Business: Do We Need a KNX Partner Certification Maintenance Programme?
By Jesús Arias García, KNXin. As part of my email sign off, I display the two certifications of which I am proudest: • KNX Partner (KONNEX Partner). • PMP (Project Management Professional). Both require a reasonable amount of effort and commitment to attain, and both are very well considered amongst professionals in their respective fields. […]
Best Practice: KNX and Security
By Simon Buddle, KNXtoday. The KNX system offers many great features, from the mundane, day-to-day housekeeping functions such as room temperature monitoring to the more sophisticated control of music, door intercoms, and gates. One of the key benefits that I have always believed strongly in, is the facility to automate tasks, to remove a layer […]
Event Report: International ETS5 Premiere Conference for Training Centres
By Rafal Borek, Home of Technologies. Portugal is renowned for its weather, wine and food, and now, thanks to our host KNX Portugal, and the excellent college facilities at the ATEC training academy in Lisbon for anyone interested in KNX and building automation, I have even more good impressions of the country. The conference to […]
Solutions: Ventilation Control Using KNX
By Sophie Thomas, Ivory Egg. Hopefully summer is on its way, the BBQ gets its annual outing and we pray that we’ll get at least a few days of sunshine to enjoy. Over the past week, temperatures have been rising and this prompts us to think about ventilation. In this article we take a look […]
Dr KNX: Using a KNX USB Interface with Windows 8.1
By Dr KNX. Dear KNXer, The update from Windows 8.0 to 8.1 saw a ‘USB Sleep Mode’ feature added in order to save energy. Unfortunately KNX devices do not support this feature yet, and are therefore simply switched off by Windows 8.1. The only workaround is to switch this newly-introduced ‘USB Sleep Mode’ feature off. […]
Country Profile: KNX New Zealand
By Colin Price, Ivory Egg. KNX New Zealand was formed in 2014 by ABB, Siemens and a handful of enlightened KNX engineers. Its aim is to promote KNX as an open protocol to the New Zealand building trade. There are a few projects that have been completed with KNX over the last few years in […]
Case Study: KNX Installation in Rural Residential Property, Northumberland, UK
By Rachel Wilkinson, My KNX Store. The project involved an extensive refurbishment and extension of a rural residential property in Northumberland, UK. The whole project took 18 months, with the home control installation being carried out between January and December 2012. The architect for the project was Nicholson Nairn, who worked closely with My KNX […]
Best Practice: Aiming for Grade C or Above In Energy Efficiency
By Simon Buddle, KNXtoday. Grade C or above? I’m sure I’ve heard that somewhere before. Of course! It was the constant mantra that teachers used in school when describing our exam requirements. I was simply pleased to get through in one piece, and I’m pretty sure my teachers were pleased to see the back of […]
Business: Sowing the Seeds of Success – Out of Europe
By Jesús Arias García, KNXin. ‘Out of Africa’ is the name of a popular shop in South Africa. It is present in all the South African airports, and it is about all the gear and souvenirs related to the local culture and, of course, stereotypes about this side of the African continent. On this occasion, […]
Solutions: KNX in a BMS World
By Sophie Thomas, Ivory Egg. We have been trying to control our built environment since at least 270BCE, when the first automatic control system device, a water clock, was invented. The first HVAC-related system came about in the 1700s through Rene-Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur’s scale thermometer and his ideas on temperature control of incubators based […]