ESX announces 2024 Innovation Award winners

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—The Electronic Security Expo (ESX) has revealed the winners of the 2024 Innovation Awards, recognizing excellence and innovation within the electronic security and life safety industry. 

These prestigious awards highlight next-generation products and services that present significant growth opportunities for integrator companies.

An independent panel of judges selected the winners based on a comprehensive set of criteria, including ingenuity, applicability, response to market needs, and more. The 2024 ESX Innovation Awards judging panel, led by Preston Atkins, systems engineer at Certified Alarm Co. of AL Inc., also included Richard Tampier, VP of Everon Solutions, Jamie Byrd, VP of business development at Security Central, and Gregory R. Breyer, director of fire business development at Zeus Fire & Security.

“The ESX Innovation Award winners showcase the industry’s leading-edge advancements,” said ESX Chairman George De Marco. “These innovative products and services are driving efficiency and profitability. Congratulations to this year’s outstanding innovators for shaping the future of security and life safety technology.”

The following are the breakthrough technologies for 2024 that earned them the Innovation Awards (winners listed in alphabetical order by category:

Access Control/ ID Systems

Readers / Keypads

• AC-2DM by Aiphone

Fire/ Life Safety

Detection Appliances – Smoke / Heat / Gas Detection Services

• FireProtect 2 RB (Heat/Smoke/CO) UL Jeweller by Ajax Systems

Cellular / Radio Communications

• Super Dual StarLink Fire Max2 Supervised Dual SIM/ Dual Path Communicator by NAPCO Security Technologies Inc.

Installation/ Service Tools

Tools / Testers

• Camerashine Surveillance Cleaning Kit – Clean Any Camera Safely from the Ground by Camerashine

Systems Design / LifeCycle Maintenance – Commercial

• System Surveyor 2.0 by System Surveyor

Intrusion Systems

Outdoor Detection

• MotionCam Outdoor (PhOD) Jeweller by Ajax Systems

Monitoring (Central Station)

Alarm Monitoring for End User

• Patented Becklar Engage Platform– an AI-Powered Platform that Makes a Difference in the Moments that Matter by Becklar

Smart Home– Electronics, Control Systems, & Networking

IT / Networking

• Araknis 920-Series Switch by Snap One

Home Automation / Home Control Systems

• Control4 Halo Touch Remote by Snap One

Specialty Products & Services

Power Supplies & Batteries

• CP1500PFCRM2U PFC Sinewave Short-Depth UPS System by CyberPower Systems

Video Surveillance

Managed Video

• Advanced Interactive Video Monitoring and Remote Guarding Solution – Eyeforce by Becklar

Video Analytics

• Alarm.com AI Deterrence (AID) by Alarm.com

Video Management Software

• Eagle Eye 911 Camera Sharing/ Eagle Eye 911 Public Safety Sharing Complete by Eagle Eye Networks

Megapixel / HD Cameras

• First Alert VX3 HD Outdoor Camera by Resideo

IP Cameras

• TurretCam (8 Mp/2.8mm) by Ajax Systems

The awards ceremony took place during the ESX 2024 Expo, where attendees explored these cutting-edge products and services.