Best Practice: Heating Control via KNX – Part 1

By Nikita Thompson, Ivory Egg. As the days warm up and spring is in the air, heating seems like an odd topic to tackle. We all know however, that it is a crucial part of home automation and must be planned well, at the start of the build, no matter what time of year it […]

Country Profile: KNX in Lebanon

By Hrayr Kegham Dantziguian, Building Automation Training Center. Lebanon, the Country of Cedars, is only 10,452 square kilometres, but has numerous universities, and therefore many consulting offices for construction projects in Lebanon and in the Arab World, plus one accredited KNX+ training centre. KNX was introduced in Lebanon nearly two decades ago, but then the […]

Business: A Modular Approach to Sustainable Homes

By Jesús Arias García, KNXin. I know quite a few systems integrators and distributors who aim to deliver modular solutions. This is very interesting, for various reasons. Modular systems can be replicated, which means less effort, and the procedures involved can also be replicated. Costs can be reduced, which helps the penetration of the technology, […]

How to Solve It: Climate Control in Different Rooms

By Hans Walltin, Walltin Building Control. The Problem When planning climate control, i.e. heating and cooling, for different rooms, such as kitchens, living rooms, bedrooms and bathrooms, one problem that could easily occur is an unevenness in temperature between rooms with different functions and characteristics. For example, the kitchen may have very warm cooking areas, […]

Case Study: The King’s School Science Learning Centre, Sydney Australia

By Alistair Grice, mySmartCTI. Founded in 1831, The King’s School is Australia’s oldest and one of its most prestigious independent schools. Located on 148 hectares in the Sydney suburb of North Parramatta, The King’s School is home to around 1500 students, from kindergarten to Year 12. Construction started on the AUS$20M Science Learning Centre in […]

Memoori Research Big Data in Smart Buildings Webinar

Discussion * An in-depth look into the market for Big Data Software in Buildings including content from our new research – www.memoori.com/portfolio/big-data-smart-buildings-2015-2020 * The benefits of Big Data, Data Management and its potential use in Data Analytics. Featured Guest – Jim Sinopoli, Smart Buildings Expert For over 25 years, Mr. Sinopoli has worked extensively on […]

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: • […]

China Lighting Expo

China Lighting Expo 14-16 April 2016 Beijing, China www.chinalightingexpo.com Co-located with China Smart Home & Intelligent Building Expo, China Lighting Expo is the only exhibition jointly organized by two lighting industry associations in China: China Illumination Engineering Society ( CIES) + China Solid State Lighting Alliance (CSA). China Lighting Expo covers a variety of lighting […]

Smart Home and Intelligent Building Expo

Smart Home and Intelligent Building Expo 14-16 April 2016 Beijing, China www.china-ibuildexpo.com As the largest smart home and intelligent building expo in Northern China, everybody is looking forward to the expanding scale of the Smart Home and Intelligent Building Expo 2016. It will connect multiple industries including smart home, internet of things, intelligent building, robots, […]

Shenzhen Yuming Technology Joins the KNX Association

Founded in 2007, the company’s aim is to research, develop and produce the most specialized, the most reliable and the most simple control system. The company has a number of intellectual property rights and has been honored as a “National High-tech Enterprise” and “Shenzhen High-tech Enterprise”. Its business services include the fields of LED building […]