Country Profile: KNX Korea
By Geny Caloisi, KNXtoday. Despite being Asia’s fourth-largest economy, Korea has been hit by the global economic slump, resulting in a struggling construction and housing market. Facing the current issues of a growing population and limited natural resources, the government has taken strong initiatives for green growth. This is providing interesting opportunities for KNX in […]
Interview: Stephen Payne, Theben UK
Stephen Payne heads up Theben KNX product sales in the UK. A fervent ambassador for the KNX open protocol for many years, he sits on the board of the UK KNX Association, which elected him as its KNX Champion 2012 in recognition of his work. In this exclusive interview with KNXtoday, Payne explains why he […]
Dr KNX: Falcon (SDK)
By Dr KNX. Dear KNXer, We all know about ETS (Engineering Tool Software), but you might not know that ETS consists of several modules. From a technical point of view, these ETS modules can also be used separately. The most import ETS modules are: – Eagle – Hawk – Falcon As you can see, these […]
Case Study: Astor Barn Smart Home Project in Berkshire, UK
By Simon Allen, Bespoke Automation. Astor Barn is the last of seven restored barns that originally formed part of the Model Farm built by Lord Astor of the Cliveden Estate, Berkshire, UK. Property developer Trenec Estates engaged International Lighting Solutions (ILS) and Bespoke Automation, to design and install a KNX home automation system, which is […]
Best Practice: Organising Your Projects
By Simon Buddle, SMC. Whilst doing research for this article, I came across the words ‘the eightfold path’ on the Wiki page for Best Practice. Somewhere lost in the mists of time and my memory, a small box opened and the word ‘Buddhism’ yawned, dusted itself down and wandered into my consciousness. It’s a long […]
Product Review: Seven Inspirational Designs for Smart Home Control
By Jevgeni Maiorov, Smart Electrix Smart homes are growing in popularity, and as an architect or interior designer, you could be a part of this. ‘What is a smart home?’ you may ask. It is the integration of control of the whole house into one system that will make your client’s life more comfortable, efficient […]
Research: Smart Home Market in UK
By Piero Russo & Oleksiy Danilin, BSRIA. In this series of reports, we highlight key findings of our European Smart Home Market Study which was carried out during 2011 with a view to anticipating how the market will develop over the coming years. We undertook the research by interviewing and exchanging information with the top […]
Country Profile: KNX Greece
By Geny Caloisi, KNXtoday. For the past few years, Greece has been going through economic uncertainty and recession. Fortunately, its main industry, tourism, is expected to boost its third-quarter GDP, and the country seems to have had some respite in the second quarter of 2013, according to the country’s statistics body. In these tough economic […]
Interview: Henk Hazeleger, Leertouwer
Henk Hazeleger is an electrotechnical engineer and one of the earliest adopters of EIB (pre-KNX) in Holland. He works for Leertouwer in Barneveld, the Netherlands. Leertouwer is a systems integrator which has been using KNX for the past 15 years. With 150 employees across the Netherlands, the company specialises in security, ICT solutions and telephony […]
Dr KNX: ETS Apps
By Dr KNX. Dear KNXer, Just like the apps that we already know from smartphones and tablets, KNX also offers apps in order to extend the functionality of ETS (Engineering Tool Software) – the KNX programming software package. Sure, the ‘standard’ ETS has more than enough functionality in itself to bring KNX installations alive and […]