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Heather Elias to Lead Pearl Certification’s Real Estate Division

Heather Elias to Lead Pearl Certification’s Real Estate Division

Heather Elias to Lead Pearl Certification’s Real Estate Division
Heather Elias, Pearl Certification

Heather Elias, long-time REALTOR and broker, joins Pearl Certification as its new Vice President of the Real Estate Division.

Pearl Certification, the industry’s foremost third-party certification program for high-performing homes, announces that Heather Elias, a real estate and marketing expert, will lead the company’s Real Estate Division as its new Vice President.

“I’m thrilled to join a purpose-centered company that is striving to transform the national housing market for good,” said Elias. “The ‘north star’ of my nearly two decades of work in real estate has been to do everything I could to improve the industry, and this role gives me a unique opportunity to have a massive impact.” 

As a true pioneer of the real estate industry’s digital era, Elias was one of the first real estate agents in the U.S. to leverage digital marketing to build a business by blogging about her local area when she became a REALTOR® 19 years ago.

Prior to joining Pearl, Elias served as CEO of Artisan Consulting, advising numerous proptech companies as they expanded into the real estate industry. Her work included building and launching a national, referral-only real estate brokerage, creating and managing influencer/advocate programs, and developing recruiting and brand strategies for brokerages.

Elias’s prior roles also included overseeing the social and digital strategy for the National Association of REALTORS® as its Director of Social Business Practice and championing the brand story for Century 21 Redwood Realty, leading the brokerage’s expansion to 12 offices and nearly 500 agents.

“Pearl is delighted to welcome Heather to a key role in Pearl’s leadership team,” said Robin LeBaron, co-founder and president of Pearl Certification. “She has an exceptionally broad and deep knowledge of the real estate industry, with experience that spans marketing and branding, policy, proptech, and on-the-ground work as a salesperson. Heather’s leadership will be crucial to ensuring that Pearl continues to realize its brand promise — that energy-efficient, high-performing homes are properly valued at time of sale.” 

To learn more about bringing knowledge of high-performing homes to the real estate industry or to join the Pearl Network, please visit pearlcertification.com/real-estate-pros/.

About Pearl: Pearl Certification is the gold standard in high-performing home certifications, bringing visibility to the valuable features that make them healthy, safe, comfortable, and energy- and water-efficient. Pearl is the only national sponsor of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Home Performance with ENERGY STAR® program and is a partner with the National Association of REALTORS® Green Resource Council. Pearl has certified and provided appraisal addenda on over 132,000 homes in 44 states and Washington, D.C. Pearl Certified homes sell on average for 5.5% more than comparable homes, according to independent appraiser studies. https://pearlcertification.com/

Contact Information:

Caprice Johnson

Marketing Manager, Real Estate Division

[email protected]

(646) 463-2826

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Audfly’s Focusound is Winner of the iF DESIGN AWARD 2023

Audfly’s Focusound is Winner of the iF DESIGN AWARD 2023

Audfly Technology, one of the foremost experts in directional sound technology, today is announcing the winner of this year’s iF DESIGN AWARD, the world-renowned design prize. The winning product, Focusound™: The see-thru glass directional speaker, won in the discipline of Audio and the categories of glass directional speaker. 

Each year, the world’s oldest independent design organization, Hannover-based iF International Forum Design GmbH, organizes the iF DESIGN AWARD. The winning product, Focusound, is the first-of-its-kind glass directional speaker that projects directional stereo sound to the target area ONLY without disturbing others. It provides users with an isolated and private sound experience. Focusound won over the 133-member jury, thanks to its unique focused-sound emitting capability and cutting-edge innovation.

With its unique focused-sound emitting capability and cutting-edge innovation, Focusound will free you from headphones while still enjoying incredible spatial sound. Whether relaxing at home, playing games, having a video conference in a busy office or watching a football game at night, do it all without worry about being too loud and disturbing others, even in the same room.

The competition was fierce, with almost 11,000 entries submitted from 56 countries worldwide, making this a remarkable achievement for Audfly Technology and its groundbreaking product.

More information about Focusound™: The see-thru glass directional speaker can be found in the “ALL Winners” section on www.ifdesign.com or the entry profile https://ifdesign.com/en/winner-ranking/project/focusound-the-see-thru-glass-directional-speaker/552646?q=focusound.

Audfly Technology has been at the forefront of directional sound technology for various industries worldwide since 2015. Focusound is the brand name for its directional sound products and solutions, utilizing revolutionary audio technology to create sound in a narrow beam and direct it to the desired listening area in a highly directional way, providing an effective way to create an independent audio zone.

Focusound utilizes a revolutionary audio technology to create sound in a narrow beam and direct it to the desired listening area in a highly directional way, providing an effective way to create an independent audio zone with immersive, noise-free, and spatial audio experience, fulfilling users’ audio privacy needs.

Thousands of applications have been installed all over the world, and standard products and customized modules are both available. For more information on Audfly and Focusound solutions, please see https://www.focusound.com/. Audfly delivers sound exactly where you want it.

About the iF DESIGN AWARD 

Since 1954, the iF DESIGN AWARD has been recognized as an arbiter of quality for excellent design. The iF Design brand is renowned worldwide for outstanding design services, and the iF DESIGN AWARD is one of the most important design prizes in the world. It honors design achievements in all disciplines: product, packaging, communication and service design, architecture and interior architecture, as well as professional concept, user experience (UX), and user interface (UI). All award-winning entries are featured on www.ifdesign.com.

Contact Information:

shujuan chen

marketing manager

[email protected]

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