Solutions: HVAC – We Need a Holistic Approach
By Mark Warburton, Ivory Egg. It seems a bit odd writing about heating systems at the start of spring, but unfortunately, the specification of control systems doesn’t follow a seasonal pattern. In fact it is probably a good time to reflect on the last few months, as it has been a very odd winter in […]
Best Practice: Project Files and Ownership
By Simon Buddle, KNXtoday. I’ve spent many years working in the AV and control systems industry, and for a number of those years I had my head buried deep in a laptop with noughts and ones flying past my ears all day. Ah those halcyon days, donning the wizard’s hat and entering the dark and […]
Business: KNX Project Management
By Jesús Arias García, KNXin. System integration based on KNX is an art, and, like any art, far from being chaotic or random, it needs a considerable investment in organising, planning, learning and acquiring experience. In a nutshell, the KNX Association looks after the standard, KNX Members (manufacturers) deliver a portfolio of KNX products that […]
Dr KNX: ETS4 User Interface Questions
By Dr KNX. Dear KNXers, I am sure that by now you have heard the news about the forthcoming new-generation ETS5 software. Well this is not planned to be available until October 2014. In the meantime, many of you are still getting to know ETS4, so this month I will deal with a number of […]
Show Report: Highlights from Light + Building 2014
By Yasmin Hashmi, KNXtoday. This year’s Light + Building took place between 30 March – 4 April, had a record 2458 exhibitors and attracted a record 211,500 trade visitors from 161 countries, with nearly half coming from outside Germany. Admittedly, a lot of the exhibition space at Light+Building is dedicated to electrical equipment and decorative […]
Show Report: Five Things Learnt from Light+Building 2014
By Duncan Greene and Chris Topham, Abtec Building Technologies. This year, there were two good reasons for us attending Light+Buidling: the KNX TOP Event in which we participated as a KNX Award Nominee; and to see as much building automation technology on the show floor as we could. Here is our roundup of the five […]
Show Report: Trends at Light+Building 2014
By Sophie Thomas, Ivory Egg. Fresh off the plane from Frankfurt and the world’s largest trade fair for lighting and building technology – Light+Building 2014, the Ivory Egg team is full of enthusiasm for what we have seen. With two ‘first-timers’ in the Ivory Egg group, namely Nikita Thompson and Matt Emberson, and our long-lost […]
Solutions: Why Metering is Key to Reducing Energy Use in the Home
By Mark Warburton, Ivory Egg. Active metering is key to reducing demand on natural resources and reducing utility bills. By including metering and a method to easily view data – for example, on a smartphone as part of a KNX installation – your customer will be able to review both live and historical water, electricity […]
Country Profile: KNX Croatia
By Olivera Tomic, Apricum. Croatia is a democratic parliamentary republic at the crossroads of Central Europe, Southeast Europe, and the Mediterranean. It has a population of 4.28 million and its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The International Monetary Fund classified Croatia as an emerging and developing economy, and the World Bank identified it as […]
Interview: Lillian Andersen, Schneider Electric Denmark
Lillian Andersen has been the KNX Product Manager at Schneider Electric Denmark since 2008. Schneider Electric is a global specialist in energy management, and in Denmark it has a big footprint in developing different BMS systems such as KNX. Andersen is an electronics engineer, and prior to her current position, she had been working with […]