Show Report: Top Ten Innovations at Light + Building 2018
By Mark Warburton, Ivory Egg. Having spent the full six days at Light + Building 2018, plus a preview day on the Saturday, I was able to see the majority of the show – well, the building part anyway! Other than a decent coffee, the key thing I was looking for was innovation. Those products […]
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 […]
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 […]
Interview: Mike Blackman, ISE
Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) is the world’s largest trade show for professional audio/visual manufacturers and service providers. It attracts over 1200 international exhibitors and 75,000 attendees to a four-day exhibition that takes place in Amsterdam every February (6-9 February 2018). It’s a B2B show held in 15 halls at the RAI Amsterdam, supplemented by a […]
Overview: What will 2018 Bring the KNX Industry?
By Mark Warburton, Ivory Egg. The beginning of another year – and in this year KNX will mark it 28th anniversary! I do often wonder at what point the founders of KNX realised that the system they had created was truly capable of establishing itself as the preferred solution for building automation. Without the Internet, […]