Kicks Off Month of Events With 'Smartest Home in America' Contest IRVINE, Calif., May 4 /PRNewswire/ -- SmartLabs, Inc., the world's leading provider of home automation and electronic home improvement products, will celebrate electronic home improvement month during May. It will host events throughout the month and kick off the celebration today with its "Smartest Home in America" contest. While many think of home improvement as remodeling bathrooms and upgrading kitchen countertops, there is a much simpler and more cost effective way to add value to your home called electronic home improvement. SmartLabs, Inc. and its subsidiary Smarthome.com are championing this new concept in home improvement and want homeowners to know that there are simple, affordable and easy to install products available that add convenience, safety and fun to the home. Electronic home improvement means upgrading your home's electrical switches that control lights, ceiling and ventilation fans and other devices is a simple way to add value to your home. It's simple to do and it does not have to cost a lot of money. SmartLabs products have a "smart" technology built-in called INSTEON, which enables their switches to "talk" to each other, making installation simple and creating the foundation for a home control network. The "Smartest Home in America" contest is designed to find out the best new ideas of how homeowners are improving everyday life in the home through automation. The grand prize winner will receive a $1,000 shopping spree at Smarthome.com. The second prize will receive a $500 gift certificate and the third prize winner $250. To enter, contestants simply visit www.smarthome.com/ehihacontest.html complete the entry from and describe how they have electronically improved their home.
