Opinion: Smart Living from an IT Perspective – why KNX is the Logical Choice
By Thanos Derempeis, AD Networks Ltd. After years of working as a freelance IT engineer, I formed AD Networks Ltd in 2002. The initial line of business was B2B IT consultancy, hardware/software supply and support for businesses varying from 5 to 50 users. Networking infrastructure was obviously at the core of our offerings as it […]
Intesis Software Announces New Partnership with DMS Controls Group in North America
Intesis Software, a member of the HMS Group, is pleased to announce the addition of DMS Controls Group to its North American Distribution network. This agreement will allow customers to have unprecedented access to the Intesis solution set for the integration of HVAC systems to building, hotel, industrial, and home automation systems. With the outstanding […]
Energias Market Research Expects the Global Home Automation Market to have a CAGR of 18% to 2024
Global Home Automation Market Outlook and Opportunity Analysis, Competitive Insights, Actionable Segmentation & Forecast 2024 The global home automation market is expected to grow at a significant CAGR of 18.0% during the forecast period. The factors driving the growth of the global home automation market are efficient energy management, safety and security concerns, increasing need […]
Futuresource Consulting Expects Voice Assistants to be Incorporated into the Fabric of Smart Homes
Voice Assistants (VAs) are being integrated into an increasing number and variety of connected consumer devices in multiple markets and are on course to develop as a major user interface over the next 2-3 years, according to the latest Futuresource Consulting Report ‘Voice Assistants in Consumer Electronics’. While smart speakers represented over half of the […]
BRE Demos IoT, Smart Products and Services at Centre for Smart Homes and Buildings
World renowned building science centre, BRE, has launched the Centre for Smart Homes and Buildings (CSHB) a collaborative hub for industry, academia and the government. Working with a range of partners, including EDF, BT and Telefonica, the CSHB will work to facilitate and improve the use of smart products and services within the built environment. […]
Market Development: How Electricians can become Ultimate Smart Installers
By Julian Barkes, Bemco. As satellite and AV installations are displaced by IoT devices and an ever-expanding choice of new products and systems, the electrical contracting market has a fantastic opportunity to make up ground lost to the custom install world. This is because nowadays, a wider range of installer skill sets is needed in […]
Trade Talk: DALI 2 and what it Means for KNX
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. I think I might have missed the fanfare heralding the arrival of DALI 2. Or is it just that it has flown under the radar somewhat, like military HALO troops whose goal is to drop through the radar screen unnoticed, or, at worst just as a single blip on […]
Overview: Cooperating to Grow the Influence of Home Control with End-users
By Mark Warburton, Ivory Egg. I saw a great post on LinkedIn recently, asking for recommendations for a smart home solution. Being from the building industry, the person who posted obviously had a lot of contacts that are able to offer some form of A/V or building control solution. Queue a load of replies from […]
Australasia Ratifies KNX as Technical Specification
Home and building automation in Australasia is ready to benefit from a Technical Specification that promotes more product choice, interoperability and future-proofing. The systems integration market in Australia and New Zealand has been operating without any recognised standards, but in December 2017 ‘Standards Australia’ finally announced that it was ready to adopt ISO/IEC 14543.3 (Parts […]
Frost & Sullivan Finds Building Automation Systems Multiply with the Global Urge for Energy Efficiency
Buildings across the globe account for nearly 40 percent of worldwide energy consumption and cumulatively emit high levels of carbon dioxide Frost & Sullivan’s latest analysis, World Building Automation Systems (BAS) Markets, Forecast to 2022, sheds light on the rapid transformations taking place in the global BAS market. Factors propelling change include the growing use […]