Case Study: KNX Installation in East Coast Villa, Phuket, Thailand
By Ben Hobbs, H3 Digital. Phuket is a tropical island in Thailand visited by more than five million holidaymakers each year. After nearly a decade of visiting, UK businessman Dennis Bacon found an elevated parcel of land for sale on the East coast that featured a stunning 240-degree view of Phang Nga bay. He purchased […]
Dr KNX: What does it take to become a KNX installer, and what software tools are available?
By Dr KNX. Welcome dear KNXers to my new column. Every month, I will do my best to answer a question posed by the KNX community, in the hope that it will help you with issues that commonly arise. To get the ball rolling, I will deal with a question that is regularly posed by […]
Research: Smart Home Market in Sweden
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 Australia
By Alistair Grice, KNX National Group of Australia. In 2010 a number of companies, including ABB, Cisco, Hager B&R, mySmartCTI and Somfy, got together to look at setting up a national group in Australia. With the full support of KNX Association, this initial meeting led to the founding of the KNX Australia National Group. Indeed […]
KNX Provides Comprehensive Control for Energy Efficiency
By Casto Cañavate, KNX Association. In today’s energy-conscious world, people are looking for intelligent technology to help them reduce their power consumption. KNX is a building control protocol and a worldwide standard that has been adopted by numerous manufacturers of systems for all aspects of commercial building and home control. It supports all communication media, […]
Guest Interview: Joost Demarest, the KNX Association
Joost Demarest is one of two Directors of KNX International, and is responsible for the KNX standard, KNX certification and administration. This includes participation in KNX specific working groups as well as membership in international standardisation bodies such as CLC TC205, CEN TC247 and IEC TC57. In this interview, Joost Demarest gives us his take […]
Case Study: Intelligent Lifestyle Aboard the Pegaso Superyacht using KNX
By Ben Lewis, KNX Consultants. As a member of the KNX UK Association, we were commissioned to design and install a KNX intelligent building technology solution for the new Pegaso 73.6m super motor yacht. Pegaso Marine, managers and administrators of the Pegaso fleet, engaged AVIT Marine to provide all the high-end technology for the Pegaso. […]
Case Study: Intelligent Lifestyle Aboard the Pegaso Superyacht using KNX
By Ben Lewis, KNX Consultants. As a member of the KNX UK Association, we were commissioned to design and install a KNX intelligent building technology solution for the new Pegaso 73.6m super motor yacht. Pegaso Marine, managers and administrators of the Pegaso fleet, engaged AVIT Marine to provide all the high-end technology for the Pegaso. […]
Guest Interview: Joost Demarest, the KNX Association
Joost Demarest is one of two Directors of KNX International, and is responsible for the KNX standard, KNX certification and administration. This includes participation in KNX specific working groups as well as membership in international standardisation bodies such as CLC TC205, CEN TC247 and IEC TC57. In this interview, Joost Demarest gives us his take […]