Light + Building Announces Design Plus Competition to Honour Products by Exhibitors and Students
Exhibition of award-winning products and presentation during Light + Building The ‘Design Plus powered by Light + Building’ competition stands for the great innovativeness and future-oriented design of exhibitors of Light + Building and spotlights the sustainability and convenience offered by their products. The award is a seal of quality for products that combine future […]
KNX Members Present Home and Building Control Solutions at ISE 2016
The worldwide Standard for Home and Building Control KNX provides variable control of multimedia technology throughout the entire home and building. KNX manufacturers are developing solutions for so-called multi-room systems which are becoming increasingly simple and convenient – for both the user as well as the installer. The show ISE, Integrated Systems Europe, is Europe´s […]
Gartner Says Smart Cities Will Use 1.6 Billion Connected Things in 2016
Smart Commercial Buildings to Lead with 518 Million Connected Things in Use in 2016 Gartner, Inc. estimates that 1.6 billion connected things will be used by smart cities* in 2016, an increase of 39 percent from 2015. “Smart commercial buildings will be the highest user of Internet of Things (IoT) until 2017, after which smart […]
Beckhoff Shows PC-based Control with KNX Integration at ISE 2016
Welcome to ISE, the leading European trade show for audio, lighting, event and communication technology. PC-based control technology from Beckhoff enables optimum integration of media technology, lighting control, building automation and control logic. The consistent, highly scalable automation platform offers all relevant interfaces for integrating AV multimedia and lighting systems. You can rely on our […]
nomos System Shows KNX Integration With Samsung’s SmartThings on Intel’s IoT Platform at ISE 2016
nomos enables universal integration with KNX and Intel. The nOS is designed to unlock all multimedia, software, service and building automation protocols known today, connecting them with proprietary IoT apps such as Samsung’s SmartThings or any other Apple HomeKit compatible app. nomos system AG, a patented Internet of Things (IoT) automation software platform provider, announces […]
TAPKO Technologies Presents its KNX IP and Power Supply Innovations at Light + Building 2016
New UIM-KNX IP without additional external power supply The new UIM-KNX IP is an interface device to TP over IP. This device is the first of its class that needs no external power supply. Customer benefit is more space in the distribution board, less cabling, less mounting time, resulting in lower installation cost. This provides […]
Trade Talk: Compensating for Cold Snaps with Weather Sensors and PID Controllers
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. We are well known for moaning about the weather in UK. In the summer it’s too hot, and in the autumn it’s too wet or windy. When the winter is warm, phrases such as, ‘It’s global warming causing it, you know’ are glibly thrown into any street corner chat. […]
Tips: How to Sell KNX
By Mark Warburton, Ivory Egg. Continuing from last month’s article about making KNX more accessible, let’s have a look at one approach to selling. Firstly, let’s have a look at the background. Not the background of KNX, but the background of those who are responsible for selling and promoting KNX. It is important to consider […]
Advice for Architects, Designers and Building Planners: Integrating Community Energy – Part 1
By Paul Foulkes, EchoHouse. Technology for buildings could be about to take a leap forward. You can control your heating from an app on your phone, and your lights, and even home security cameras. But can you do it from ONE app on all phones? Is there one system that can do it all? We […]
How to Solve it: Integrating KNX Systems with other Standard Technologies to Solve Complex Projects using the NETxAutomation BMS Server
By Julio Díaz García, Sapienx Automation. The Problem Using the KNX standard allows us to design effective and comprehensive automation solutions for many different types of project. On many occasions however, due to size and/or complexity, certain parts of a project may have been implemented using other technologies. We then have to integrate these into […]