Advice for Architects, Designers and Building Planners: Integrating Community Energy – Part 1
By Paul Foulkes, EchoHouse. Technology for buildings could be about to take a leap forward. You can control your heating from an app on your phone, and your lights, and even home security cameras. But can you do it from ONE app on all phones? Is there one system that can do it all? We […]
KNX Shop Online Updates its Store with a New Look and New Brands
The long awaited update comes after strong online sales and user feedback over the last 3 years of trading. Now the website is much more user friendly, price competitive and easier to spot great deals straight away. KNX Shop Online has been trading since 2013 and has come a long way since. With many brands […]
Perspective: Taking KNX to the Next Level
By Mark Warburton, Ivory Egg. After an 18-month hiatus, I have returned to Ivory Egg and it is my pleasure to be writing for KNXtoday again. Having gained some perspective on the industry over this period, and as we start another year, I think it is a good time to take stock of where we […]
Jung Increases its Presence in the UK
Albrecht Jung GmbH & Co is restructuring its UK operation to increase its presence in the UK. Jung is a recognised market leading brand in mainland Europe and Asia with a reputation for both quality products and high-end design. Jung will be looking to emulate this position in the UK in 2016 and assert itself […]
Trade Talk: Making Sense of Energy-Saving Codes in the UK
By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. It’s easy to understand why the incandescent lamp has become obsolete and it’s equally easy to see the reasons why those who knew of its failings kept them very quiet. I’m not sure that I have ever worked with a product that is 95% inefficient before and nor am […]
TechNavio Expects the Smart Home M2M Market in the UK to Grow at CAGR of 24% from 2014-2019
Market outlook for smart homes and home automation Internet penetration is very high among the UK households as compared to other nations. The smart home market revenue is augmented by the application of IoT and it is expected to witness rapid adoption in the region. The market analysis predicts the market to grow at a […]
Memoori Research Expects Global Commercial Lighting Controls Market to Reach US$3.67 Billion by 2020
Our new research report “Smart Buildings: The Lighting Controls Business 2015 to 2020″ is an objective assessment of the global commercial lighting controls market; which brings together all the factors that influence this industries future. The world value of commercial lighting control products in 2015 will be approximately $2.2 billion at factory gate prices. Memoori […]
BCC Research Expects Building Automation Systems Market to Reach US$116 Billion by 2020
Building automation market in a slow but steady growth period The global building automation systems market was worth $90.1 billion in 2014. This market should reach $94.1 billion in 2015 and nearly $116.4 billion by 2020, registering a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.3 percent, according to a new report from BCC Research. Transformation […]
Juniper Research Expects Automation and Entertainment to Drive Smart Home Revenues to US$100 Billion by 2020
Connected Entertainment Leads, But the Gap is Closing New data from Juniper Research has found that consumer spend on Smart Home services, including entertainment, health, energy and home automation will reach $100 billion by 2020, well over twice the estimated spend for this year, at $43 billion. Entertainment services such as Netflix and Spotify are […]
ABI Research Expects Global Commercial Building Automation Market Revenues to Reach US$45 Billion by 2021
The building automation market will experience steady but incremental growth over the next 5 years, generating $45 billion in 2021. Europe will be the biggest market in terms of revenues followed by North America and Asia Pacific in 2021. The big four building automation OEMs, namely Honeywell, Schneider Electric, Johnson Controls and Siemens, have more […]