Advice for Architects, Designers and Building Planners: Prepare for Care
By Paul Foulkes, EchoHouse. In my last article I looked at KNX and Passivhaus. This was a direct view of saving energy in buildings by using Passivhaus techniques to reduce the heat load and improve thermal comfort, and using KNX to help regulate, monitor and control the remaining active elements of the building. But energy […]
MarketsandMarkets Expects Smart Home Market to be Worth US$121.73 Billion by 2022
The report “Smart Home Market by Product (Lighting Control (Timer, Daylight Sensor, Occupancy Sensor), Security & Access Control, HVAC, Entertainment, Home Healthcare and Smart Kitchen), Software & Service (Behavioral, Proactive), and Geography – Global Forecast to 2022”, The smart home market is expected to grow from USD 46.97 Billion in 2015 to USD 121.73 Billion […]
Legrand Electric Acquires CP Electronics
Creation of a new energy controls business unit in the UK. Having completed earlier this month, the acquisition of Jontek a specialist provider of software platforms for assisted living call centres, Legrand Electric Limited is pleased to announce that it has acquired CP Electronics Limited, the UK leader in energy efficient lighting controls. Solutions from […]
Ivory Egg Offers New Support System for KNX Integrators
Ivory Egg, one of the UK’s leading KNX suppliers and training providers for over 10 years, has launched a new website which aims to help system integrators grow their business and develop their expertise and skills by providing knowledge and technical support. Research showed it was clear that system integrators needed an easy-to-use and accessible […]
Technavio Announces Top Five Trends for the Smart Home M2M Market in APAC Through 2020
Technavio’s latest smart home M2M market in APAC report highlights five key emerging trends predicted to impact market growth through 2020. Technavio defines an emerging trend as something that has potential for significant impact on the market and contributes to its growth or decline. “In APAC, government organizations are taking major initiatives to install smart […]
Futurasmus Celebrates 15 years of KNX with a New Website and Competition with Fabulous Prizes
Futurasmus has been a driving force in the KNX market, both as a multi-brand KNX wholesaler and as a KNX++ training centre. We are proud to represent a large number of high-quality brands internationally, and to be a pioneer in KNX online training. Competition To celebrate our 15th birthday, we have launched an exciting contest: […]
Technavio Expects the Global Occupancy Sensor Market to Reach US3.6 Billion by 2020
According to the latest market research study released by Technavio, the global occupancy sensor market is expected to exceed USD 3.6 billion by 2020, growing at a CAGR of almost 12% during the forecast period. This research report titled ‘Global Occupancy Sensor Market 2016-2020’, provides an in-depth analysis of the market in terms of revenue […]
TechSci Research Expects the Global Building Energy Management Solutions Market to Grow at 12% Until 2021
Implementation of stringent government policies that mandate use of energy-efficient technologies to drive demand for building energy management solutions worldwide According to TechSci Research report “Global Building Energy Management Solutions Market By Type, By End User, Competition Forecast and Opportunities, 2011 – 2021”, the global market for building energy management solutions is projected to grow […]
Advice for Architects, Designers and Building Planners: Integrating Community Energy – Part 3
By Paul Foulkes, EchoHouse. In Part 1 and Part 2 of this series, we looked directly at community energy and how, with KNX, the required infrastructure can be supplied. In this final part, we will go beyond community energy, and look at why KNX can address the need for an integrated infrastructure. I was at […]
MarketsandMarkets Expects Building Automation System Market to be Worth Over USD100 Billion by 2022
According to the new market research report “Building Automation System Market by Product Segments (HVAC Controls, Lighting Controls, Security & Access Controls, Application (Commercial, Residential, & Industrial), and Geography (North America, Europe, APAC, & Row) – Global Forecast to 2022”, published by MarketsandMarkets, the market is expected to reach USD 100.60 Billion by 2022, at […]