IHS Finds US Building Automation Market Primed for Growth
Could Help Commercial Structures Cope with Rising Energy Costs The U.S. market for building automation equipment is set to grow by more than 40 percent within a five-year period ending in 2017, spurred by the need in commercial buildings for more efficient energy consumption, according to a new report from IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS). With […]
ATV Systems Offers KNX Lab Portable Training Systems
KNX Lab 1 – A condensed educational system KNX technology Discover KNX Lab 1, a complete training system and mobile standing in a suitcase. It allows a complete pedagogical approach to the principles of a facility managed by the KNX protocol. Our educational system KNX Lab 1 was designed around the communications protocol KNX home […]
BSRIA Forecasts Connected and Smart Home Market Will Reach €620 Million in Europe by 2015
The Connected and Smart Home product market grew by almost 19% in the period 2010-2012 to reach just over €510 million and is estimated to grow by 8% in average each year until 2015. Smart home market applications. Source: BSRIA Smart Home Study 2013 (click image to zoom)The current Connected & Smart home market still […]
Lithoss Adds Temperature Sensor to its KNX Switch Range
Lithoss continues to develop products that will expand its range KNX switches. The manufacturer now offers a multi function switch with KNX support and integrated temperature sensor. The temperature sensor is built on the top of the frame, which allows for discreet integration. As in other models in the Lithoss KNX range, there is no […]
Frost & Sullivan Expects Sensor Technologies to Become an Integral Part of Buildings
Focusing on minimizing false readings and improving accuracy will quicken widespread adoption Growing interest in energy conservation and reducing carbon dioxide emissions has encouraged research in energy-efficient buildings and stepped up the use of sensors in building applications. In fact, the construction of green buildings has become easier with the advent of smart sensors and […]
Auto-adapting homes to context: a semantic-based evolution of KNX standard protocol
Home and building automation aims at improving features and capabilities of household systems and appliances. Nevertheless, current solutions lack in context-awareness. The integration of knowledge representation features and reasoning techniques (originally devised for the Semantic Web) into standard home automation protocols can offer high-level services to users. A semantic-based approach is proposed, able to interface […]
Navigant Research Forecasts Sensors and Network Control Gear for Intelligent Lighting Will Reach US$2.7 Billion in Annual Revenue by 2020
As falling prices for light-emitting diode (LED) lighting systems drive up adoption rates of LED lamps in the coming years, the adoption of intelligent lighting controls is also expected to accelerate. Intelligent lighting controls, including occupancy sensors, photosensors, and networked controls, offer building owners and managers the same central monitoring and management capabilities for lighting […]
Autonomic Debuts New KNX Control System Interface for its Mirage Media Solutions at ISE 2014
Stand 5-R97, ISE 2014 In-house development of new modules will provide ultimate user experience and critical tools for integrators Autonomic, known for supplying the custom electronics industry with award-winning high performance cloud-based media solutions, has announced the introduction of newly developed control system interface modules, making the Mirage Media Server and Mirage Audio System compatible […]
Light+Building 2014 Features Light and Health Theme
For many years light was simply reduced to its basic function: providing brightness to enable vision-related tasks to still be done even after dark. Now it has been recognised that light has a tremendous influence on people and their health. Light significantly determines our well-being, it controls our sleep / wake patterns and during the […]
Gira Presents New KNX Module for its Dual/VdS Smoke Alarm Devices at ISE 2014
Stand 7-P180, ISE 2014 Gira will present its new KNX module for the Dual/VdS smoke alarm device at ISE 2014. This KNX module integrates a Dual/VdS smoke alarm device into the KNX control system. Using this module, fault messages from a smoke detector can be registered and their origins can be linked to specific rooms, […]