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, […]
Trade Talk: Putting Power in the Hands of the Customer
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. Whilst researching for an opening to this article, I did the usual Internet trawling to find some inspiration. Here were the top Google results for ‘Power’: ‘Should Donald Trump Have Power to Launch Nuclear Missiles?’ – an article in Time magazine. ‘Donald Trump betting odds’ – from the bookmaker, […]
Business: Wholesaler & Manufacturer Support for Systems Integrators on Large Projects
By Danny Lawless, ARK M&E Ltd. As KNX is being increasingly specified in home automation systems by consultants, especially in large multi-dwelling unit (MDU) high-rise buildings, the KNX part of the whole M&E (mechanical & electrical) tender is required to be costed as a specialist package. Some project tenders can be multi-stage, with the early […]
Trade Talk: Quoting and Project Management Software
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. Creating quotes takes a considerable amount of time. They are not as simple as adding up a list of devices and putting a cost to them all. A quote requires many elements; firstly, we need to be able to understand the functions of each device. Then there is the […]
Tutorial: Securing KNX Systems
By Mark Warburton, Ivory Egg. Over the last month during a few talks and presentations I’ve given, it has become clear that the security of KNX and other IoT systems is still a concern for a lot of people. It’s great that people are aware of the potential risk when connecting a building to the […]
Show Report: Thai Building Fair 2017
By Daniele Caso and Giangiacomo Pastore, Eelectron. The Thai Building Fair is billed as ASEAN’s leading trade fair on building technology, innovation and solutions. Organised by Messe Frankfurt and held in conjunction with the Secutech Thailand show and the Thailand Lighting Fair, this year’s event took place between 16 to 18 November 2017 in the […]
Case Study: Two-hotel KNX Control in Rhodes, Greece
By Georgios Petalidis, Katsidonis Pantelis & Sia EE. This project involved bringing together two hotels, namely the Boutique 5 Hotel & Spa and Princess Andriana Resort & Spa, into the same network using KNX. Boutique 5 Hotel is one of the few five-star Adults Only hotels located in Kiotari, southern Rhodes. Princess Andriana Resort & […]