Tag: business & market research

Berg Insight Finds Number of Homes with Smart Thermostats Doubled in 2014

According to a new research report from Berg Insight, the number of North American and European homes with a smart thermostat grew by 105 percent to 3.2 million in 2014. The North American market recorded a 107 percent growth in the installed base of smart thermostats to 2.5 million. In Europe, the total number of […]

MyKNXStore Appoints Paul Kinghorn as General Manager

There is a nice glow around the myKNXstore office at the minute, fresh back from Christmas (how long ago does that seem?) we’re looking forward to the year ahead and more importantly are pleased to announce Paul Kinghorn as General Manager. Paul, who had been Technical Manager at MyKNXStore.co.uk, will be in charge of promoting […]

Frost & Sullivan Finds Touchless Sensing Technology Represents the Next Paradigm in Human-Machine Interface

These sensing solutions will transform industries ranging from consumer electronics to gaming Touchless sensing technologies were initially used in applications such as bathroom dispensing units and automatic doors which required motion sensing in order to create response. With advanced touchless sensing technologies like gesture sensing, voice commands, brain wave sensing and eye tracking coming to […]

Interview: Mike Blackman on ISE 2015 and KNX

Mike Blackman has been in the exhibition industry for thirty years. He started in 1984 by specialising in technology events, and launched Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) in Geneva in 2004. ISE is jointly owned by CEDIA and InfoComm International, and was created as a platform for the electronic systems industry to do business, to educate […]

Best Practice: Educating M&E Consultants About KNX Integration

By Simon Buddle, Future Ready Homes. KNX has been well established in Europe for many years now, but it is still a relative newcomer to the UK residential market. However, it is now cooking up a storm across the land as property developers, builders and M&E consultants everywhere are waking up to the possibilities that […]

Business: When will KNX and Consumer Electronics Converge?

By Jesús Arias García, KNXin. It is inevitable that building control systems and technologies from the professional and consumer markets are going to converge. Indeed we can see this happening already with the eruption of iPads and tablets into the professional visualisation market. After all, who is going to pay 1200 Euros for an outdated […]

Country Profile: KNX USA

By David Thurow, Siemens. It has taken a long time, but finally the US market is ready for KNX, and KNX is ready for the US market. Until now, there have been eight major commercial lighting control manufacturers and more than a dozen regional and start-up companies in the US. Each manufacturer has its own […]

Home of Technologies Expands KNX Training and R&D Facilities

Home of Technologies (HoT) Ltd operates from Tempo House, Battersea, London, making it one of the biggest stockists of KNX components in the capital. Following the successful completion of the KNX Tutor exam, Rafal Borek, Managing Director of HoT, has acquired more space and built additional facilities within Tempo House and in Knightsbridge. Borek says, […]