Trade Talk: Assisted Living – Preparing for Getting Old
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. Life speeds up as one gets older. In ’76, the long hot summer, I was twelve and it was indeed a very long and very hot summer. My only worries were if there might be a shopping trolley below the water under the bridge that I repeatedly jumped off, […]
Iddero Unveils VERSO+IP 4.3-inch Touchpanel
Stand A31, Hall 9.1, Light + Building 2018 Iddero has just announced the new VERSO+IP: an evolution of the acclaimed Iddero Verso 4,3″ capacitive touchpanel. The VERSO+IP retains the elegant design, attractive visualisation, and advanced functionality of the base model, and adds an Ethernet port for IP connectivity. Just like its predecessor, the VERSO+IP is […]
Market Development: How Electricians can become Ultimate Smart Installers
By Julian Barkes, Bemco. As satellite and AV installations are displaced by IoT devices and an ever-expanding choice of new products and systems, the electrical contracting market has a fantastic opportunity to make up ground lost to the custom install world. This is because nowadays, a wider range of installer skill sets is needed in […]
Trade Talk: DALI 2 and what it Means for KNX
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. I think I might have missed the fanfare heralding the arrival of DALI 2. Or is it just that it has flown under the radar somewhat, like military HALO troops whose goal is to drop through the radar screen unnoticed, or, at worst just as a single blip on […]
Overview: Cooperating to Grow the Influence of Home Control with End-users
By Mark Warburton, Ivory Egg. I saw a great post on LinkedIn recently, asking for recommendations for a smart home solution. Being from the building industry, the person who posted obviously had a lot of contacts that are able to offer some form of A/V or building control solution. Queue a load of replies from […]
Interview: Casto Cañavate on Planning Your KNX Visit at Light + Building 2018
If you want to see the world of KNX at its most impressive, Light + Building (18 – 23 March, Frankfurt, Germany) is the show for you. This biennial show is the world’s largest trade fair for lighting and building services technology, and it is here that KNX really shines. New products are launched, existing […]
Australasia Ratifies KNX as Technical Specification
Home and building automation in Australasia is ready to benefit from a Technical Specification that promotes more product choice, interoperability and future-proofing. The systems integration market in Australia and New Zealand has been operating without any recognised standards, but in December 2017 ‘Standards Australia’ finally announced that it was ready to adopt ISO/IEC 14543.3 (Parts […]
Show Report: KNX at ISE 2018 Bursting at the Seams
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. The RAI exhibition centre is now officially full to capacity. The Integrated Systems Europe Show filled every hall and hallway. It even created a new hall on the plaza in front of the main halls. Hall 15 is open for business. In amongst the projectors, displays and holograms were […]
Show Report: Smart Building Conference and ISE 2018 Show Highlights
By Mark Warburton, Ivory Egg. Once again ISE has broken all records with over 80,000 attendees visiting the 1200 exhibitors over the four-day event. With a new hall added to support the demand from manufacturers, the show was even bigger than ever. Even before the show officially opens, there is the Smart Building Conference along […]
Interview: Iris Jeglitza-Moshage Talks about Light + Building 2018
Light + Building is the world’s largest trade fair for lighting and building services technology. It takes place biennially and is organised by Messe Frankfurt – the world’s largest trade fair, congress and event organiser. Light + Building (L+B) covers all electrically-controlled building services systems and supports integration in the planning of buildings and building […]