The Customer Energy Management System: a tool to regain control over energy costs
With so much unpredictability in the energy market, Kurt Vemeylen describes how using an intelligent system to manage grid and self-generated power consumption can help reduce bills. Climate change has made the world realise that energy consumption must be reoriented to using renewable energy sources. In Belgium, The Government addressed this by offering discounts to […]
KNX IoT: Part 2 – the advantages of Thread
In the second of this series of articles on KNX IoT, Bruno Johnson explains how KNX and the wireless Thread protocol bring benefits to commercial building automation. Part 1 of this series on KNX IoT introduced the fact that the opportunity to develop digital services from cloud-based applications requires Internet protocol (IP) based network connections […]
New Free Online Training: how to prevent access to KNX installations
KNXtoday Editor, Yasmin Hashmi, previews the new free-of-charge 30-minute training for anyone about to enrol on a certified KNX Basic Course and needs to understand the fundamentals of system security. Any communication technology is a target for hackers, and this includes home and building automation systems. The demand for smart home and smart building technology […]
System Maintenance: why systems integrators must fight for panel access
Simon Buddle explains that when space is at a premium, design teams can be tempted to place control panels in accessible locations, with adverse consequences for system maintenance. We’ve spoken before about maintenance on jobs. It should be a standard part of everyone’s business. Systems, once commissioned and signed off, should naturally roll over into […]
Show Report: KNX at IoT Solutions World Congress 2023
Yasmin Hashmi reports on KNX Association’s impressive presence at the recent IoT Solutions World Congress held at the Fira Barcelona, 31 January to 3 February 2023. The IoT Solutions World Congress (IOTSWC) 2023 was collocated with ISE 2023 at the Fira Barcelona, Spain. KNX had a large presence at both events, and was keen to […]
Energy Management: why e-charging at home with KNX is good for the planet and your pocket
Simon Buddle looks at the practicalities of car charging on the road and at home, and explains why it makes sense to integrate it with KNX. We, like, I’m sure, many of you do, have a tradition at Christmas. Ours is to run away and hide somewhere. We’re not fans of turkey, wrapping paper or […]
Spotlight: remote debugging of KNX installations
Colin Price discusses why remote monitoring makes sense for systems integrators when trying to debug operational issues, and gives practical examples of how a new product, KNXMonitor, can facilitate this. Finishing a KNX installation completely and handing over the perfect project to a client can sometimes be annoyingly delayed by nagging intermittent problems. Whether we […]
Show Report: KNX at ISE 2023
Yasmin Hashmi reports on the recent Integrated Systems Europe show held at the Fira Barcelona, 31 January to 3 February 2023. This was our first trip to ISE after its move from Amsterdam to Barcelona and I have to say that the hall layout was much more straightforward. Covering 58,000m2, this was the largest ISE […]
KNX IoT: Part 1 – an introduction
In the first of this series of articles on KNX IoT, Bruno Johnson and Wouter van der Beek explain how KNX has fast become the leading wireless IoT solution for commercial building automation. Digital transformation has been one the main strategy topics on company board meeting agendas for the last few years. The opportunity to […]
Interview: Thais Giordani on daring to dream
Thais Giordani talks about the challenges facing women in automation technology, and what has made her two-times KNX-award-wining systems integration company such a success. Eight years ago, Thais Giordani and Valeria Gonçalves were two public servants with a dream: to transform people’s lives through technology. With the growth in civil construction, they saw automation as […]