Navigant Research Expects Revenue from Energy Efficient Building Products and Services to Total More than US$4.3 Billion from 2015 to 2023
Building envelope technologies represent the largest energy efficient building market segment, report finds A recent report from Navigant Research analyzes the global market for commercial building energy efficient products and services, including global market forecasts for revenue through 2023. Today’s building stock accounts for a substantial amount of global energy use, putting increased pressure on […]
KNX Austria Holds 2015 Awards Ceremony at Power Days in Salzburg
The annual KNX Austria Awards ceremony was held during ‘Power Days’, the leading Austrian exhibition for electronics which took place in Salzburg in March 2015. The 1st prize was awarded to the project ‘HTL St. Pölten, Abteilung Elektrotechnik’. This was a joint project by system integrators Fa. Schmied & Fellmann and Ing. Gerhard Hinterhofer of […]
ON World Finds Data Reliability is the Most Important Feature of a Smart Home System
Early Smart Home Adopters Expect 50+ Wireless Sensors in Their Home by 2018 Wireless mesh sensor networks are making the smart home promise a reality, according to a survey by global technology research firm ON World. According to the ON World survey with over 1,000 U.S. adults, over a third believe they will have wireless […]
Wolf Offers KNX Interface Kit for its Air-Conditioning and Heating Technology
Perfect smart home interface for detached houses and apartment blocks The Wolf KNX interface kit makes it possible to integrate Wolf system components into the KNX building automation system. In this way, all gas and oil condensing boilers with BlueStream® (CGB-2, CGS-2, CGW-2, CSZ-2, MGK-2, TOB), plus the BWL-1S split heat pump, can be integrated. […]
KNX Userclub Greece Holds 1st Meeting in 2015 at the National Technical University of Athens
On February 11th, more than 55 participants from Greece and Cyprus attended the first meeting in 2015 of the KNX Userclub Greece. This event was held at the premises of KNX Scientific Partner, the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), and offered the unique opportunity to learn about the NTUA’s current research project about KNX. […]
AYPRO Technology Joins the KNX Association
AYPRO Technology is a designer, developer and manufacturer of electronic systems. Its focus is on intelligent solutions for control and management of residential and commercial buildings. AYPRO Technology has been developing video door phone and smart home systems for 10 years and shares its experience in IP touch panel solutions with KNX partners. Based in […]
Bluetooth SIG Research Finds Strong Demand for Smart Home Devices If They Are Simple To Use, Interoperable And Secure
From Sci-Fi to Reality: Almost Half of Consumers Think The Smart Home Will be Mainstream in Five Years New research from the Bluetooth Special Interest Group shows that almost half (46 percent) of consumers think smart home devices will become mainstream within five years. The survey, which looked at US, UK and German consumer attitudes […]
KNX South Africa Succeeds at Power&Electricity World Africa 2015
After the successful Road Show in 2014, KNX South Africa did not wait long before participating at its next event, Power&Electricity World Africa 2015 which was he;d in Johannesburg in March 2015. Topics presented to visitors were focussed on specific KNX solutions, as well as KNX city. This was due to the current energy crisis […]
Smart Buildings 2015 Conducts Pre-Election Opinion Poll of Smart Buildings Sector
The Conservative party has taken the lead in a pre-election opinion poll conducted by Smart Buildings 2015, part of UK Construction Week, despite 71 per cent of respondents claiming that the needs of the construction industry have been ignored by the key political parties. The survey questioned architects, specifiers, design consultants and installers from around […]
Iddero Announces Availability of the new Iddero Home Server
Iddero has announced immediate availability of the new Iddero Home Server: A compact home automation server for visualisation and control of KNX installations. The new Iddero Home Server is a perfect fit for projects that demand an advanced smartphone- or tablet-based visualisation, a wide array of functionality, and an excellent feature to price ratio: • […]