each of the seven categories. The eligible Entry with the highest total score for each category will be selected as the winner for that category. In the event of a tie, a category may have more than one winner. Judges reserve the right to select more than one winner in the Judges’ Choice category.

Need Help?

For questions or help, contact ExcellenceAwards@lutron.com.