TMR Research Expects the Commercial Building Automation Market to be Worth US$108.49 Billion by 2024
According to a report of Transparency Market Research (TMR), the global commercial building automation market has highly consolidated vendor landscape owing to a presence of handful of companies accounting for the leading share in the market. ABB Ltd., Siemens AG, and United Technologies Corp. These players accounted for near about 39.1% shares in the overall […]
Berg Insight Expects 147 Million Smart Homes in Europe and North America by 2022
Smart Homes and Home Automation is the sixth consecutive report from Berg Insight analysing the latest developments on the connected home markets in Europe and North America. Smart homes and home automation are ambiguous terms used in reference to a wide range of solutions for controlling, monitoring and automating functions in the home. Berg Insight’s […]
Gira Wins Hat Trick of German Innovation Awards
The German Innovation Award honours innovations that are not only novel, but demonstrably generate added value for the user. Even when it come to details of an overall solution, the focus must be on radically centring the user, and thereby the human individual.” This is how the German Design Council describes the notion of innovation […]
Siemens Building Technologies Announces Henning Sandfort as New CEO of its Control Products and Systems Business Unit
Sandfort will be the new CEO of the Control Products and Systems business unit of the Siemens Building Technologies Division. Effective October 1, 2018, the beginning of the next fiscal year, Henning Sandfort (42) will be the new CEO of the Control Products and Systems (CPS) business unit. Sandfort will succeed Uwe Frank, the current […]
Ivory Egg Australia and New Zealand Enters into Partnership with Global M2M
Ivory Egg Australia and New Zealand is proud to announce that it has joined with Global M2M as a Platinum Sales Partner. This partnership will give customers access to the Global M2M/HMS Industrial Networks range of industrial and commercial communication products including the IntesisBox Building Automation gateways, Anybus Fieldbus Gateways and the eWON IIoT Solutions. […]
Freedonia Forecasts Smart Lighting System Sales in the US to Reach US$4.4 Billion by 2025
Smart lighting controls accounted for 63% of smart lighting sales in 2017. Smart lighting controls include lighting-specific control devices separate from any light source or fixture, such as: – centralized lighting system control boxes – lighting-specific smart home hubs and bridges – smart light switches and dimmers Smart lighting controls are critical for energy savings […]
Interview: Romesh Anandaraja on KNX in the Australasian Market

Romesh Anandaraja has experience in almost every aspect of the AV and automation industry. Over the past twenty years, his work has involved some of the world’s most sophisticated residential and superyacht projects, many of which have won international awards. Now, as National Sales Manager for distributor and training provider, Ivory Egg ANZ, Romesh gives […]
My KNX Store Offers Full Schneider KNX Range, plus Product Training in Herts and Tyne & Wear

My KNX Store is now stocking the full Schneider KNX range. Schneider offers an impressive array of both back-end and front-end KNX units to maximise the flexibility, comfort, safety and efficiency of an automation system. From single-family houses to office complexes, the comprehensive portfolio of KNX solutions from Schneider Electric enables you to achieve tailored […]
Transparency Market Research Expects Home Automation Market to Reach US$116.26 Billion by 2026
Preference Towards Ease of Living to Push the Demand The global home automation market is expected to witness highly competitive landscape during the forecast period ranging from 2018 to 2026. This is due to the presence of multiple players making continuous efforts in to enhance the product quality through increasing technological development, states Transparency Market […]
JUNG Supports the Connected Comfort Alliance Offering Premium KNX-Based Products and Installations

The smart home at a new level Strong alliance – integrated implementation Exclusive home furniture with intelligent technology has been heavily in demand for some years. Connected Comfort, the alliance of German premium brands, has created a new standard across trades. With this, smart-home concepts can be implemented in an integrated manner and extended flexibly […]